Trustees Records, Vol. 1, 1835 (page 015)

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Trustees 23 Ap. 1835

A meeting of the Trustees of the Proprietors of the
Cemetery of Mount Auburn was held at the
office of Charles P. Curtis in Boston on Thursday the
23^d day of April 1835 at 4 o'clock P.M. __ Present
Mess^rs. Joseph Story, Samuel Appleton, Jacob
Bigelow, James Read, Charles P. Curtis Benj^m
A. Gould, Charles Brown.

The meeting was called to order by Mr. Chas.
P. Curtis, the Secretary chosen at the Proprietors
Meeting, & thereupon Mr. Samuel Appleton
was chosen chairman.

President Chosen.

The Trustees then voted to proceed to the
choice of a President by ballot, when the Hon.
Joseph Story was unanimously chosen President.

Treasurer.

Mr. George Bond was then chosen Treasurer in
the same manner.

Salary of Sec.

Mr C. P. Curtis then resigned the office of secretary.
It was voted that the salary of the Secretary be
one hundred dollars per annum.

Secretary

Mr Benjamin R. Curtis was unanimously chosen
by ballot to be the Secretary of the Corporation &
was duly qualified

Com^ee to procure Deed.

Voted. That Mess^rs Bond & C. P. Curtis be a committee
to apply for & obtain a conveyance from the Massa-
chusetts Horticultural Society of the land & other
property appertaining to the Cemetery & Garden
pursuant to the act passed March 31, 1835