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Inscription
The following inscription is engraved on his monument (believed to be written by honorable Judge Story, of the Supreme Court ) In memory of the honorable Nathan Dane, LLD, a revolutionary statesman, and eminent jurist, the author of the Ordinance of 1787 for the government of the West Territories, the author of the Abridement and Digest of the American Law; the author of the Dane Professorship of Law in Harvard University. His private life was distinguished for simplicity, integrity and dignity. His public life for wisdom, fidelity and patriotism. He lived and died a Christian. He was born on 27th December of 1752. He died on 15th February 1835. His farm belongs to his country; let the gratitude of future ages cherish it.
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