Mount Auburn Cemetery

March 29. 5 [1865]

Geo. S. Hale Esq -- Ex^or &c.

Dear Sir,

The Committee on Lots have instructed me to notify you that they will contract, subject to the approval of the Trustees, for the perpetual care and preservation of lot no. 1397 belonging to the estate of the late Solomon Sargent, for four hundred dollars; and of that lot together with 1398, belonging to Thomas Stearns -- being in one enclosure -- for seven hundred dollars.

I am Respectfully

Your Ob^t Serv.^t

A.J. Coolidge Sec.y

March 29 5 [1865]

J.C. Converse Esq^re

Dear Sir,

The Committee on Lots have instructed me to notify you that they are ready to contract with, subject to the approval of the Trustees, for the perpetual care and preservation of lot no 726 belonging to the estate of the late Catherine Peabody, on payment of four hundred and fifty dollars.

If their terms are satisfactory, I will prepare the papers for you. --

Respectfully

Your Ob^t Serv^t

A.J. Coolidge Sec.y

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