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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Suffolk ss. April 7. AD.1849 Personally appeared Henry M. Parker and made oath that he would faithfully perform the duties of Secretary of the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount AuburnBefore me, S.E. Sewall Justice of the Peace

Trustees.

A meeting of the Trustees duly notified was holden at the Chapel in the Cemetery on the tenth day of May. A.D. 1849. Present Messrs Bigelow. B.R. Curtis. C.P. Curtis. Gould and Parker. The Treasurer & Superintendent were also in attendance.

Lot. 730. Representation of.

Voted. That in accordance with the application of S.H. Russell eldest son of the late N.P. Russell the said S.H. Russell be designated for the time being to represent lot no. 730 in the Cemetery, late the property of the said N.P. Russell and to vote in the meetings of the Corporation, receiving a ticket of admission, in that capacity, until the farther order of this board.

Lot. 13. Representation of.

Voted. That in accordance with the application of Isaac H. Mead son of the late Isaac Mead, the said Isaac H. Mead be designated for the time being to represent lot no. 13 in the Cemetery, late the property of the said, Isaac Mead, and to vote in the meetings of the Corporation, receiving a ticket of admission in that capacity, until the farther order of this Board.

Wooden Fence.

Voted. That Mr Howe be furnished with a copy of the contract for the erection of a pale fence, and that he be charged with the duty of seeing the same faithfully executed by the contractors with power to hire an assistant to aid him in the supervision of the same.

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The by-laws are now sufficient for making a finish of all such cases & it is high time we had done with the matter of getting lots bounded. --

Can you not, as fast as you get the raking along, have this work going on? I presume there are comparatively few cases where raking the leaves would be an assistance to this work.

The Committee some time since decided to have all the unbounded lots reported, and posts put to them.

I have before me some papers that have been a good while on my files, & wish to finish the matter. A bill dated Sep. 28, 1862 was made & sent me for putting bounds to lot no 498 -- S. Lathrop amounting to $8. -- Just before this sending the bill to Mr Sam. E. Sewall who is the Trustee under L's will, he wrote me a note stating that the heirs complained that we have removed from the lot four freestone posts & chains from the lot, and no one could give any account of the matter. I well remember that the lot had these posts & chains, & suppose it got reported without bounds by reason of the absence of one of the posts -- perhaps all the chains. Have you ever made any further discovery in the matter? If not, & we have set new posts, we ought certainly to resend the bill, which Mr Sewall very properly refused to pay.

Very Respy yours

A.J. Coolidge

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Lot 309

Lot of John Davis deceased (309) William N Davis of Boston grandson of said deceased.

Lot 364

Lot of Henry Oxnard deceased (364) Mrs Henry Oxnard of Boston widow.

Lot 368

Lot of Samuel F Morse deceased (368) Eliza Morse ^^{of Boston} widow of said deceased.

Lot 409

Lot of Samuel Greenleaf deceased (409) Mary Greenleaf of Boston widow of said deceased.

Lot 461

Lot of Charles H Brown deceased (461) Charles W Brown of Boston eldest son of said deceased.

Lot 498

Lot of Stillman Lothrop deceased (498) Sam^l E. Sewall of Melrose Executor & Trustee.

Lot 504

Lot of Thomas Bagnall deceased (504) Thomas Bagnall of Roxbury eldest son of said deceased.

Lot 518

Lot of Samuel Fales deceased (518) Haliburton Fales of New York one of the Executors of said deceased.

Lot 539

Lot of Morton P Brasee deceased (539) Sarah G Brasee of Cambridge widow of said deceased.

Lot 570

Lot of Gedney King deceased (570) Jerusha C. King of Boston widow of said deceased.