A brass plaque attached with 4 screws in the corners onto a wooden backing with rounded edges. The plaque is tarnished in various places. “ANNALS OF MARINE SOCIETY” is written on a label attached to the plaque. “AT THE REQUEST OF THE PARTY IN 1778. IN THIS UNNAM’D MEMORIAL OF THE DEAD, BEHOLD A SILENT LESSON TO THE HEART! ON THIS FAIR SPOT RESIDES HUMANITY, NO ADULATION SHOULD HER SHRINE POLLUTE. THE MIND THAT FEEL ANOTHER’S PUNGENT WOES, OFFERS A PLEASING SACRIFICE TO HEAVEN. LOSE NOT ONE PRECIOUS HOUR IN VAIN CONCEITS BUT EXERCISE THY SOUL IN CHARITY!
LEARN HOW TO THINK, TO ACT, TO REASON RIGHT, AND JUSTLY COUNT UPON ETERNITY!- THEN SHOULD STERN DEATH THIS NIGHT THY DEBT DEMAND, THOU MAY’ST RESIGN THY FLEETING BREATH WITH JOY OR SHOULD THY SPAN OF LIFE BE LENGTHEN’D OUT, SERENE WILL GLIDE THY DAYS IN BRIGHT PRESAGE OF GLORY PURCHAS’D BY MESSIAH’S BLOOD!-