Copying Book: Secretary's Letters, 1860 (page 282)

Octo. 30 [186]5

Rev^d Dr. Burroughs

Dear Sir,

Your brother brought
in a note from you a few days
since in which you were pleased to refer
to my judgment respecting the improve-
ment of your lot at Mount Auburn
in terms of confidence, and asking
him to advise with me as to the kind
of fense &c. to be erected.

I have since learned from the Super-
intendent that nothing has been done
to the lot, as he waited for instructions
from somebody, and supposed he should
soon receive them. He does not usually
put parties to unnecessary expense,
as he would do in enforcing at once
what you will perceive from your
deed is the rule -- i.e. within sixty days
grade bound & number the lot, unless
the proprietor proceeds to do so,
where he supposes they intend to enclose
the lots with granite curb, or even
iron fence. No expense has therefore
been incurred, and if you intend
to go on with the erection of a fence
it is best to let the grading of
the lot remain until that is done.

Now, as to the style of fence.
Whether you have iron or stone -- there
are so many varieties, and it is so much
a question of taste for the proprietor to
decide upon himself, that it is unwise
for anyone to undertake that task
for him. Iron fences are liable to
rust, unless frequently painted, and
are rather out of date now, as there is
a growing feeling that a cemetery while
is well protected with a high iron en-
closure does not need the additional
protection to it, small subdivisions
or lots in the form of other iron fences,
though this feeling, & the finding

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