Edward Carter

This is the grave of Edward Carter (1697-1742) in Boston’s Granary Burying Ground. He was a silk dyer and scourer who ran a shop on Cambridge Street near Lynne Street in the West End of Boston.

The epitaph takes up the majority of his gravestone and is put higher than his name. Quiet is a bit ironic, since this is one of the loudest and most visited parts of Boston.

“Farewell Vain World I have Enough Of The

And Now I’m Careles what thou Say of me

What Fault thou See in me

Take Care to Shun

There worke within thy Self

That Should be Done

Thy Smiles I Court not nor thy Frowns I fear

My Cares are past my head lies quiet here.”