Trustees Records, Vol. 1, 1835 (page 102)

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into the Cemetery & thence to Charles River -- To accom-
plish this object some Legislative Action will probably be nec-
cessary as well as the consent of the proprietors, through
whose land the water must pass - A survey of the ponds
& of these lands has been already made, & an estimate of
the probable expense will be found in the Report of the
former Committee which has been recommitted to this
Committee & to which reference is to be had for a more
full understanding of the project & other incidental
matters -

Chapel.

(3) the Erection of a Chapel - The commit-
tee deem this is a very desireable object - The Chapel ought
in their opinion to be built in a chaste style & taste &
of the most durable materials, & upon a plan which
will admit of great additions & enlargements at a future
period, without injury to the symetry & proportions of
the original building when the religious services & the
erection of monuments therein Shall require Such additions
& enlargements - If the chapel Should be now erected
of a Suitable heighth of Ashlar Granite it may be lighted
by a dome or Lantern or Skylight on the Top, & the four
sides be reserved for Busts & Statues & Monuments -
The accommodations for the religious Services may be by
a moveable pulpit & movable Seats, to be placed
in Such prositions as the occasion may require -
The Chapel when built, may if it is thought best,
constitute the Nave or part of the Nave of a future
Church which Shall become with its future transepts
a Latin or Greek cross - - as had been already suggested
private subscriptions may probably be obtained to aid
in the accomplishment of this object - Probably the

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into the Cemetery & thence to Charles River -- To accom=
plish this object some Legislative Action will probably be nec=
cessary as well as the consent of the proprietors, through
whose land the water must pass - A survey of the ponds
& of these lands has been already made, & an estimate of
the probable expense will be found in the Report of the
former Committee which has been recommitted to this
Committee & to which reference is to be had for a more
full understanding of the project & other incidental
matters -

Chapel.

(3) the Erection of a Chapel - The commit=
tee deem this is a very desireable object - The Chapel ought
in their opinion to be built in a chaste style & taste &
of the most durable materials, & upon a plan which
will admit of great additions & enlargements at a future
period, without injury to the symetry & proportions of
the original building when the religious services & the
erection of monuments therein Shall require Such additions
& enlargements - If the chapel Should be now erected
of a Suitable heighth of Ashlar Granite it may be lighted
by a dome or Lantern or Skylight on the Top, & the four
sides be reserved for Busts & Statues & Monuments -
The accommodations for the religious Services may be by
a moveable pulpit & movable Seats, to be placed
in Such prositions as the occasion may require -
The Chapel when built, may if it is thought best,
constitute the Nave or part of the Nave of a future
Church which Shall become with its future transepts
a Latin or Greek cross - - as had been already suggested
private subscriptions may probably be obtained to aid
in the accomplishment of this object - Probably the