Mount Auburn Cemetery

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Boston June 9 1855. Received of Geo. Wm. Bond Treasr of the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn Certificates of twenty shares in the Atlantic Bank, twenty shares of the Merchants Bank & Fourteen Shares in the Fitchburg Rail Road, in full settlement of the contract existing between me & said Proprietors relative to the Statue of the late Justice Story.

W.W. Story to E^d. H. Eldredge Atty

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April 9, 1867

779 Abigail M. Smith of Milford, widow of Joseph Smith dec^d prop^r of lot numbered 779;

858 Augustus E. Noble of Brooklyn, N.Y, son of Joseph Noble dec^d prop^r of lot numbered 858;

1005 Deborah S. Miller of Detroit, Mich. widow of Joseph K. Miller, dec^d prop^r of lot numbered 1005;

1025 Sophia S. Simpson of Boston, widow of Thomas Simpson, dec^d prop^r of lot numbered 1025;

1033 Augustus Flagg of Boston, son in law of Ebenezer Hobbs dec^d prop^r of lot numbered 1033;

1072 Abraham S. Parker of Roxbury, son of Abraham G. Parker, dec^d prop^r of lot numbered 1072;

1580 Mary S. Atwood of Boston, widow of Francis A. Atwood, dec^d prop^r of lot numbered 1580;

2358 Helen A. Clark of Boston, sister of Sarah Clark, dec^d prop^r of lot numbered 2358;

2658 Elizabeth T. Eldredge of West Newton, widow of Edw^d H. Eldredge, dec^d prop^r of lot numbered 2658;

Adjourned, Attest Austin J. Coolidge Secretary.

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Division of authorized

for the division of said lot into two of 300 square feet each & conveyance of the same, one to the said Amos A Lawrence & the other to the said W^m. R. Lawrence. _

Voted that the foregoing request be granted upon the usual terms - reconveyance of said lot to the Corporation, & new deeds to issue to the persons designated, with the charge only of the usual fees for making deeds. __ .

Lot 730 _ recording Transfer

The Secretary asked instructions as to recording a transfer of Lot 730, by Thomas B. Pope the Adm^r. with the will annexed of Nath^l. P. Russell, made in the usual form, without any certificate of power, to Samuel H. Russell.

Voted, _ that the Secretary be instructed to record the same, if he sees fit. _

Adjourned __ A true record Attest. Austin J. Coolidge Secretary.

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Trustees May 22 '55 Story Statue

A special meeting of the Trustees was held at the Office of the Secretary on the 22^d day of May, at 10 O'clock A.M. -

There were present Messrs Bigelow, Crockett, Curtis, Gould, Little and Tisdale.

tendered to Trustees

Mr Curtis, the Committee appointed at the meeting of the Trustees on the 2^d day of October last, in reference to the disposition that should be made of the statue of Judge Story when the same should arrive in Boston, submitted a letter from Edward H. Eldredge informing him "that the Statue of Mr Justice Story by his son is in Boston, & that he is ready

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for the Chapel at Mount Auburn, having first advised and consulted with Mr Richard S. Greenough upon the subject. _

The meeting was then dissolved. Attest Austin J. Coolidge Secretary

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Trustees June 1^st '55

A Special Meeting of the Trustees of the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn was held according to previous notice, at the Boston Athenaeum on the first day of June at 10 O'clock a.m. to consider whether the Trustees will accept the Statue of Judge Story now delivered by virtue of their authority in the vestibule of the Athenaeum, for their acceptance.

The whole board of Trustees were present & it was unanimously

Story Statue accepted

Voted, that said Statue be & hereby is accepted, & that the Committee in relation to the same be authorized to draw upon the Treasurer for the amount of the contract price. _

Voted, that the President be requested to prepare a resolution expressive of the satisfaction felt by the Trustees upon said acceptance, to be entered at length upon our Records, & that a copy of the same be sent to Mr Eldredge for Mr Story: -

Resolutions in reference thereto-

And in accordance therewith, the following is presented & adopted as the sense of the foregoing vote. _

"That the Trustees, on receiving the marble statue of the late Judge Story, executed by his son William W. Story Esq. feel unqualified satisfaction in the successful result of