Mount Auburn Cemetery

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Sept 16^th [186]9

W.L. Hanscom Esq

Dear Sir,

I enclosed certain bills to you last year, but learned soon that you had gone to Europe, to be absent several months. Hoping that you might call here when in Boston I have not so far sent again. I am however very anxious to close up certain old accts, and trust therefore that you will so far as your lot is that of Mr Farrar is concerned, enable me to do so.

My predecessor's clerk made certain errors in charges on your account by reason of the number of your lot being accidentally included with lots 3208-11 (the Hitchcock brothers) where a charge of $36.00 was divided between their four lots & yours, instead of their four alone. That made bill of $7.20 apparently for care of lot 2903 for 1867. You paid that charge to me by mistake instead of your regular bill for both lots of $12.00: and Bond's clerk had credited you already with 7.20 by mistake -- the ^⁴ Hitchcocks paying 36.00 or 9.00 each, and they were each credited 7.20 & you 7.20 -- He erroneously credited the amount to you, they having paid [?]

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bill, and you receiving a bill of it, came in & paid it to me (before I had sifted the accts.) instead of the $12.00 which you owed, and an old bill of 4.75 for foundation for headstones.

This explains the whole cause of the error. I have gone over the accts, thoroughly, and know that I am right. I subjoin the account as it should & does truly stand, giving you credit for all that you have paid. --

1864	Dr		Cr
May 30 --	For building foundn in 3097 =	4.75
1865 Feby	[For] care of lots 2903 & 3097 for 1864	10.00 --	1865 Feby By cash	10.00
1866 Nov.	[For care of lots 2903 & 3097 for] 1866	12.00 --	1867 Oct 31 [By cash]	12.00
1867 Dec 31	[For care of lots 2903 & 3097 for] 1867	12.00	1868 June [By cash]	7.20
1868 [Dec 31]	[For care of lots 2903 & 3907 for] 1868	12.00
	[total]	50.75	[total]	29.20

Showing to be due from you $21.55 --

The last three years $7. was charged on your lot and $5.00 on lot 3097 --

If you will be so kind as to send me check for the above am^t ($21.55) I shall very cheerfully give you the proper receipts.

Respectfully yours

A.J. Coolidge

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Jan 9th [18]82

Mr Edward Patchett

Mt Auburn

Dear Sir

You will please make no interments or removals from the following lots without written orders from the Supts office

Very respectfully James W Lovering pr J.C.S. Supt

172	2866	22	582	1014	1530	2189	2550	3140	3572	4195	4593
			567				2574
612	3356	121	596	1185	1687	2247	2576	3288-9	3638	4215-16	4284
			604				2581
756	3703	249	633	1211	1697	2312	2600	3292	3648	4277	4638
			691				2629
816	4090	345	721	1309	1776	2479	2652	3343	3654	4490	4675
			722				2667
923	4161	404	736	1402	1809-10	2154	2745	3157	3655	4182	4630
			794					2867
931	3695	419	840	1425	1841	2399	2903	3270	3772	4220	4691
			904				2966
1334		470	949		1872	2400	2997		3776	4010
			711				2774
1866		99	522		1958	2062			3839	4117
			764
1969					1979	2098			3910-11	4358
2347					1587				3534
2371					1675				3867
2441									3695