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62 Cambridge Bar Honors Jurists

Decorates Graves of Three in Mt. Auburn

Members of the Cambridge Bar Association yesterday laid wreaths on the graves of three justices of the United States Supreme Court in Mt. Auburn cemetery, as part of the nation-wide observance of the 150th anniversary of the first session of the court.

A similar observance was held in Scituate where members of the Scituate Historical Society, headed by Rep. Nathaniel Tilden, president of the society, laid a wreath on the grave of one of its native sons, Justice William Cushing, appointed by President Washington as a member of the first court.

Rep. Tilden also presided at exercises held at the Judge Cushing memorial tablet in Grenebush and introduced George C. Olson, president of the Plymouth County Bar Association, guest speaker. Among those who attended the exercises were representatives of the Scituate Historical Society, Chief Justice Cushing chapter, D.A.R.; Society of Old Colony Descendants, Norwell and Cohasset Historical societies and Scituate town officials.

Graves decorated by the Cambridge Bar Association were those of Joseph Story, a member of the court from 1811 to 1845; Benjamin R. Curtis, a member from 1851 to 1857, and Horace Gray, a member from 1881 to 1902, whose grave was decorated by his nephew, Roland Gray.

62a MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY One of America's Finest Burial Grounds

ARLINGTON NEWS, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1941

We are indeed pleased to bring to the attention of our readers in this Review, Mount Auburn Cemetery, one of the most outstandingly beautiful burial grounds in the entire country.

It can be truly said that the progress of civilization in any community may be judged by the advancement that has been made in the care and respect for the memory of those who have passed to the great beyond. We deem it eminently fitting and prosper, therefore, that we direct the attention of our readers to the burial ground in Cambridge, of which this entire section of the state may feel proud and which reflects in its every aspect that impressive dignity, reverence and seclusion which in simplicity and beauty is eloquent of silent tribute to those who rest beneath its protecting elms.

Situated between the Charles River and the CambridgeWatertown highway, Mount Auburn has the advantage of accessibility from Metropolitan Boston. Comprising 156 acres of consecrated land, beautifully landscaped, its nine miles of paved avenues and over eleven miles of winding pathways all add to the attractiveness which judicious planning and constant care have contributed.

Mount Auburn is rich in tradition and historical association and some of the nation's most illustrious sons and daughters are interred here. So long is the full list of men and women of national distinction that it has frequently been called the Westminster Abby of America. Some of the element persons include Henry W. Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mary Baker Eddy, Phillips Brooks, Charles W. Eliot, Edwin Booth and Louis Agassiz, among hundreds of others.

The location of a modern cemetery in the vicinity of a growing city is an enterprise requiring not only a large outlay of money, but also a highly trained business organization. Mount Auburn is a modern burial place, built from the experience of ages; Non-sectarian in character it is a place of permanent, enduring beauty and certain of perpetual care and maintenance of all lots purchased after the year 1875, through a special trust fund set aside for this purpose. With extensive greenhouses, nursery and service buildings the completeness of facilities is designed for the entire satisfaction of those who wish to be certain that the final resting place of a departed loved one is to receive the utmost in perpetual care.

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[photo portait of H. Gray, 1881-1902]

[photo portait of J. Story, 1811-45]

[photo portait of B.R. Curtis, 1851-57]

Boston Herald 1/10/40

Attention, Sol Bloom!

With pleasure we come to the rescue of the Honorable Sol Bloom. The gentleman from New York is preparing an elaborate program for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the first meeting of the United States Supreme Court. He purposes to put it on the map. He is in distress becuaase he has been unable to ascertain where three decedents of that august tribunal are buried, and he "pleads that anybody who knows" any of the facts shall communicate with him at his office in Washington.

There are four Massachusetts men in his list. Obviously this is a case which requires instant attention, so we hurry to inform this researching congressman that one of the Massachusetts quartet now is buried in Scituate and the other three all rest in the cemetery which has been called the Pere Lachaise of America, historic Mount Auburn in Cambridge.

William Cushing, a member of the original court, died at Scituate Sept. 13, 1810, at 78, after 21 years on the bench. The private lot in the Greenbush district in which he lies is owned by the Scituate Historical Society. A memorial boulder at the junction of Country Way and Judge Cushing road is decorated each Memorial Day by the D.A.R. chapter which is named for him.

