Mount Auburn Cemetery

#2223-S

Nov. 6, 1888.

J. T. Winchester, Esq., #30 Broad St., New York.

Dear Sir:-

Your note is received. The remains can be removed at any time you desire. I enclose an order, which please sign and also have the proprietor of the lot sign it.

The remains have to be properly boxed, and a permit obtained from the Board of Health of the town of Watertown, but these details the undertaker you employ will attend to.

Repectfully yours,

Supt.

#1312-S

Nov. 6, 1888.

Mrs. M. D. Kimball, #325 Commonwealth Ave., Boston.

Dear Madam:-

Cleaning the headstones on your lot will cost $6.00.

Respectfully yours,

Supt.

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#1532-S

Jan. 2, 1889.

Miss Kate L. Towle Exeter, N. H.

Dear Madam: -

Your note is received. Unless the grave border is removed before freezing weather the removal of the remains cannot probably be made without breaking the border. I enclosed the order needed for the removal which please sign and return to me. Besides this you will have to get from the Board of Health of the town of Watertown a permit to disinter and remove the remains.

The charge for removal and box will be $10.00 which is payable in advance. This charge does not include any work on the border or monument.

I notice that there is an unpaid bill for work done on the lot amounting to $10.00, and as the Trustees do not permit me to do work on lots where there are unpaid bills, this matter must first be attended to.

Respectfully yours,

Supt.

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Trustees - Sept. 4, 1865.

The regular monthly meeting of the Trustees was held on Monday, September 4^th 1865, at 11 oclock a.m

There were present, the President, Messrs Adams, Austin, Cheever, Little and Norcross.

The record of the last previous meeting was read. _

Acceptance of Coolidge Av. by City of Camb. & Watertown referred to Mr Little to confer with said municipalities _

Mr Little submitted a letter of inquiry from Mrs W^m P. Winchester respecting the liability of this Corporation to keep Coolidge Avenue in repair, and complaining of its condition for travel; also a note from the Superintendent upon the same subject. -

Upon motion by Mr Austin,

Voted that Mr Little be a Committee to confer with the municipal authorities of Cambridge and Watertown in relation to the acceptance of such portion of said road as may lie within their respective limits, and report thereon.

Quest. of Liability of this Corpⁿ under late Income Law of mass. referred

The Treasurer stated that he had received from the Treasurer of this Commonwealth a notice directing him to make the return required by Chap. 283 of the acts of 1865 in relation to tax upon certain corporations; and asking instruction in relation thereto.

Upon motion by Mr Little,

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Trustees _ Nov. 10. 1868 Report recommitted _

After discussion it was

Voted that the report be recommitted with instruction to ascertain whether the town of Watertown will permit the use of said ground for burial purposes, and whether the Horticultural Society will join in said purchase, and any other points pertinent to the matter.

Horticultural Soc.y _ its ¼ of Expenses of filling land _

Voted that the same Committee be requested to ascertain whether the Horticultural Society has been charged with its one quarter proportion of the expenses of improving unsaleable land under the contract with it, especially including the region of Mound Avenue and Halcyon Lake. _

Mr Austin added to Com _

Voted that Mr Austin be added to the Committtee.

Proposal of mayor of Camb. to purchase strip of land from Stone Meadow _

A communication from the Mayor of Cambridge who is Chairman of the Commissioners of the Cambridge Cemetery, inquiring whether this Corporation will sell the City of Cambridge a strip of land from the Stone Meadow lately purchased by this Corporation of fifty or one hundred feet wide next to said Cemetery _ was laid before the Trustees _

And the same was referred to the Committee on Grounds. _

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Tax on Stone Farm _ refusal to pay.

Upon motion of Mr Curtis, the following preamble and vote were adopted _

Whereas the town of Watertown has demanded payment of taxes for the year 1859 upon that part of the Cemetery called the Stone Farm, which was annexed to the Cemetery proper by a vote of the Trustees December 20, 1858 of which vote the said town then had due notice.

Voted that the Secretary be directed again to notify them that this Corporation denies any liability for taxes upon said estate, and that it will resist in a lawful way any such claim.

The meeting was then adjourned.

Attest Austin J. Coolidge

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Trustees Aug. 6, 1860

At the hour appointed for the regular meeting of the Trustees of Mount Auburn on Monday, August 6, 1860, at 10 o'clock am,, there were present the President and Messrs Austin, Cheever and Rand.

No Quorum

No quorum being present, the meeting was adjourned to the next regular meeting.

Attest Austin J. Coolidge, Secretary.