Mount Auburn Cemetery

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The subscribers, being Proprietors of lots in the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, hereby signify their assent to the Act of the Legislature passed the thirty first day of March AD. eighteen hundred & thirty five, entitled an Act to incorporated the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn.— Dated April 21 1835.

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Lot 250

Lot of William W Parrott deceased (250), William P Parrott, of Boston, oldest son of deceased

Lot 273

Lot of Cornelius Cannon deceased (273), Sarah B Cannon, of Charlestown, widow of deceased.

Lot 275

Lot of John Henshaw deceased (275), J Andrew Henshaw, of Cambridge only son of deceased.

Lot 311

Lot of William Simmons deceased (311), Charles F Simmons, of Boston, son of said William.

Lot 322

Lot of Charles W Cummings deceased (322), Albert Hamlet, of Boston, son in law of deceased.

Lot 397

Lot of Zebedee Cook deceased (397), George E. Cook, of New York, son of Zebedee.

Lot 419

Lot of Alonzo Crosby deceased (419), Hannah A Crosby, ^^{of Boston,} widow of said Alonzo Crosby.

Lot 601

Lot of Samuel Quincy deceased (601), Abby A Quincy, Boston, widow of deceased.

Lot 607

Lot of William Parsons deceased (607), Miss Elizabeth Parsons, of Cambridge, daughter of deceased.

Lot 654

Lot of George Hill deceased (654), Jane R Hill, of Boston, widow of said George Hill.

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April 28^th [187]6

I.M. Spelman Esq Prest.

I estimate the cost of building in the New Receiving Tomb, a section of fifty six (56) catacombs according to the plan I have [seen?], in place of then now there; at $4350, which includes all necessary excavations and the removal of the present sections, but no grading & sodding.

The [walls?] are to be of hard brick on good foundation, all laid in cement; the catacombs to have slate shelves, brick division [?] faced with slate, and marble doors. The arch of large brick fitted with face brick, and coated with asphalt. The tiles may be of slate and marble or of light colors if desired.

The vestibule can be tiled & cleaned for $460.00 and the granite arch taken off and relaid after repairing the arch & coating it with asphalt, the front cleaned & painted for $550. Total on vestibule $1010.--

I have asked Treas^rs Cook & Ryan to estimate on the cost of a simple iron door.

The total cost besides the door for the new section & repairs to vestibule is therefore $5360 to which $250 or at any rate no more than $300 must be added for grading & sodding over arch and above rear of tomb.

Respectfully J.W. Lovering

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Nov 3. 1831

At a meeting of the Garden & Cemetery committee of Mount Auburn, held at the Horticultural Rooms Nov. 3^r. 1831. present, Mess. Bigelow, Bond, Brimmer, Cook,- Dearborn & Gould. Gen^l. Dearborn in the chair, & B.A. Gould, Sec^y, pro tem -, the following votes were passed.

Secretary

Voted. 1., That a Secretary be appointed to the Garden & Cemetery Committee who shall keep a record of their doings in a book provided for that purpose. C. P. Curtis Esq was - unanimously chosen Secretary.

Treasurer

Voted. 2. That a Treasurer be appointed to the Garden & Cemetery Committee whose duty it shall be to receive the dues & make the payments of this Committee, whereupon Geo. Bond Esq. was unanimously chosen, Treasurer of this Committee.

Cemetery Agents.

Voted 3. That a Cemetery agent be appointed, residing in Boston, and another residing in Cambridge whose duty it shall be to furnish information & assistance to applicants upon business. And when it shall be necessary for the agent to visit the Cemetery, he may charge the applicant fifty cents for such visit, if the application be in Cambridge or one dollar & fifty cents if in Boston in addition to the customary charges for interment in those places.

Exchange of Lots./New Lots Laid Out

Voted. 4. That is any subscriber be not satisfied with the particular lot which shall have been sold or assigned to him, he may at any time within six months exchange the same for any other among the unsold lots, which are already laid out by the Surveyor. And if he shall choose to have a new lot surveyed for him on the unappropriated grounds, the Garden & Cemetery Committee may if they see fit, assign him such a lot on his