MACDONNELL/DE LA BOURDONNAIS -Chess History

'A letter dated 27 April 1842 from William Harris of Richmond appeared on pages 11-12 of the 1843 Chess Player’s Chronicle:

‘A few days ago I visited that interesting “City of Tombs” Kensall [sic] Green Cemetery, for the purpose of discovering and paying my homage to the graves of those two lamented sons of Caissa – M‘Donnell and La Bourdonnais. After a long search I succeeded in finding that of the former, in a sequestered spot at the North-west corner of the cemetery, near a shady plantation of evergreens; it is a modest-looking grave, covered by a plain stone slab, on which is inscribed:

… Not far from thence, on the southern side of the cemetery, and near the chapel, is the grave of his great rival, the late Chess-King of Europe – La Bourdonnais; this is a very humble affair, consisting merely of a common head and foot stone, bearing this simple inscription:

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