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Mount Auburn Cemetery
Established in 1831, Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the first rural cemetery in the country. 19th-century records tell the story of the initial vision and how it is has evolved as a designed landscape and burial site. Including letters between its founding horticulturalists, commissions for works of art and buildings, trustee minutes and reports, and correspondence to and from the Cemetery. These pages detail all aspects of cemetery business, the rural cemetery movement, and the history of American landscape management and design. Read our transcribing conventions here. Visit our collections database to discover even more of our unique holdings.
1849-08-07 Perimeter Fence: Gridley J. F. Bryant Estimate, 2021.018.012

1849-08-07 Perimeter Fence: Gridley J. F. Bryant Estimate, 2021.018.012

2 pages: 50% complete (50% indexed, 100% transcribed, 50% needs review)
1849-08-12 Perimeter Fence: Payment to Bryant & Blaisdell, 2021.018.006

1849-08-12 Perimeter Fence: Payment to Bryant & Blaisdell, 2021.018.006

2 pages: 50% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 50% needs review)
1849-10-19 Perimeter Fence: Payment to Ezra Lincoln, 2021.018.002

1849-10-19 Perimeter Fence: Payment to Ezra Lincoln, 2021.018.002

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1849-12-14 Perimeter Fence: Howe Estimate, 2021.018.009

1849-12-14 Perimeter Fence: Howe Estimate, 2021.018.009

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1850-01-08 Perimeter Fence: Payment to Charles W. Cummings and George W. Smith, 2021.018.008

1850-01-08 Perimeter Fence: Payment to Charles W. Cummings and George W. Smith, 2021.018.008

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1850s-12 Letter: Superintendent Rufus Howe to Charles P. Curtis, 1831.018.001-012

1850s-12 Letter: Superintendent Rufus Howe to Charles P. Curtis, 1831.018.001-012

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1851 Trustee Committee Report on Burials in the Park Street Receiving Tomb, 2021.004.008

1851 Trustee Committee Report on Burials in the Park Street Receiving Tomb, 2021.004.008

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1851-02 Perimeter Fence: Letter from Bryant & Blaisdell, 2021.018.014

1851-02 Perimeter Fence: Letter from Bryant & Blaisdell, 2021.018.014

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1851-03-04 Perimeter Fence: From Gridley J. F. Bryant, 2021.018.013

1851-03-04 Perimeter Fence: From Gridley J. F. Bryant, 2021.018.013

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1852-11-02 Letter: Superintendent Rufus Howe to the Trustees, 1831.018.001-006

1852-11-02 Letter: Superintendent Rufus Howe to the Trustees, 1831.018.001-006

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