The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

NATHANIEL MORTON, secretary of Plymouth
colony, is authority for the statement that
Standish was buried in Duxbury, which accords
win Standlsh's will, in which be asked to be
buried near his daughter and daughter-in-law
II he died in Duxburrow." Traditions of half
a dozen families of the town, handed down
from sire TO son, locate the grave in the old
ohurchyard, between Halls and Bayley's cor
ners, and this graveyard, in one corner of
which stood the first church in Duxbury is the
only one mentioned in the early records These
traditions were to the effect, furthermore,
mat Two triangular stones marked
the spot where Standish was buried
In 1889 stones answering their descrip-
tion were brought to light, and ini1April,
1871, duly authorized persons opened the sup
posed graves of the Standish family and exam
med the remains found therein. Two OF thu
skeletons were those OF young women, says the
Boston GLOBE, two were boys and one was that
OF man, corresponding with the generally ac-
cepted physique of Staadish indicating very
unusual strength and evidently that of person
well along In years. From ali the facts known
the speaker, who wes QUE of those present at
the exhumatlon, dedncsd the inference that these
were IN tne graves Of Stahdish, HIS two daugh-
terS-i g., his daughter and daugnter-in-law--
and two sons, named Charles and John, who
oied young. The remains, said Mr. Hinginn,
were carefully placed in new caskets and re.
buried in the old graveyard.
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MRS. MARTHA J. LAMB, the gifted historian. ia
a lady OF English and Huguenot descent, and
was born in Plainfleld. Mass, in 1899. She is the
daughter OF Arvin Nash and Lucinda Vinton
and, through her Grandfather Reads. belonged
to the family which counted among It's members
the celebrated novelist Charles Reade. Mas
Martha Joanna Reade Nash was thoroupnIv
grounded in the English branches and modern
languages. She began to write upon historical
subjects at an early age, but her marriage to
end for time TO her literary aspirations
and pursuits Shortly after her marriage sine
went to Chicago aud resided there for eight
years, during which time she fnaugurated the
movemsnt which led to the foundation Of tina
Hair Orphan Asylum and the Home of the
triendless. These two institutions are among
the most successful results of well-directed
appointed secretary OF tho first sanitary fair
held in Chicago, and the success of this Under
taking was also largely the result of her activity
aud intelligence. Since 1856 she has made her
home in New York and during most Of the time
has been actively engaged in literature Her
most important and popular work, 1.-THE His
tory OK New YORK City, " ia two Volumes was
published between 1877 and 1881. IN addition
she has written eight books for children. a
novel, about fifty short stories and more than
100 historical and other papers in magalinss
In the spring OF 1888 she became the editor of
the Magazine of american HISTORY a position
In which she has been able to gather around
her people who are interested in different parts
OF the country, and who are now occupied In
preparing materials for the future historian of
the nation. Mrs. Lamb enjoys the honor Of
having been elected to the membership OF twen-
ty-six historical and other learned societies in
this country and In Europe