Mount Auburn Cemetery

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Trustees

Pursuant to the notice issued by the Secretary the Trustees of the Pros. of the Cem^y of Mount Auburn met at the House of Geo. Bond Esq^r on Thursday the 13^th day of December 1838 at 7 oclock P. M. Present Mess^rs Bigelow, Bond, Brimmer, Parker & B. R. Curtis.

Treasurer.

Whereas in April 1837 the treasurer transferred to himself as Treasurer three shares in the Amoskeag Manufactur^g Co. as collateral security for a sum of money then due from him to the said Proprietor, of the Cem^y of Mount Auburn, & being in the hands of the Mercantile firm of Whitwell Bond & Company which sum of money has now been paid

Voted That the retransfer by the Treasurer of the said shares be & the same is hereby confirmed.

Monument to Thos G. Fessenden

Whereas certain members of the Mass^tts Hor^l Society & others are desirious to erect a monument in the Cemetery to the memory of the late Thomas G. Fessenden & whereas the Members of the Mass. Hor Society are understood to be desirous that a Lot in the Cem^y should be granted for that purpose,

Voted That the Com^ee on Lots be authorized

Nov. 20 [186]5

Chas. R. Lowell Esq

Dear Sir,

We are finishing up a new lithographic plan of the Cemetery on a large scale, and, in order to represent lot nos. 323 & 1443 thereon, shall be compelled to put in the granite boundary posts at the expense of the parties interested: and I have requested the Superintendent to have this done.

As I understood you were contemplating some further permanent improvement, I had hoped you would have been in season to save this trouble. However the expense will not be material, and you will be allowed the value of the posts to the Corporation when you are ready to erect a fence.

Respectfully yours

A.J. Coolidge Sec.y

Boston, Nov. 20. 1865

J.H. Shedd Esq

Dear Sir,

I should like to have Mr Perkins survey & give in feet the areas of several pieces of ground entered in the catalogue as "Monuments" to this or that individual --

Such are

180 --	Central Square	to	Hannah Adams
181 --	Central Ave	"	Sparzheim
433 --	Narcissus P.	"	C. Durgin
680 --	Yarrow P.	"	Thos. G. Fessenden
724	Walnut Av.	"	Noah Worcester
899	Central Av.	"	Officers Explor. Exped.

I should like just to have you or he make out with me a list of the avenues & paths as upon the plan.

Yours truly

A.J. Coolidge

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of the Mass. Hort. Society, on the subject of conveying the lot containing the remains of the late Thomas Green Fessenden to his heirs at law, and protecting it from further interments except of the remains of Mrs Lydia Fessenden, who has expressed a desire that her body shall be interred in said lot.

Conditional grant of right of burial to Mrs L. Fessenden.

On motion by Mr Curtis,

Voted that this Corporation will convey the lot on which the Fessenden monument stands, (no. 680) to the Massachusettts Horticultural Society, on the condition that said Society shall forever keep the same in good repair, and that no interment shall be made therein, except that of the body of Mrs Lydia Fessenden. _

Partial rep^t of Com^ee on resignation of Mr Spooner _ and further instructions to Com^ee _

Mr Rand for the Committee to which was referred the resignation of Mr Spooner, as Gardener, reported that Mr Spooner is still desirous that his resignation should be accepted; they also reported the state of accounts between him and the Corporation, and the terms on which he offers a settlement, and they desired further instructions.

On motion of Mr Crocker,

Voted that this Committee be authorized to make such settlement with Mr Spooner as they may deem right, and also to make any further arrangement regarding the green-house that in their judgment is proper, either to sell