Volume I

    examines stonecutters who:

    • lived and worked between 1770 and 1870;

    • in Plymouth and Kingston, MA, all of Cape Cod and the Islands.

    • It also discusses other, early 19th-century stonecutters who shipped their work to this area from
        Boston and other towns in Plymouth County.

    Volume I focuses on:


• the lives of these craftsmen, drawing on a variety of primary historical sources;

sample: chapter 4 (complete)


• their bodies of work, stylistic repertoires and lettering styles;

lettering samples:


• the networking that bound them together in their trade;

sample charts:


• how stonecutting evolved from a craft to a business enterprise
as it shifted from slate to marble.

selection from Conclusion: