This book by Daniel Davenport is a guide for sextons, caretakers of cemeteries, on how to organize and manage cemetery grounds. It also provides a history of Dorchester cemetery in Massachusetts and includes an alphabetical list of burials in the cemetery. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in cemetery management or the history of American cemeteries. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.