tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post8175396160857158534..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Where Was Christopher Seider Buried? Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-74868366780129849442017-10-11T19:33:57.833-05:002017-10-11T19:33:57.833-05:00Yes, “corps” is definitely a variation on “corpse....Yes, “corps” is definitely a variation on “corpse.” I don’t read the “set down” as meaning “buried.” I think the corpse and coffin were simply set down temporarily under the tree as the procession formed. Organizing five hundred schoolboys would take a little time, after all! Today’s posting followed this item up with more newspaper accounts.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-51427135688747891302017-10-11T19:20:00.893-05:002017-10-11T19:20:00.893-05:00That newspaper article says "The little corps...That newspaper article says "The little corps was set down under the Liberty Tree,from whence the procession began." The punctuation used indicates that the procession both began and ended at the same spot. The word "corps" was possibly a miss-spelling of "corpse".ccbrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09017792288102922702noreply@blogger.com