Mount Auburn Cemetery

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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.
1844-12-28 Trustee Committee on Perpetual Repair of Lots, 1831.036.001

1844-12-28 Trustee Committee on Perpetual Repair of Lots, 1831.036.001

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1845 Story Statue: Original Subscription, 1831.039.004-006

1845 Story Statue: Original Subscription, 1831.039.004-006

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1845 Story Statue: Original Subscription, 1831.039.004-009

1845 Story Statue: Original Subscription, 1831.039.004-009

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1845-02-28 Bigelow Chapel Stained Glass: David Ramsay Hay to Jacob Bigelow, 1831.041.001-001

1845-02-28 Bigelow Chapel Stained Glass: David Ramsay Hay to Jacob Bigelow, 1831.041.001-001

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1845-08-20 Jacob Bigelow to Henry M. Parker, 1831.014.003-005

1845-08-20 Jacob Bigelow to Henry M. Parker, 1831.014.003-005

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