On an eminence overlooking the sea, by the side of the burial-place of the first Pilgrims, is Webster's last home. A mound of earth and marble slab, mark the spot where sleeps all that is mortal of the great American.
Footnotes
[1] On the causes and consequences of the war with France.
[2] "Three months after this (during the second quarter), the Selectmen procured lodgings for me at Dr. Nahum Willard's. This physician had a large practice, a good reputation for skill, and a pretty library. Here were Dr. Cheyne's works, Sydenham, and others, and Van Swieten's Commentaries on Boerhaave. I read a good deal in these books, and entertained many thoughts of becoming a physician and surgeon."—The Works of John Adams, edited by Charles Francis Adams—Vol. II., p. 7.
[3] The Works of John Adams—Vol. II., page 9.
[4] The Works of John Adams—Vol. II., p. 145.
[5] This picture is engraved in the "The Life and Works," Vol. II., Frontispiece. We are obliged to guess at the age when it was taken, since we find no hint concerning it—indeed no reference to the picture any where in the book.
[6] "The American nettle-tree. One of these is still to be seen growing out of the top of the rock at this place."—Ed. The Life and Works.
[7] "This is the mansion afterwards purchased by the writer, in which he lived from the date of his last return from Europe until his death in 1826.—Ib.