Joseph Story had a home in Cambridge and died there Sept. 10, 1845, about 14 years after he had delivered the consecration address for the cemetery in which he lies. The marble statue which for many years was a conspicuous feature in the cemetery was removed to Harvard a few years ago.

Benjamin R. Curtis died at his cottage in Newport, R.I., on Sept. 15, 1874. Four days later his funeral was held in Emmanuel Church in Boston, and the interment followed at Mount Auburn.

Horace Gray's death occurred at his summer home in Nahant on Sept. 15, 1902, and his funeral also was held at Emmanuel, conducted by Bishop Lawrence and the rector, E. Winchester Donald. His resting place in the famous cemetery like the others may readily be found by any interested visitor.

Curiously, all four of these justices died in September.

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AFTER ALL, Germany censors, efficient though they not supposed to know that Mt. Auburn is a cemete[ry?] [?] man while at Harvard became friendly with a Germ[an?] [?] also a student. The German went back to his own [?] but the two kept up a correspondence. Recently the Am[?] received a letter from his German friend, written from Be[rlin?] in which the latter commented on war-time living conditions. Life was normal in Berlin, he said, food plentiful, everybody happy; "in fact," he went on, "I would rather be in Berlin than in any other place, except Mt. Auburn." July 1940

Mt. Auburn Cemetery Noted for Fine Botanical Gardens

By GEORGE CROFT

"The Westminster Abbey of America," Mt. Auburn Cemetery, the first rural or "garden" cemetery in the country, ranking the Arlington National Cemetery and Boston's Old Granary Burial Ground in history, is considered by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society to contain one of the most beautiful botanical gardens in the country. The cemetery will be 115 years old next September.

This last resting place of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science Church, is now, according to ornithologists of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, one of the best bird sanctuaries in the vicinity of Great Boston.

The plentiful supply of food, water and natural cover lures more variety of birds than may be seen elsewhere in this region.

Originally the land composing the burial grounds was owned by Simon Stone and appropriately called, "Stone's Woods." Later it was known as "Sweet Auburn," and Harvard students frequented the hilly wood of study. One Harvard graduate, George W. Brimmer of Boston in 1825 purchased the property for $6000 with the idea of preserving its natural beauty. — Decided on Cemetery in 1830

Five years later, in 1830, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, making an effort to found a botanical garden, but lacking necessary funds, met with a group of Cambridge and Boston citizens which included Daniel Webster, Edward Everett, Judge Joseph Story, Samuel Appleton and Dr. Jacob Bigelow, who wanted to found a rural cemetery. Gen H.A.S. Dearborn represented the society.

The group discussed their projects and decided to combine them into one—a garden cemetery. Mr. Brimmer, hearing of the project, offered his land at the price he paid for it, and it was accepted.

In August of 1831 the cemetery was laid out by engineer Alexander Wadsworth. The next month 2000 persons crowded into a slight depression in the center of the present grounds known now as "Consecration Dell," to hear Judge Joseph W. Story, professor at Harvard Law School, first chairman of the cemetery board of trustees, consecrate the grounds.

The first recorded burial was that of a child of James Boyd of Roxbury, July 6, 1832, on Mountain av. The second burial was on July 12 when Mrs. A.E. Hastings of Cambridge was interred.

The original cemetery land was 72 acres and the present area is 136 acres, extended from Mt. Auburn st. to the Charles River and into Watertown.

Many imposing memorials to persons and groups have been erected throughout the cemetery. One, in throughout the cemetery. One, in memory of George Washington, was erected on a hill 125 feet above the Charles River. it is a 62-foot granite tower, from which a panorama of Boston Harbor, Harvard College grounds and buildings and Cambridge can be viewed. Another is a huge granite sphinx by Martin Milmore, commemorating the Civil War and the more than 800 Civil War veterans that have been laid to rest in the cemetery. — Many Notables Rest There

Amon the early pioneers in their respective fields of endeavor buried in Mt. Auburn are listed below chronologically by vocations:

Author, Editors and Poets— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, Charles Eliot Norton, Amy Lowell, and Thomas Bailey Aldrich and Gamaliel Bradford.

Actors, Architects and Artsits— Charlotte Cushman, Edwin Booth, Charles Bulfinch, Theodore Thomas and Winslow Homer.

Educators and Teachers—Charles W. Eliot, Josiah Royce, William F. Warren and RIchard C. Maclaurin.

Historians—Jared Sparks, William H. Prescott and Francis Parkman.

