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one. After deducting all the expenses hitherto incurred, including the expense of the granite gateway, there will remain at the end of the present year in the Treasury, according to a statement made to the Committee by the Treasurer the sum of about Twenty Six thousand Dollars applicable to the general objects contemplated in the Act of Incorporation -

It is well known that among these objects there are some, which have always from the beginning of the Cemetary [sic] been deemed of primary importance & to which the funds of the Corporation were designed to be applied - as soon as any adequate Surplus shld exist. Indeed these objects were held out to the orig= inal Subscribers as the main inducements for their patronage & encouragement of the Enterprize; & without them little or no success could have been hoped for - The Committee therefore deem it their sacred duty to recommend that these objects should be put in a Train to ensure their entire accomplishment as early as the funds of the Corporation shall enable the Trustees to do so - The Committee beg leave to state that the objects to whih they have allowed, are

Fence

(1) The erection of a permanent Stone or Iron fence upon the front grounds of the Cemetary [sic] & a hedge fence on the remaining three sides thereof for their

Draining water.

due protection & security. (2) The draining of the low grounds & the introduction of pure water which should run into the grounds & through the ponds within the same, into Charles River --

Chapel.

(3) The Erection of a suitable Granite Chapel ^^where the religious services for the Dead may be

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Suitable granite foundation can be erected of a suitable heighth on the whole length of the Cemetery fronting on the Cambridge & Watertown public Highway for an expense not exceeding 17000 $ -

Hedge.

The other three Sides of the Cemetery the Committee propose should be enlosed by a hedge fence of Buck Thorn or some other Shrub thickly planted within & near^^to the present wooden fence This would in a few years with suitable care constitute ______ a substantial & beautiful enclosure; & might be done an an expense not exceeding 1000$

Draining

(2) As to draining the grounds & obtaining a Supply of pure water - the various ponds may be made to communicate with each other, & the stagnant water be drawn off the same by Suitable ditches, so as ultimately to pass through the low grounds into Charles River - The ponds can then be excavated & the materials obtained therefrom applied to fertilize the grounds on the borders of the Cemetery, & good gravel bottoms be substituted in the ponds, or if deemed necessary or expedient, the ponds can be partially filled up or narrowed in their area - The committee estimate the expense of accomplishing this part of the plan as not exceeding 3000$

Water

In respect to the conveying of pure water into the grounds, the committee are aware of some difficulty - the most probably Source of Supply is from Fresh Pond by means of an Apparatus to raise the water above the level of the Ponds in the Cemetery & then to conduct it through the intermediate lands

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into the Cemetery & thence to Charles River -- To accomplish this object some Legislative Action will probably be neccessary 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 committee 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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DEED. Proprietors. &c. to M.P. Brasee. v.p118

Know all Men by these Presents -- That the proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, a corporation established by law in the county of Middlesex in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In Consideration of five hundred dollars to them paid by Morton P. Brasee of Cambridge in said Middlesex. Housewright the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby remise, release and forever Quit=claim into the said Morton P. Brasee his heirs and assigned all our right title, and interest and estate in and to a certain parcel of land situated in the southeasterly part of Watertown in said Middlesex with a dwelling house, and other buildings thereon, containing by survey nineteen acres and thirty five rods be the same more or less bounded southwesterly by Charles River about six hundred and seventeen feet. Westerly by land of the heirs of Nathaniel Stone from said river to a road three hundred and seventy six feet Northerly by said road about four hundred and fifty feet to a corner near the house, then Westerly again by a way or continuation of said road along the easterly side of Mount Auburn Cemetery, nine hundred and sixty six feet; then Northerly by the heirs of Cornelius Stone two hundred and thirteen feet in a straight line Easterly also by land of said heirs in nearly a straight line nine hundred and fifty feet to the edge of the salt marsh at a post, then

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At a legal meeting of the Trustees of the proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn holden Oct 15^th A.D. 1844 it was voted that Charles P Curtis Esq and the Secretary be a committee with power to complete the purchase from the heirs of the late Moses Stone and with power to execute any such deeds in relation to the present interests of the corporation in the down estate of the late Mrs Pomeroy as they shall deem proper.

A true copy of the record Attest Henry M. Parker Secretary

DEED. Proprietors. &c. to W^m P. Winchester

Know all men by these presents, That the proprietors of the Cemetaery of Mount Auburn - a Corporation established by law in the County of Middlesex & State of Massachusetts - in consideration of one dollar to them - paid by William P. Winchester of Boston in the County of Suffolk ~ and State aforesaid -- Gentleman the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby remise, release, and forever quit claim unto the said Winchester his heirs and assigns, all our right, title, interest, and estate in and to a certain parcel of land situated in the southeasterly part of Watertown in said Middlesex, with the buildings thereon, containing by survey nineteen acres and thirty five rods, be the same more or less, Bounded southwesterly by Charles River about six hundred