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year, In testimony whereof, the said Massa chusetts Horticultural Society have caused their common seal to be hereto affixed & this deed to be signed & delivered by Elijah Vose, Jonathan Winship, Robert T. Paine, Marshal P. Wilder, & Isaac P. Davis (a committee of the said Society legally appointed for this purpose at a Meeting thereof held June 6, 1835, as by reference to the record thereof, a copy of which is herewith annexed will appear) on this nineteenth day of June A.D. eighteen hundred & thirty five.

Signed Elijah Vose Jon^a Winship (L.S.) Robert Treat Paine Marshal P. Wilder Isaac P. Davis

Suffolk ss. Boston July 13, 1835. Personally appeared Robert T. Paine & acknowledged this instrument to be the free act & deed of the M.H.S. Before me Cha^s P. Curtis Jus. Peace. Suffolk ss. Boston July 11. 1835 Personally appeared Marshal P. Wilder & acknowledged this instrument to be the free act & deed of the Mass. H.or. So^y Before me Cha^s P. Curtis Jus. of Peace Suffolk ss. Boston July 17. 1835. Boston. Personally appeared Isaac P. Davis & acknowledged this instrument to be the free act & deed of the Mass. H. So Before me Cha^s P. Curtis Justice of Peace acknowledged this instrument to be the free act & deed of the Mass. Hor. Society before me Cha^s P. Curtis Justice of Peace Suffolk ss. Aug. 1. 1835-Personally appeared Jon^a Winship and acknowledged this above instrument by him subscribed to be the free act & deed of the Mass. Hor. So^y. Before me Cha^s P. Curtis, Jus. Peace A true copy attest B. R. Curtis, Secy.

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Lot 425

Susan Davis of Boston, widow of late Isaac P. Davis to represent his lot no. 425. _

" [Lot] 440

Susan H. Chaffee of Boston, daughter of late Ezra Chaffee to represent his lot no. 440. ~

" [Lot] 445

Isabella Curtis of Boston, widow of late James F. Curtis, to represent his lot no. 445.

" [Lot] 463

John S. Hooper of Boston, son and Trustee under the will of late John Hooper, to represent his lot no. 463. _

" [Lot] 470

Charles B. Darling of Boston, Ex^or & Trustee to represent the lot of late Ephraim Marsh, no. 470. _

" [Lot] 513

H. H. Hunnewell of Boston, only child of late Walter Hunnewell to represent his lot no. 513. _

" [Lot] 530

Rebecca Lee of Boston sister & Ex^or under will of late Sarah Lee to represent her lot no. 530. _

" [Lot] 644

Geo. D. Cabot of Lawrence, only son of late John Cabot to represent his lot no. 644. _

" [Lot] 652

Harriet Stone of Cambridgeport widow of late W^m F. Stone to represent his lot no. 652. _

" [Lot] 698

Henry A. Snow of Somerville, son of late Larkin Snow to represent his lot, no. 698. _

ascertain the Sales of Lots of the preceding year.

In Testimony whereof, the said Massachusetts Horticultural Society have caused their common Seal to be hereto affixed, and this Deed to be signed and delivered by Elijah Vose, Jonathan Winship, Robert T. Paine, Marshal P. Wilder and Isaac P. Davis, (a committee of the said Society legally appointed for this purpose at a meeting thereof held June 6^th 1835, as by reference to the Record thereof, a copy of which is annexed, will appear) on this nineteenth Day of June, A.D. Eighteen Hundred and thirty five.

Executed in presence of

Elijah Vose Jon^a Winship Robert Treat Paine Marshall P. Wilder Is P. Davis-

Suffolks. Boston, July 13 1835. Personally appeared Robert T. Paine and acknowledged this instrument to be the free act and deed of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society ~ before me, Charles P. Curtis, Justice of Peace

Suffolks. Boston July 16, 1835 Personally appeared Marshall P. Wilder and acknowledged this instrument to be the free act and deed of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society ~ before me, Charles P. Curtis, Justice of Peace

Suffolks. Boston July 17, 1835. Personally appeared Isaac P. David & acknowledged this instrument to be the free act and deed of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society ~ before me ~ Charles P. Curtis, Justice of Peace -

Suffolks. August 1, 1835. Personally appeared Jonathan Winship & acknowledged this instrument to be the free act and deed of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society - before me - Charles P. Curtis, Justice of Peace

At a stated Meeting of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society held on Saturday, June Sixth, A.D. 1835

Hon. Elijah Vose, Senior Vice President, in the Chair. - The following Preamble and vote were introduced, and after discussion thereon, were passed, vis^t:

Whereas by an Act of the Legislature of this State passed March 31^st 1835, the Proprietors of the Lots in the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, were created a corporation by the name of "The Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn", and said Proprietors have in writing informed this Society that they have organized themselves under said Act, and have requested a conveyance of the Land in the Towns of Cambridge and Watertown known as Mount Auburn, together with all the Land belonging to this Society appurtenant & the same, agreeably to the terms of separation entered into by said Proprietors and this Society on the Day of [blank] last, therefore

Voted, that Elijah Vose, Jonathan Winship, Robert T. Paine, Marshal P. Wilder, and Isaac P. Davis be and they are hereby authorised (as soon as it is, in their opinion, expedient,) to execute, acknowledge and deliver to the said Proprietors of the Lots in the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, a Deed or convey ance in fee simple, and under the Seal of this Society, of all the Property and Estate of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in and to the Lands in the Towns of Cambridge and Watertown, in the county of Middlesex, generally heretofore known as the Cemetery and Experimental Garden at Mount Auburn, together with all the Lands appurtenant to the same, in which this Society has any property or estate. The same Lands being in the whole estimated to contain about 110 Acres.

And that said Deed shall not contain any convenant of Warranty of the Title of said Lands, but shall contain the conditions or terms of separation agreed on by this Society and the said Proprietors

A true copy from the Record (signed) Robert Trust Paine Robert Treat Paine Recording Secretary