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#1662-S

Dec. 22 1888.

Mrs. Mary S. Hawley,
Waltham

Dear Madam: -

Your note of 17th has been forwarded to me by our
Treasurer for answer.

The sum needed for the perpetual care of lot #1662 incl-
uding six myrtle graves, and the cleaning and renewal of the sar-
cophagus and four headstones, will be $700.00. If the cleaning
only and not the renewal is included, the sum needed will be
$500.00, and if the myrtle is removed from the lot the sum needed
will be $150.00 less.

The perpetual care of a lot includes more than the care
and occasional topdressing you pay for annually. Lots under per-
petual care contracts are likely to have much better care, and are
topdressed oftener. In the contracts for perpetual care are inc-
luded many small repairs to the sod, and even the entire resodding
of the lot, if needed, which are items of extra expense in addition
to the usual annual charges. The perpetual care contract is for
all time, and under it the corporation assumes the risk of the
cost of labor, materials and the rate of interest hereafter. If
you desire to assume this risk, a donation of say $300.00 could
be made, and the corporation will keep the principal whole and