Statuary: Minority Report, 1831.039.003-003 p6

that it was know to him. ---
Mr. Curtis says in that opinion "It is
worth noting here, that Judge Story in
1843 in a written report upon the subject
of contemplated improvements at the
Cemetery, alludes particularly to the use
of the proposed Chapel for the purpose
of a shelter for busts and Statues, but
is guarded in his language and refers
only to such "marble busts and statues and
other sepulchral monuments which may
from time to time be placed there by liberal
benefactors and friends in memory of the
dead" --- and Mr. Curtis adds, " It is probable
that is had not then occurred to his mind
that the Trustees would ever take this thing
upon themselves. " --- It is therefore very
plain, that Judge Story, the first President
of the Corporation, was ignorant of the fact
that these statues formed a part of the
original design. ---
The Committee are^^{undersigned is} of _opinion