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January 10, 2021

As I went on the hunt for a few easy letterboxes.  I guess I made a boo boo.  I ended up in the wrong place for this, but what a beautiful place.  Sudbury MA.

This was a great letterbox.  I found it so peaceful and I just sat there and took it all in.  It was an easy find.  

About Mount Wadsworth Cemetery, dates back 1835.

Once the land of Israel Howe Browne (1791-1879), the first land was set aside as a burying ground in 1835 when several of those who were buried in the crowded old burying ground at Sudbury Centre were moved to this location. These included Edwin Howe Browne, son of Israel Howe Browne, and three Richardsons who had died as early as 1833 according to slate markers which have well preserved weeping willow designs. Three tombs were built on the slope of the hill of the original cemetery from 1836 to 1839 made from granite from Nobscot Hill. In 1842 the cemetery was enlarged in a northerly direction for the lot of Jerusha Howe who left money for an elaborate monument to mark her grave. Isaac Browne finally consented to sell additional land for cemetery expansion following the approval of Dr. Goodenough whose land abutted this area. The cemetery is named Wadsworth for Captain Samuel Wadsworth, the leader of a group of 26 colonial soldiers who were massacred by the Indians near this location during King Philip's War in 1676. There was a monument erected in 1852 in remembrance for Capt S. Wadsworth, Capt. Brocklebank and Lieut Sharp in the cemetery. It sits at the end of the road and is surrounded by an elaborate iron fence and a granite post and wood fence. This cemetery sits on 6.36 acres. The earliest death date is 1833.

Then continued on my letterboxing hunt. It was getting pretty late so this would be the last one of the day. This was actually a fun place to find. 

St. Elizabeth Chapel - The historic, little stone chapel of St. Elizabeth of Hungary is located at 440 Concord Road, Sudbury MA. The Chapel was designed and built between 1912 and 1914 by Ralph Adams Cram, the world famous architect of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City and many other churches, as a place of worship for himself, his family, and his neighbors.  For more info: https://st-elizabeths.org/history-chapel.shtml  As interesting as this was, never could find the letterbox. It got dark real quick, and I started to get a little creeped out. Probably had to do with being in presence of old tombstone's.  (If you know what I mean)

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1.6.21 High Rock Town Forest, Needham MA

Called Birdhouses. 

This was such a long walk to find this box.  It was a nice walk. I never did find the letterbox.  It was interesting because the clue said ‘if you pass the railroad station’ you have gone to far.  Well, this is what I ended up coming to in the middle of the woods was this train set up. 

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1.5.21 Needham MA

Cold and Snowing.  This series was called Hollween 2014 and consisted of 6 letterboxes.  Took me a while, but I did find all of them. Mental Note: Bring Trail  Maps.

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