Excerpt from A Memorial of Fitz-Greene Halleck: A Description of the Dedication of the Monument Erected to His Memory at Guilford, Connecticut; And of the Proceedings Connected With the Unveiling of the Poet's Statue in the Central Park, New York Israel Halleck, 1754 Mary Eliot Halleck, 1762 The poet's sister, the last of her family, died April 21, 1870, and was buried by the side of her gifted brother. In accordance with her own request she was carried to her grave by six young kinsmen all under eighteen years of age. An inscription on the fourth side of the monument records her name and the years of her birth and death. Maria Halleck, 1788 - 18703. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.