Records of Committees, Volume 1, 1831 (page 009)

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Gardener.

and Robert L. Emmons be a committee to employ
a Gardener for one year at a salary not exceeding
two hundred sixty dollars.-

Voted that the building on the grounds be placed
at the disposal of the Gardener, till further ordered

Com^ee to purchase land.

Voted that Mr Brimmer be a Committee to con-
tract for a parcel of land lying on the West side of
the grounds, containing about 4-1/2 acres, at a
price not exceeding $_0,00, subject to the appro-
val of the Horticultural Society - provided funds
can be obtained by loan or otherwise without
encroaching on the funds now in the Treasury
Charles P. Curtis, Sec^y

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Aug 10. 1832

At a meeting of the Garden & Cemetery Com-
mittee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society,
held August 10^th, 1832, present, General Dear-
born, D^r Bigelow, and Mess^r Brimmer, Bond,
Gould & Everett-

Superintendant.

Voted that General Dearborn be joined to the Com-
mittee on the appointment of a Superintendant and
Gardener;

Dwelling & Office for Superint^t

Voted that Gen. Dearborn, Mr Brimmer & D^r
Bigelow be a Committee to remove the barn (on
the estate of Mount Auburn,) and fit up the fence
for a dwelling & office for the Superintendant &
Gardener, provided the expense does not exceed
five hundred dollars--

Charles P. Curtis
Secretary