To me
to
die is gain.
Inscription obliterated.
Erected to the memory of Andrew Peddie, Merchant, Dundee, who
lived universally esteemed and died generally regretted, the 15th day of July
1810, aged 66 years and 5 months.
And to his spouse Elizabeth How, who died 10th February 1819,
aged 69 years. Also Andrew Peddie of Bankhead, who died 19th October 1837, aged
65 years.
Source: The Book of the Howff, ŠLibraries, Leisure and Culture
Dundee, Local History Centre & is
reproduced with kind permission.
When dismantled in 1837 for the funeral of Andrew Peddie is was
discovered that the foundation for the monument was made up of around five to
six feet in depth of smashed monuments.
1810 by Andrew Peddie, merchant, Dundee
Source:RT
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