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Dec^r 27 [186]5

Capt D.L. Winsor

Dear Sir,

I omitted yesterday to state that at Mr J.C. Merrill's request for a number with four figures to be given him, for the lot of Mr Ward his brother in law, I gave him 3376. This number was on a little lot which was sold to Hannah A. Morse, in rear of 888 Poplar Av., and transferred back to the Corpⁿ before she died. So, if you have put a stake there to indicate ^^{a lot for sale by that no.} please have it changed to the east half of J.C. Merrill's on Snowdrop Path.

That lot will be then - S.E. half Hen. V. Ward 3376 - N.W. J.C.M. 3487.

Geo. W. Livermore Esq. of Camb. called in again today, & as he is anxious to settle his bill with the Corpⁿ wishes you would correct the report of lots 3509, 3510, -- M.H. Livermore & P.F. Folsom, on Clematis Path, so that they will stand 300 feet each (if that is what they contain, as appears from the book of Shedd's plan) instead of 326 ft. as before: and instruct the Treas^r to give them a credit of $65 on the bill. I promised him you would bring it in on Saturday.

Mr W^m C. Murdock wishes you to bring in the bill on the Vose lot next Saturday, and would like to meet you here at 12 o'clock. If you can fix the report to include the cap on the monument, he will pay in the fund so as to be included in this year's rep^t. He p^d $450 on the Ward lot today.

Truly yours

A.J. Coolidge

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Application of Jas. C. Merrill to reconvey his lot no. 3487, & to receive two deeds of same _ referred to Mr Bowditch _

Mr Bowditch presented the written request, of James C. Merrill Esq. proprietor of lot numbered 3487 stating that he purchased said lot upon the erroneous information _ or at least upon the erroneous inference from certain information _ that if the whole should prove larger than he desired, he could convey a portion of it to another; that having entered into the purchase of it with Mr Henry V. Ward, he had ascertained that he could not convey to Mr Ward one half as a distinct interest, unless so authorized by the Trustees and he asked that he might reconvey his lot to the Corporation and that two deeds might issue to himself and Mr Ward.

Voted that the subject be referred to Mr Bowditch with full power: _

Letter of John T. Heard containing extract of will of Eliz. F. Gurney respecting her tomb _ lot no. 815.

A communication was received from John T. Heard Esq. a copy of which follows, and it was voted to extend the same upon the records.

Boston, November 20^th 1865

Dear Sir:

I beg to call the attention of the Trustees of Mount Auburn Cemetery to the following extract from the will of the late Mrs. E.F. Gurney, as it provided for keeping in repair her burial lot in the Cemetery under their charge:

"30. I give and devise to the Trustees of the Newton "Theological Institution, all that parcel of land with

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Trustees _ Adj^d Meeting Jan.y 8, 1866

An adjourned meeting of the Trustees was held on Monday, January 8^th at 11 o'clock a.m.

There were present the President, Messrs Adams, Austin, Bowditch, Cheever, Lovejoy, Norcross, Rand and Read. _

The records of the last two meetings were read.

Lot 3487 to be reconv^d and two deeds of same to issue _

Mr Bowditch to whom was referred the petition of James C. Merrill reported, recommending that said Merrill be allowed to reconvey lot numbered 3487 to the Corporation, and that two new deeds of the same land be issued to said Merrill and Henry V. Ward. _

Voted to accept the report, and adopt its recommendation.

Committee chosen to defend suits vs. the Corpⁿ on to settle by ref^ce

A suit having been brought in the Superior Court for Suffolk County by the Granite Railway Company and W^m O'Donnell against Dr Bigelow and Messrs Read and Cheever of the Board of Trustees to recover the contract price of the facade for catacombs erected on Rosebay Avenue, it was on motion of Mr Bowditch,

Voted that the same Committee as were, by vote of the Trustees, May 2, 1864, entrusted with full power to remove said facade, and make such settlement with the contractors as in their Judgment should seem just _ (viz. the President and Messrs Rand and Norcross.)