Dorchester North Burying Ground was established in 1634, and is one of seven 17th-century burying grounds in Boston, Massachusetts. A number of notable persons are buried at this location, including John Foster (the first printer in Boston), Richard Mather (a prominent Puritan minister), and William Stoughton (Massachusetts governor and Chief Justice during the Salem Witch Trials). The burying ground contains funerary sculptures and architecture spanning between the 17th and 20th centuries, which makes this location especially unique. One of its gravestones – the headstone and footstone of John Foster – was moved from the burying ground to the Museum of Fine Arts and is currently on display in the American Wing (replicas were placed in the burying ground). In 1834, Samuel Downer, who was famous for creating the landscaping of Cambridge’s Mount Auburn Cemetery, designed the landscaping for this location (as well as its sister location Dorchester South Burying Ground a year later).
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