Mount Auburn Cemetery

189

#2538-S

Jan. 17. 1889

F. E. Davidson, Esq.,

c/o Baring Bros & Co. London, England.

Dear Sir: -

Your note is received. The fence on the lot might be repaired but the expense would be considerable, and as it is rusty and unsightly the appearance of the lot and its surroundings would be improved, and the constant expense of painting avoided by removing it as very many of our proprietors have done with the fences on their lots. To do this, remove all the posts but four at the corners, recut those and cut the number of the lot on one of them, fill up and sod over the other post holes, raise a sunken grave and build a foundation under a headstone now out of plumb, with the care of the lot for the year 1889 would cost $10.00 and the old material of the fence.

The care of the lot without plants or topdressing would cost $2.00 a year, as you are abroad I would suggest that an order for the care of the lot until countermanded would keep the grass cut and the lot clean and tidy.

Respectfully yours,

Supt.