Trustees Records, Vol. 1, 1835 (page 216)

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Trustees. February 15, 1851.

Pursuant to notices issued in the usual manner the Trustees
met at the office of C.P. Curtis Esquire on Friday the fourfifth-
teenth day of February A.D. 1851. at 12 o'clock M.
Present Messrs Bigelow, C.P. Curtis Crockett, Dixwell
Parker and Tisdale.

Officers election of

The meeting at once proceeded to ballot for officers
for the ensuing year. The following gentlemen were
unanimously elected by ballot to the several
offices set against their names.

Jacob Bigelow - President.
Henry M. Parker - Secretary.
George W. Bond - Treasurer
Jacob Bigelow, C.P. Curtis, Isaac Parker. Committee on Lots
B.A. Gould. J.J. Dixwell Committee on Finance
George W. Crockett. Auditor of Accounts.

Statue of J. Story.

The President read a letter from W.W. Story Esqr in
relation to his contract for the statue of his late father
and after considerable conversation.

Voted. That the Trustees are very desirous that the
statue should be completed within the time specified
in the contract, and they cannot consent to the exten-
sion of the time.

Voted. That the Trustees will be pleased to act in
concert with Mr. Story respecting the substitution of
American marble, if Mr. Story and the Trustees can
be satisfied. respecting it, and the use of it will not
occasion any delay

Voted. That it is the wish of the Trustees that the
full sized model should be made and exhibited
to them with the least possible delay. Adjourned
A true record. Attest Henry M. Parker. Secretary.

216

Trustees. February 15, 1851.

Pursuant to notices issued in the usual manner the Trustees
met at the office of C.P. Curtis Esquire on Friday the fourfifth-
teenth day of February A.D. 1851. at 12 o'clock M.
Present Messrs Bigelow, C.P. Curtis Crockett, Dixwell
Parker and Tisdale.

Officers election of

The meeting at once proceeded to ballot for officers
for the ensuing year. The following gentlemen were
unanimously elected by ballot to the several
offices set against their names.

Jacob Bigelow - President.
Henry M. Parker - Secretary.
George W. Bond - Treasurer
Jacob Bigelow, C.P. Curtis, Isaac Parker. Committee on Lots
B.A. Gould. J.J. Dixwell Committee on Finance
George W. Crockett. Auditor of Accounts.

Statue of J. Story.

The President read a letter from W.W. Story Esqr in
relation to his contract for the statue of his late father
and after considerable conversation.

Voted. That the Trustees are very desirous that the
statue should be completed within the time specified
in the contract, and they cannot consent to the exten-
sion of the time.

Voted. That the Trustees will be pleased to act in
concert with Mr. Story respecting the substitution of
American marble, if Mr. Story and the Trustees can
be satisfied. respecting it, and the use of it will not
occasion any delay

Voted. That it is the wish of the Trustees that the
full sized model should be made and exhibited
to them with the least possible delay. Adjourned
A true record. Attest Henry M. Parker. Secretary.