9. THE ADVANCE OF THE CITY

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. FOREWORD V
3. PREFACE VII
4. CONTENTS XI
5. ILLUSTRATIONS XIII
6. 1. THE PIONEER FATHERS 1
7. 2. TITLE DEEDS 10
8. 3. WALLS 25
9. 4. NEIGHBORS 36
10. 5. IN THE FIRING LINE 50
11. 6. THE PENALTY OF EMINENCE 60
12. 7. THE RIGHT TO BURIAL 83
13. 8. DISPENSERS OF KINDNESS 94
14. 9. THE ADVANCE OF THE CITY 105
15. 10. THE CEMETERY MOVES ON 119
16. 11. WHO OWNED THE CEMETERY ? 143
17. 12. LAST DAYS 153
18. 13. SERMONS IN STONES 159
19. 14. MONUMENTS 179
20. BIOGRAPHIES
21. BIOGRAPHY 1. BENJAMIN BUENO DE MESQUITA 1683- BIOGRAPHY 75. JOSHUA ISAACS 1810 187
22. BIOGRAPHY 76. ISAAC MATTHIAS GOMEZ 1810- BIOGRAPHY 179. LEAH ABRAHAMS 1828 319
23. APPENDICES
24. THE SITE OF THE GROUND GRANTED IN 1656 489
25. THE SITE OF THE GROUND GRANTED IN 1656 491
26. CHRONOLOGICAL REGISTER 496
27. BURIALS IN THE CHATHAM SQUARE CEMETERY RECORDED IN THE REGISTER OF CONGREGATION SHEARITH ISRAEL, THOUGH THE GRAVE CAN NO LONGER BE IDENTIFIED 501
28. GLOSSARY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
29. GLOSSARY 507
30. BIBLIOGRAPHY 513
31. INDEX 519