Philanthropists and Reformers— Abbott Lawrence, Dorothea L. Dix, Samuel Gridley, Julia Ward Howe and Henry Lee Higginson.

Religious Leaders—Mary Baker Eddy, John Murray, William Ellery Channing, Phillips Brooks.

Scientists—Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, Nathaniel S. Shaler, Henry Pickering Bowditch and Theodore W. Richards.

Statesment and Jurists—Pres. Josiah Quincy, Gov. Edward Everett, Rufus Choate, Henry Cabot Lodge and Charles Sumner.

The first officers and trustees were: Judge Joseph W. Story, for whom Story Chapel is named, presdent; George W. Pratt, secretary; George Bond, treasurer and David Haggerston, superintendent. Trustees: Dr. Jacob Bigelow, Benjamin A. Gould, H.A.S. Dearborn, George W. Brimmer, Charles Wells, Gov. Edward Everett, Zebedee Cook Jr., Joseph P. Bradlee, Charles Browne, Charles P. Cutis, Samuel Appletonm and Elijah Vose.

The present officers and trustees are: Oakes I. Ames, president; T. Gordon Smith, secretary; John P. Knoblock, treasurer, and Herbert C. Philpott, superintendent. Trustees, Franklin W. Hobbs, Charles E. Cotting, Thomas P. Beal Jr., William H. Clafflin, Charles M. Story, Theodore L. Story, Arthur H. Morse, Samuel L. Batchelder, Lucius T. Hill, Francis W. Hatch and J. Gardner Coolidge.

"BOSTON GLOBE" (Cambridge Edition) March 6, 1946

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July 5, 1946

[Water?]TOWN (MASS.) SUN

[Sculp?]ture By Harriet Hosmer [Prese?]nted To Mt. Auburn Trustees

[?] of sculpture by one of [?]'s most distinguished ar[?]he 19th century, Harriet [?]as been presented to the [?] of Mt. Auburn Cemetery [Fre?]derick Robinson, 106 Mt. [str?]eet.

[?]k, a bas-relief which de[?]ul being borne to Heaven [a?]ngels, was completed by [?]r during her stay in Italy, [?]rought it to this country [?] returned to the family [?] on Riverside street. A [?] Miss Hosmer as a young [?]ngs in Mr. Robinson's par[?] bears testimony to the [?] Nathaniel Hawthorne's [?]scription of her after his [?]r studio in Rome, during [?]

[Scul?]pture came into Mr. Rob[?]ping about a year ago [?] in a possession of a [Mi?]ss Hosmer for many dec[?]ill be placed in an appro[?]ion in the Bigelow Chapel [Aub?]urn.

From Oakes Ames, president of the proprietors of the cemetery, Mr. Robinson has received the following letter of appreciation:

Mr. G. Frederick Robinson 106 Mount Auburn Street Watertown 72, Mass.

Dear Mr. Robinson:

Your gift to Mount Auburn Cemetery of the lovely piece of sculpture was called to the attention of our Trustees at their recent meeting, and I have been requested to express on their behalf their deep appreciation of your generosity and interest.

Inasmuch as Harriet G. Hosmer is buried in this cemetery, it is particularly fitting that we should have a product of her art to recall her fame as the first sculptress of note in America. Your gift will be placed in an appropriate location in Bigelow Chapel.

Sincerely yours, Oakes I. Ames, President

Recently Completed: A NEW COLUMBARIUM in Story Chapel

[photograph of columbarium]

for the permanent deposit of cremated remains

Choice of bronze or glass-front marble niches, having a capacity of one to six urns.

For further information communicate with Mount Auburn Cemetery, Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, Mass. KIRkland 7105.

MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY

The oldest garden cemetery in America. Investment fund $4,000,000 Non-Sectarian Non-Profit

Announcing a NEW COLUMBARIUM in Story Chapel

[larger photograph of columbarium]

for the permanent deposit of cremated remains

Choice of bronze or glass-front marble niches having a capacity of one to six urns.

For further information communicate with Mount Auburn Cemetery, Mount Auburn St., Cambridge. KIRkland 7105.

MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY

The oldest garden cemetery in America. Investment fund, $4,000,000.

Non Sectarian Non-Profit

Boston Herald - January 11 - 1942 (Sunday)

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MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY America's Oldest Garden Cemetery — We are indeed pleased to bring to the attention of our readers in this Review, Mount Auburn Cemetery, one of the most outstanding beautiful burial grounds in the entire country.

