1853-07-05_comBowditchStatue_1831_039_001

Dr Bigelow as a committee appointed
to repair the Statue of Dr. Bowditch
reports - That he has examined the said
statue with the assistance of competent mechanics,
that he finds the whole in a bad & almost worthless
state, being apparently made of base metal, &
full of holes which were concealed by cement in
the original casting, but are now open, not
only disfiguring the statue but admitting the rain,
which by freezing in winter has caused several
cracks from 6 to 9 inches in length. That this
statue is now in process of destruction and is not
worth any^moreexpensive repair, than a coat of
putty & paint which may keep it together for
a number of years longer.

The Committee regrets that that this
statue had not been rejected at the beginning
agreeably to a recommendation of a committee
of the prosubscribers to which he had the honor
to act as chairman

Jacob Bigelow, committee
July 5. 1853

Voted that the Gate keeper be instructed
to admit ^{persons of respectable appearance and demeanor}strangers from a distance to ride into
the cemetery without ^{tickets or}permits until further order.