Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-10-05
PRICE ONE GENT
GOVERNOR PRATT'S GRAVE.
IT Is TO BE MARKED BY A
SUITABLE MON
UMENT.
If The Act of The Maryland Leg
islature Is Thoroughly
Carried Out.

1t is thought that the unmarked
grave of Governor Thomas G.. Pratt
in St. Anne's Cemetery will shortly
have a monument erected above it IL
the Act passed by the last Legislature
is carried out.
The Act is Chapter l27, of the LIE KS
of Maryland, 1904 and provides that
an appropriate sum of money" be
applied TO erect a monument and 10
place portrait of Governor Pratt in
the Executive Chamber, because of
the public service rendered by the
Governor from 1874 TO 1917 in pre-
serving the public credit" this long
delayed aud merited tribute shall be
publicly made. Section l, says
''Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland, That the Board
of Public Works be, and they are
hereby authorized 60 have erected in
ST. Anne's Cemetery, in the City of
Annapolis. IA suitable monument to
the memory of Thomas G.. Pratt, late
Governor of Maryland, and also TO
place upon the walls of the Executive
Chamber in said city portrait TO the
memory of the said Thomas q. Pratt,
late Governor of Maryland. in appre-
citation OF his eminent services TO the
state, and the sum Of ten hundred
| dollars, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, be and the same is hereby
| appropriated TO carry out the pro-
| visions of this Act, and the Comp
| troller of the Treasury is hereby au-
! thorized 60 draw his warrant upon the
treasurer for such sums as the Board
of Public Works. upon their requisi-
ton, may require.
The Act took effect from the date
of it's passage The body of Governor
Pratt together with the remains of
his wife, shis son Thomas and his
| wife, and the Governors son, John
Pratt. are buried in what is known as
! the Mackubin lot in st. Anne's oeme-
terry, and the grave of Governor Pratt
is shown to strangers by Keeper Isaac
| Machin, who has been the caretaker
for years. At the time the monument
was proposed it was suggested TO have
the monument in st. Anne's church.
| yard, but to do this it would be nee
essary to obtain the permission of the
vestry of st. Anne's To some it
seems an inappropriate thing TO do to
have the monument in the churchyard
and the grave in the cemetery several
blocks away, besides the grave, un-
marked as il is, would some day be
lost sight of entirely. 1t is understood
a committee was appointed to attend
to carrying out the plans for the mon
| ument, but to this date, nothing seems
/ to have been done in the matter.
Funeral Tomorrow.
The remains of DR.. Joseph Nichol-
son Henry, late Major, u. S. A.,
will be brought here tomorrow for
| interment. The funeral will take
place tomorrow, Thursday, afternoon
at 2 O'Clock, from st. Anne's Church.
The remains will be brought here
from Denvon, Pa, on a special Pull
man with the funeral party, and taken
direct TO the church. where the
| obsequies will be held The interment
| will be made in the family lot in st.
Anne's cemetery. The grave has been
walled mp by the keeper of the ceme-
| terry, Mr.. Isaac Machin, and lined
with ivy vines
AS stated in yesterdays Capital, the
deceased contracted his death illness
in the Philippines, where he was
| Major on the personal staff Of Colonel
Petit. He has been i'll for over year
and death was due to Bright's disease.
He was 43 years old and son Of Mr..
J. Buchanan Henry, a nephew Of
! President Buchanan. The father OF
the deceased was private secretary TO
his uncle, the President, and made his
home at the White House during the
Buchanan administration. The de-
ceased is a nephew of Mrs. John X.
Magruder, of this city, and cousin
of the Misses Mary and Eliza and Mr..
Peter II. Magruder.