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Trustees records (1831-1930) including meeting minutes, agendas, reports, and letters that document every detail of the business of the Cemetery from hiring a gatekeeper and gardener to managing large swaths of land as an early non-profit.
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1855-03-19 Trustee Committee on Finance: Report by Jacob Bigelow on Expenditures, 2021.027.001
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1855-06-04 Trustee Committee on Grounds: Report, Duties of the Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent, 1831.033.003-003
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1855-06-18 Trustee Committee Report on Nominating Officers, by Jacob Bigelow, 2021.004.040
By Jacob Bigelow
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1855-11-27 Founding Document: Proprietor's Petition for a Conservatory, 2007.037.001
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1855-12-03 Trustee Committee on Grounds: Phipps and Ellis Lots, 1831.033.003-011
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1856-01 Annual Report of the Trustees of the Mount Auburn Cemetery, Together with the Reports of the Treasurer and Superintendent. January, 1856.
The printed yearly report of the Trustees of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts from 1856. Jacob Bigelow (President), George William Bond (Treasurer), Charles C. Little (Finance Committee), Charles G. Nazro (Finance Committee), and Jonathan Mann (Superintendent)...
11 pages: 81% complete (9% indexed, 100% corrected, 18% needs review)
1856-02-04 Trustees Annual Report, 1831.026.036-001
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1856-04-07 Trustee Committee on Grounds: Salaries and Duties of Superintendent and Secretary, 1831.033.003-013
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1856-04-14 Trustee Committee on Accounting, Report on the Mode of Keeping Books, 2021.004.018
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1856-04-21 Trustee Committee Report on Keeping Books and Accounts, 2021.004.019
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Avenues and Paths, Landmarks at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Lot Numbers, Organizations and Companies, People, Places
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