Sly Comprehension strategies.
Abel
In accordance with this rule, it may safely be assumed that the forefathers of Boston had built the first prison-house,
somewhere in the vicinity of Cornhill, almost as seasonably as they marked out the first burial-ground, on Isaac
Johnson's lot, and round about his grave, which subsequently became the nucleus of all the congregated sepulchres
in the old church-yard of King's Chapel.
What is the meaning of this excerpt?
The prison and cemetery were built early, with the cemetery expanding in size from its original plot.
The prison was built near Cornhill, and the cemetery was built on an important man's property
Just as Puritans gathered at the prison, they also gathered at the cemetery and the church
The forefathers of Boston chose the two most famous landmarks the prison and the cemetery