It can be truly said that the progress of civilization in any community may be judged by the advancement that has been made in the care and respect for the memory of those who have passed to the great beyond. We deem it eminently fitting and proper, therefore, that we direct the attention of our readers to this burial ground in Cambridge, of which this entire section of the state may feel proud and which reflects in its every aspect that impressive dignity, reverence and seclusion which in simplicity and beauty is eloquent of silent tribute to those who rest beneath its protecting elms.

Situated between the Charles River and the Cambridge-Watertown highway, Mount Auburn has the advantage of accessibility from Metropolitan Boston. Comprising 160 acres of consecrated land, beautifully landscaped, its nine miles of paved avenues and over 11 miles of winding pathways all add to the attractiveness which judicious planning and constant care have contributed, and, of course, not forgetting the beautiful rose and perennial garden and sunken pool which is a particular item of interest open to the public.

Mount Auburn is rich in tradition and historical association and some of the nation's most illustrious sons and daughters are interred her. So long is the full list of men and women of national distinction that it has frequently been called the Westminster Abbey of America. Some of the eminent persons include Henry W Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, Mary Baker Eddy, Phillips Brooks, Charles W. Eliot, Edwin Booth and Louis Agassiz, among hundreds of others.

A modern cemetery located in the vicinity of a growing city is an enterprise requiring not only a large outlay of money, but also a highly trained business organization. Mount Auburn is a modern burial place, built from the experience of ages. Non-sectarian in character it is a place of permanent, enduring beauty and certain of perpetual care and maintenance of all lots purchased after the year 1875, through a special trust fund set aside for this purpose. ✓

With extensive greenhouses, nursery, two chapels, cremation columbaria, and service buildings, the completeness of facilities is designated for the entire satisfaction of those who wish to be certain that the final resting place of a departed loved one is to receive the utmost in perpetual care.

Cambridge Tribune 4/25/1947 — 7/9/1948^? 3/20/1951 — Arlington Press 2/5/1948 - 3/30/50 ([arrow pointing to 50] inferior printing) Back Bay Ledger 5/6/1948 " " " 5/26/1949 " " " 5/24/1951 ($5,400,000 fund) " " " 5/1/1952 ($5,600,000 fund) " " " 5/27/1954 ($5,900 000 ")

5/1954 MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY Back Bay Ledger "America's Oldest Garden Cemetery"

We are indeed pleased to bring the attention of our readers of this Review, Mount Auburn Cemetery, one of the most outstanding, beautiful burial grounds in the entire country.

It can be truly said that the progress of civilization in any community may be judged by the advancement that has been made in the care and respect for the memory of those who have passed to the great beyond. We deem it eminently fitting and proper, therefore, that we direct the attention of our readers to this burial ground in Cambridge, of which this entire section of the state may feel proud and which reflects in its every aspect that impressive dignity, reverence and seclusion which in simplicity and beauty is eloquent of silent tribute to those who rest beneath its protecting elms.

Situated between the Charles River and the Cambridge-Watertown highway, Mount Auburn has the advantage of accessibility from Metropolitan Boston. Comprising 165 acres of consecrated land, beautifully landscaped, its nine miles of paved avenues and over 11 miles of winding pathways all add to the attractiveness which judicious planning and constant care have contributed. The beautiful rose and perennial garden and sunken pool located here are items of particular interest and are always open to the public.

# Daily many bird lovers visit this sanctuary to observe all types of birds in this beautiful bird watching spot. #

Mount Auburn is rich in tradition and historical association and some of the nation's most illustrious sons and daughters are interred here. So long is the full list of men and women of national distinction that is has frequently been called the Westminster Abbey of America. Some of the eminent persons included Henry W. Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, Mary Baker Eddy, Philips Brooks, Charles W. Eliot, Edwin Booth and Louis Agassiz.

A modern cemetery located in the vicinity of a growing city is an enterprise requiring not only a large outlay of money, but also a highly trained business organization. Mount Auburn is a moder burial place, built from the experience of ages. Non-sectarian in character it is a place of permanent, enduring beauty and certain of perpetual care and maintenance of all lots purchased after the year 1875, through a special trust fund set aside for this purpose, Mount Auburn Cemetery has an investment fund of $5,900,000.

With extensive greenhouses, nursery, two chapels, cremation columbaria, and service buildings, the completeness of facilities is designed for the complete satisfaction of those who wish to be certain that the final resting place of a departed loved one is to receive the utmost in perpetual care.