Event: Visit to Shakespeare's grave

Dates: 1786-04-06 - 1786-04-06

Short Description:
Following their visit to Shakespeare's birthplace, Jefferson and Adams also visit his gravesite. While Jefferson noted only payments related to the visit, Adams wrote "The Curse upon him who should remove his Bones, which is written on his Grave Stone, alludes to a Pile of some Thousands of human Bones, which lie exposed in that Church . . . His name is not even on his Grave Stone."

Event Type:'Tourist' Visit

Record created by Chad Wollerton
Connected People
Adams John
Jefferson Thomas
Connected Evidence
John Adams Diary
Memorandum Book
Connected Places
Shakespeare's burial place