The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-02-06

None of his family or friends think Of his having
been buried in the spot here described. They poin
out very different part of the burying- ground a
the place Of the sepulchres of their ancestors" HI
ven antiquarian, had assured him that he well re-
membered Governor Gilbert's grave, and that q
the time ofbuilding the brick church in 1854 they
encroached upon the eastern side Of the cemetery
ana 'opa ,ns a1wn 70 several and among
This was some hundred feet from the
spot which ia now in dispute and DIR. Stiles says:
This considsr as decisive pro9f that the N. g.
further he adds, 'This stone certainly ,oas not
Governor Giib0Ps; and there being no persons Of
those initials in the record of mortality for 1880
the date which this stone bears-there is room for
the suspicion, at least, that like the E. W. stone il
may designate the resting place fsome person bu-
ried there from abroad"
DIR. Stiles moreover says, in his "Livcs of the
Judges" that he had consulted with very many
aged people in and about New Haven, who ex-
pressed the strong persuasion that COTE and Whal-
ley were brought to this place for interment. He
says also that there Is reason to believe that Mr..
Thomas Tuttle, son of William Tuttle, one Of the
first settlers of New Haven, assisted in laying out
Colonel Dixwel. after his death. and that he also
crst i~tsrmeat.n "All the grave-diggen," he adds,
GssSs Eye that was buried IN New Haven
doubt whether Whalley was buried here than whe-
thcr Dixwell was"
The truth in reference to this matter as it is pre
ty conclusivcly shown by Dr. Stles's CATION
is this John Dixwel died at New Haven and was
there inferred Edward Whaley died at Hadley,
and was buried in the cellar of Rev. Mr.. Russell,
pastor of the church in that place. William Goffe
also died at Hadley, and was buried the farm Of
Hon. Mr.. Tilton Of that place. The friends Of
Whalley secretly removed his remains to New
Haven, and deposited them by the side of those
Of Dxwell according to the testimony of the grave
diggers and others. and then Dr. Stiles says, ''If
both Goffe and Whalley died at Hadlevn az il is
quite probable they did, and if the remains OF
Whalley were removed secretly from Hadlcy to
New Haven, "will any one doubt whether those of
COTE were removed there also?' And he concludes
his chapter thus-"On the whole consider it by no
means certain, but very probable that all three Of the
Judges lie buried at Nsso Haven" ~ sA9aii u
DR.. Stiles was a man of profound learning and
careful and patient research-he lived at time
when he could avail himself of Information that
cannot have access to- and he evidently at great
pains get nearly possible to the real facts in
the case. He had opportunities for getting at the
truth that no man now living can have; and il 90,
il is proper to put more condolences in his statements
than in the mere eek cathedra" assertions of any
modern ''truth- telling historian" even though he
may reside in Boston.
1t will be necessary only to add, that far from
its being true that 1.-THE citizens of New Haven are
better acquainted with the truth than your corre-
spondent-he has been told by many of the oldest
and most intelligent persons in this city, that it is
the prevalent belief here, to this day, that the
mains Of Dixwell, COTE, and Whalley, all reposc
in the ground above described.
ject, during the last toeek, employs the following
language: at appears TO us that President Stiles has
made out pretty fair in favor Of the supposi-
tion that they were buried in New Haven. The
stone marked NJ G. has always, we believe. been
repudiated by his defendants The other stone
may be that Of Edward Wigglesworth, but if 20,
why the evident attempt to disguise the figures
which express the date?" s. l.. T.