Mount Auburn Cemetery

She thinks she will first consult her cousin, whether he may not wish for it. --

Will you, if I should not see you, please show her in the neighborhood of the new Fountain -- also the lot you purchased on Laurel Hill. --

I also mentioned to her the high ground just southerly of the new Av^e you are making up by Myrtle Path. I told her it is as yet unfitted for sale. She thinks she before marked this ground.

I shall try to get up there. If the weather should be unfavorable the party will not come out. --

Truly yours

A.J. Coolidge

Septem^r 17 [186]4

C. [L?] Winsor

Dear Sir,

Mr Oliver A. Far-- well of Boston has been out twice looking for a lot, but did not find you. [?] [?] think it was [?] him a lot at the corner of Rose and Oleander Paths, numbered 525 on the plan. It was one of the old lots in the early [?] [?]. He saw others and likes this the best & wishes you send him a certificate of 300 feet. He is about to leave town tomorrow for Lake [Superior?] as is [........?] check with [...?] Have [...?] if you will [?] her [?] to me at once.

He does not care to grade the lot he has [?] [?]. (over)

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Feby. 11^th [186]7

Messrs Cutter, Tower & Co.

Gentlemen,

We will take of your 67 reams printing paper of the size 19 in x 29 in, 26 lbs to the ream, at 23 cts per lb. provided it is of as good quality as the sample handed us, but with more sizing. The sample is deficient in sizing.

We wish the order executed within a fortnight.

Yours truly

A.J. Coolidge Sec.y

Feby 12 [186]7

Master F. M. Saffords,

I will make the correction of the number of Mrs. P. May's lot; but don't be deceived abt 531. It once stood on Rose Path (on old plan) was never used and the spot is now covered by lot 3601- heirs of Jas. Clark (one of the Jordan Marsh &c lots) I gave you 531 on the list to locate anew; &, if you have not found ^lost that list, you will see it there. If you have, it is time you should be furnished with another. If the number has been located among those given, please find it and give it to the surveyor. Finally, now is your time to show the surveyor where all those spare numbers are located.

Yours respectfully

A.J. Coolidge

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Nov. 12^th [186]7

Capt. D.L. Winsor

Sir: -

Mr Phineas B. Hovey, of Cambrigeport, a friend of mine, was quite desirous to get a lot on the southerly side of the Cemetery, and I pointed out to him lot 525 on Rose Path, & sent him to you, to see how you would sell it as to quantity shape & grade. I am informed today that he has agreed decided to take it. I remember a year or two since when it was proposed to sell the lot to another gentleman, you thought, it should be run down on the easterly side between Oleander P. and lot 534 so as to take in some 20 or 30 ft more than 300. I send you a sketch from the large plan with measurements. The lot is not 15 ft wide on the front. You can tell best by the land how much of the vacant space the bank will require. I think he should take what there is there, not naturally required for the bank, whether [300?] more, or less. There seems to be a good deal to spare between lot 187 and Oleander P. - not less than 13 ft - a great waste.

Please inform me of the address of Mrs Hannah Heath, to whom you reported, on 20^th of July, as sold a lot^^{(no 3780)} of 400 ft on Fountain Av^e amounting to $700. She has not paid for it.

Please also state whether your report of Octo. 19^th lot 3808 to John Vose Jr. on Kalmia P., 400 ft, is to be superceded by lot 3817 on Galanthus P. 360 f. reported^^{Nov 2d} as sold him, Nov^r 2^d He today

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Trustees. June 14^t, 1871

Cemetery Corporation would construct and maintain a gate for foot passengers directly opposite the Depot.

S. G. Deblois' Petition for steps Coleus & Rose Paths.

Also a communication dated the 13^t inst., from Stephen G. Deblois, proprietor of Lot N^o 3803 on Coleus Path petitioning for the placing of stone steps to facilitate the access to the lots on said Path from Rose Path in the rear.

Voted, – that the aforesaid communications be severally referred to the Committee on Grounds.

Rev^d J. Tuckerman, friends offered through H. B. Rogers for preservation of Monument

The Secretary laid before the Board a proposal from M^r Henry B. Rogers in behalf of certain friends of the late Rev. Joseph Tuckerman D. D. to pay over to the Corporation the sum of Sixty dollar ($60.00) towards the preservation and repair of the Monument erected to said Tuckerman, said sum being a balance remaining in hand after defraying the cost of the erection of the monument aforesaid.

Voted, – that the aforesaid communication be referred to the Committee on Lots.

Bost. Soc. of N. Hist. Acknowledgment of presentation of Swan

A letter of acknowledgment dated the 8^t inst., was received from the Boston Society of Natural History for the presentation to its Museum from "the Directors of M^t Auburn Cemetery" of a "fine specimen of swan"

Voted, – that said communication be placed on file

Contracts for Perp. Rep. with Guaranty of Lots 3071, 3420,3421, 3422

The Secretary having stated that the Committee on Lots had recommended the Trustees to guaranty the perpetual repair of Lot N^o 3071 on Elm Avenue, belonging to M^rs Margaret K. Fader of Boston for One hundred and fifty dollars; and had also recommended the Trustees to guaranty the perpetual repair of Lots N^os 3420, 3421 & 3422 on Anemone Path in a single

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Trustees. May 14^t, 1873.

[Ground near Central &c. Ave^s; work on] ordered done

Central, Garden, Yew and Fountain Avenues, reported that they had received from the present Superintendent an estimate of the cost of the work specified as requiring attention, and had instructed him to cause the same to be done.

Percentage of saleable & unsaleable land; reported no action needed

The same Committee to whom was referred a communication from the late Superintendent respecting the percentage of saleable and unsaleable lands in the Cemetery, reported that no action is necessary at the present time and recommended that the communication be placed on file.

Dr. Bigelow; communication from placed on file.

The same Committee to whom was referred a communication from Dr. Bigelow in reference to certain "constructions" belonging to the Cemetery, reported that no action on the same was necessary and that it be placed on file.

S. G. Deblois' Petition for placing certain steps; reported no action needed

The same Committee to whom was referred the Petition of Stephen G. Deblois for the placing of stone steps in the bank adjoining his Lot N^o 3808, reported that no further action thereon was necessary, the petitioner having expressed his satisfaction with the access, provided by the Committee, to Lots on Coleus Path from Rose Path, as appears from a letter of the late Superintendent, dated the 9 ult^o

Voted, – that ^^the above reports of the Committee on Grounds be accepted.

Bounty system ordered to be discontinued

The President submitted a communication from the Superintendent in relation to the custom of keeping back a portion of the pay of the men under the so called "Bounty system", and stated that the subject had received the consideration of the Committee on Grounds, and that the Committee acting under authority given by the Board,