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Friends Meeting House and Cemetery

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The cemetery, designated Rhode Island Historic Cemetery No. 7, is approximately a 71 foot by 41 foot (21.64m x 12.5m) rectangle located to the east (rear) of the meeting house. The earliest dated burials are from 1714 and 1729, and the latest is from 1903. There are 18 inscribed headstones in total,
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until 1946, when it was donated to the Little Compton Historical Society. It was the Society's first acquisition, and was subjected to a careful restoration beginning in 1963 to restore it to the condition it was in during 1815.
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The meeting house was used by Quakers until 1903, and was maintained by members of the
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plus multiple uninscribed fleldstone and slate headstones.
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Friends Meeting House and Cemetery is located in Rhode Island
Friends Meeting House and Cemetery is located in the United States
Little Compton, Rhode Island
41°31′33″N 71°11′38″W / 41.52583°N 71.19389°W / 41.52583; -71.19389
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Quaker meeting
Little Compton, Rhode Island
Religious Society of Friends
Apponegansett Meeting House
Dartmouth, Massachusetts

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