Mount Auburn Cemetery

164

June 10 [18]91

iss. J.D. Young 1229^Fininley

Clean 2 stones & remove 2 footstones 1 75

BfD.

June 11 [189]1

J.R. Kendall Esq.

Dear Sir;

Yours received in regard to lot 193. We do not do anything in the way of lettering; think it should be done before cleaning the stones, therefore will defer the cleaning, until informed by you that the other work is finished

Yours Resp'y.

J.W. Lovering Sup't. per F.A.B.

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#2381-L.

June 10th. 1891

R.E. Demmon, Esq.,

Boston.

Dear Sir: -

Your favor of June 9th. is received. If you wish to retain the myrtle, I see no other way than to replant it, At best it is most uncertain, and on your lot the two trees add to the difficulty It appears from the books to be four years since you paid for any repairs. The experience here is that it is a continued source of expense, and that even with considerable care the results are often unsatisfactory, so that I never advise planting myrtle, although when it is ordered, it is cared for as well as possible.

The myrtle to which I suppose you refer as being in good order, on the lots opposite to yours, is under perpetual care, and has had considerable extra expenditure to bring it into the condition it is in.

Respectfully yours,

Sup't.

166

June 11 [18]91

r. A.B. Churchill 1980

Cleaning monument & headstones 6 00

BfD.

June 11 [189]1

H.B. Mackintosh Treas.

Dear Sir;

The Corp'n. has received no order for care of lot 3771

Yours Resp'y.

J.W. Lovering Sup't. per F.A.B.

167

#2[606?]-S.

June 11th. 1891.

Miss. Ellie Needham,

#47 Garden St., Cambridge, Mass.

Dear Madam: -

I find the fence on your lot is very rusty and broken so that the expense would be large to put it in fair condition, besides the lot will look very much better without the fence.

It is proposed to improve and repair the lots adjoining and it is desirable to have the whole piece sightly. To this [end?] the Corporation will do the work at such a price as will make it an object for you to have it done in connection with the other work.

If the fence and all but your corner posts which mark the boundaries are removed, these posts recut, the number of the lot cut, the lot lowered somewhat on the rear to avoid having the [bad?] bank there, the whole lot regraded, enriched and sown with grass seed and all the marble cleaned, the expense will be twenty five dollars ($25.00) and all the old material of the fence, but if you desire to accept this estimate an immediate reply will be necessary as it will cost much more if done separately from the other work.

Respectfully yours,

Sup't.

168

June 11 [18]91

r Charles Barrington 3645

Building foundation 3'6"x3'6" ^$27.60

B/D.

#852-S.

June 11th. 1891.

John C. Morse, Esq.,

#13 Worcester Sq., Boston.

Dear Sir: -

Your note is received. The expense of painting the Em[?] lot with two coats of paint will be twelve dollars ($12.00) or to scrape and paint it with one coat os asphaltum (black) will be nine dollars ($9.00). If the two coats of common paint are to be used please designate the color you desire.

The hinges of the gate are both broken so that it will have to be bored and the granite post tapped for its pivot, the cost of which will be five dollars ($5.00). The fence is coming apart at other places and will require further repairs soon, so that I question very much if it is worth the expense .

The lot would be very much improved by removing the [fence?] which can be done for the old material.

169

#2767 to 2771-L.

June 11th. 1891.

Arthur P. vinal, Esq.,

#36 Walnut St., Somerville, Mass.

Dear Sir: -

You will receive from the Secretary very soon the contract for the perpetual care of the Vinal lots #2767, 2768, 2769 2770, 2771 and as soon as the contract is completed the myrtle will [be?] removed, the graves and flower borders sodded over, the tree removed and the bank at the rear repaired as already stated to you, without any additional payment.

Respectfully yours,

Sup't.

-L.

June 11th. 1891.

Thomas F. Nichols, Esq.,

Lynn, Mass.

Dear Sir: -

Another [firm?] having made a more favorable proposal for printing the new catalogue, the contract will be given to them.

The books sent as samples of binding are returned with thanks.

Respectfully yours,

171

June 11th. 1891.

Miss. Caroline H. Patterson,

#30 West 20th St., New York, N.Y.

Dear Madam: -

Your note of June 8th. is received and will have attention.

The two small markers are not the same width and cannot therefore have both front and rear lines coincide. There is however but one eighth of an inch of difference which would hardly be noticed if it were not that one corner of the central monument [?] six inches nearer the line than the other and it is the line [?] larger stone which gives the smaller stones the appearance of being out of position. The expense of resetting the monument [to?] correspond with the line of the lot will be five dollars ($5.00).

Respectfully yours,

Sup't.

172

June 12 [18]91

essrs Setz & Rianchi 1889^[Lyman?]

Foundation 2'-0"x1'-0" 4 4.50

PAYABLE IN ADVANCE

173

June 20 [18]91

5908^Ames

r. Joseph B. Ames

Elisha F. Ames ^$23.00 Elisha F. Ames Jr. and nex box 9 00 ^$32.00

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#1121-S.

June 12th. 1891.

Charles T. Carmuth, Esq.,

#110 Milk St., Boston.

Dear Sir: -

The cost of removing the side and end pieces of the enclosure around the grave of Ignatius C. Rachi, filling the dowell holes in front of the base with cement, cleaning the headstone and sodding over the grave will be five dollars ($5.00).

Sup't.

#3451-S.

June 12th. 1891.

Mrs. S.M. Simmons,

Sharon, Mass.

Dear Madam: -

The cost of cleaning the headstones only, in your lot will be four dollar and fifty cents ($4.50). The cost of removing the two evergreen shrubs and sodding the borders will be four dollars ($4.00).

Respectfully yours,

Sup't.