Mount Auburn Cemetery

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The subscribers, being Proprietors of lots in the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, hereby signify their assent to the Act of the Legislature passed the thirty first day of March AD. eighteen hundred & thirty five, entitled an Act to incorporated the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn.— Dated April 21 1835.

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Charges against Gate Keeper- Report on continued.-

by W^m Ward Esqr against Mr Hyde, the gate keeper at Mt Auburn, have had a hearing the parties & beg leave to report That in relation to the first charge (the refusal to admit Mr Ward's carriage) Mr Ward seemed to be aware that he was not entitled to enter the grounds with his carriage & complained not so much of his exclusion, as of the manner in which it was done. It appeared in evidence that Mr Ward represented the hack as a carriage belonging to Mr Henshaw but shew no ticket, & on being refused entrance threatened that he "would make trouble" for Mr Hyde for present and past offences. Mr Ward had no right to drive into the gate & was very properly excluded. It is not improbable that Mr Hyde finding that an imposition was about to be practived upon him, and supposing that Mr Ward would order the carriage to be drive in, shut the gate with what appeared to Mr Ward an "offensive allacrity," but it does not appear to your committee that it was done " in a manner rude cruel & uncalled for." or that any blame attached to Mr Hyde on that occasion.

The next charge is in the opinion of your Com^ee of a more serious nature character. Mr Ward states that he had from time to time given the gate keeper money on leaving the Cemetery. This Mr Hyde does not deny but says that not unfrequently money is thrown to him by persons leaving the grounds, but denies that he ever received money for admission. In the opinion of your Com^ee the recieving of money at the gate at any time, is highly improper & should be discontinued. Mr Ward however is the last person who should complain "he does not come into Court with clean hands", he attempted a bribery and then complains that

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it has not succeeded, & that he did not succeed is an evidence of the honesty of the gate keeper. This practice your Com^ee are of opinion should be discontinued and have recommended to Mr Hyde to pay over to Mr Howe any money so received, which recommendation your Com^ee propose should be confirmed by the Trustees. Mr Hyde states that the money thrown to him by persons passing out amounts to about $10 per annum

The third chard vis. the refusal to allow the daughters of Mr Hinshaw to carry in flowers to place upon the grave of their mother, does not appear to apply to Mr Hyde. If done at all, it must have been done by some one in the temorary custody of the gate. Mr Hyde has no recollection of any such occurence. In conclusion your Com^ee believe Mr Hyde though an excitable person & too apt perhaps to take offence unnecessarily at the treatment he sometimes receives to be a faithful & honest keeper of the gate, and they ask to be discharged from the ^^any further consideration of the charges against him.

Rules and Regulation to be Published-

In relation to the Rules & Regulation your Com^ee have no alteration to propose, but they would recommend that they should be published with the signature of the Secretary in three of the newspapers printed in Boston, for the information of the Public.

Rail Road. Stateion.

Your Com^ee deem this a favorable opportunity to draw the attention of the Trustees to the Branch Rail Road now in process of construction to Watertown. Your Com^ee are informed that it is the intention of the proprietors to establish a station near the N

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Lot 250

Lot of William W Parrott deceased (250), William P Parrott, of Boston, oldest son of deceased

Lot 273

Lot of Cornelius Cannon deceased (273), Sarah B Cannon, of Charlestown, widow of deceased.

Lot 275

Lot of John Henshaw deceased (275), J Andrew Henshaw, of Cambridge only son of deceased.

Lot 311

Lot of William Simmons deceased (311), Charles F Simmons, of Boston, son of said William.

Lot 322

Lot of Charles W Cummings deceased (322), Albert Hamlet, of Boston, son in law of deceased.

Lot 397

Lot of Zebedee Cook deceased (397), George E. Cook, of New York, son of Zebedee.

Lot 419

Lot of Alonzo Crosby deceased (419), Hannah A Crosby, ^^{of Boston,} widow of said Alonzo Crosby.

Lot 601

Lot of Samuel Quincy deceased (601), Abby A Quincy, Boston, widow of deceased.

Lot 607

Lot of William Parsons deceased (607), Miss Elizabeth Parsons, of Cambridge, daughter of deceased.

Lot 654

Lot of George Hill deceased (654), Jane R Hill, of Boston, widow of said George Hill.