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Fees for use of Chapel.

terments, and for the use of the Chapel, and other questions connected therewith be referred to the last appointed committee. Messrs Gray & Gould.

Transfers of Lots. how to be recorded.

Mr Curtis stated that difficulties had arisen in regard to transfers and the recording of the same the blanks in the printed volumes of recorded deeds not being sufficient for recording some transfers, thereupon

Ordered. That the subject of recording transfers of lots be referred to Messrs C.P. Curtis & H.M. Parker the Secretary. with full power to procure new books of transfer if deemed expedient.

Rights of Way. to be altered

A letter from W.P. Winchester's ^^{attorney William Sohier Esquire} on the subject of an alteration of the way lying adjacent to his estate and that of ___ Stone was read; thereupon

Ordered. That the Treasurer and Secretary be authorized to release the rights of the Corporation in so much of said road as lies within the bounds of said Winchester's estate, on receiving from him See deed. p. 201 " [See] plan p. 204. a legal grant of a way over such other part of his land as is proposed by him in thise ^^said letter.

Adjourned. A true record. Attest Isaac Parker Secretary pro tem. A true record ex relatione Isaac Parker Attest Henry M. Parker - Secretary.

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The following is a true extract from the records of the Trustees of the Proprietors of the Cemetaery of Mount Auburn at a meeting holden June 17^th A.D. 1848.

A Letter from W.P. Winchester's attorney W^milliam Sohier Esquire on the subject of an alteration of the way lying adjacent to his estate and that of - Stone was read; thereupon Ordered, that the Treasurer and Secretary be authorized to release the rights of the Corporation in so much of said road as lies within the bounds of said Winchesters estate, on receiving from him a legal grant of a way over such other part of his land as is proposed by him in thise said said [sic] letter.

Attest Henry M. Parker. Secretary. A true copy of said deed acknowledgment and the vote endorsed upon the same Attest Henry M. Parker Secretary.

Boston May 11^th 1848. C.P. Curtis Esqr. D^r. Sir. I send you herewith the Plan showing the alteration which W^m P. Winchester wishes to make in the road at Watertown. His object is to give a handsome sweep round the awkward corner shown on the Plan; to remove the old barn which now stands upon the site

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of the proposed road, & to inclose that part of the old road not included in the sweep in his own Estate. This it is needless to say can only be effected at considerable expense, & Mr. W. wishes to obtain from the Prop.^s of the Cemetery, a release of any rights they may have in the old road, upon his giving them equal rights in the new: & as he thinks that this alteration in the road will be an actual benefit to the Prop.^s & their Estate, - he hopes to obtain their concurrence in his project.

Very Respectfully & truly Y.^rs W^m Sohier - P.S. Mr. W. has already purchased from the. "Stones" the fee of the old & new roads - & the town of Watertown I am told, have consented to the discontinuance of the Town way = and I am also informed that the Prop.^s have no rights to the particular road now laid out round the corner, but supply a general right of Passage. _

Know all Men by these Presents that I George W. Brimmer of Boston in the County of Suffolk, Merchant, in consideration of Six Thousand Dollars to me paid by the MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY a Corporation duly established, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, and convey unto the said Massachusetts Horticultural Society & their Assigns a Tract or Parcel of Land, part lying in Watertown & part lying in Cambridge in the county of Middlesex, bounded and described as follows — Beginning at the point where the East side of the new road leading from the County road to MOUNT AUBURN strikes the said County road, and thence running Westerly & bounded Northerly by the County road One hundred and twenty two rods and half a rod to the Northwest corner of a Lot of Land purchased by said Brimmer of Jonas Wyeth by deed dated November 25. 1831 & recorded in the Middlesex Registry of Deeds — then turning & running South & bounded West by land of Widow Cutter and by Land of the Heirs or assigns of Moses Stone deceased One hundred and forty three rods; — then turning East & bounded South by Land of the Heirs of Cornelius Stone, as the fence now stands, Fifty three rods & Seven links to a private way or road — then North Easterly by the way aforesaid Thirty eight rods & twenty three links to the Southerly corner or extremity of a lot of Land set off by the Judge of Probate to Abigail, the widow of Moses Stone now wife of William M. Pomroy as parcel of her Dower in her said husbands Estate— then more Easterly and bounded by said way Seventeen rods & nineteen links to the West side of the new road First mentioned, — then a little more Easterly across said road to the East side of it Four rods and nine links — then turning & running North by the East side of said road and bounded East by Land of Josiah Coolidge Seventy one rods & one half of a rod to the point of beginning in the County road which is One hundred and ten feet West from the North East corner of the lot of Land purchased by G. W. Brimmer of Thomas Lee. — Together with all and singular the Rights, Easements, Privileges & Appurtenances to the same belonging and Subject, so much as is contained between the lines and boundaries of the said new road to the Easements granted therein by the said Brimmer to the said Coolidge & others by a certain Indenture dated January 15^th. 1830 made between said Brimmer & Nathaniel Stone & others & recorded in said Registry Lib: 296. f: 45. & by a certain other Indenture delivered February 11^th 1830 & Recorded in said Registry of Deeds Lib: 296. f: 45 & 46. — The aforesaid Tract containing about Sixty seven Acres & 3/4 of an acre more or less. Intending hereby to convey all the same premises which the several Deeds of David Stone dated 22 May 1825. of Josiah Coolidge dated 10 February 1830 — of Thomas Lee dated 12 July 1827 (excepting such part of the land, mentioned in said Lee's deed, which I have heretofore conveyed to said Coolidge) — of William Gray dated 14 October 1825— of John C. Gray dated September 6^th 1831— of Benjamin Waterhouse and Heirs dated May 1831— and of Jonas Wyeth dated 25 November 1831— purport to convey to me, together with the Title & Estate in Dower which passed to me under the Indenture between me & William M. Pomroy & Wife dated 15 October 1825, which Estate is the whole of my Interest in that part of the above described premises & is the whole Interest I mean to grant hereby, & the Same is to be taken and held by said Corporation subject to the annual payment mentioned in said Indenture, the burden of which they are to bear and save me harmless therefrom. All said Deeds are recorded in the Registry of Deeds in the County of Middlesex — Also another Lot of Land called Peat Meadow lying in Cambridge aforsaid and containing about Four Acres & thirty five poles & particularly Described in the deed of John Heard J^r to George W. Brimmer dated December 15 1827 & recorded in the Middlesex Registry of Deeds LIB. 281. fol. 39. together with all the rights, privileges & appurtenances thereto belonging. To Have and to Hold the aforegranted Premises to the said Massachusetts Horticultural Society to the Use of them & their Assigns forever And I the said George W. Brimmer for myself & my heirs & Executors & Administrators do Covenant with the said Society & their Assigns that I am lawfully seized in fee of the aforegranted Premises, excepting such such parcel thereof as is mentioned in the said Indenture between me & William M. Pomroy & Wife & containing about Five acres & 4/5 of an acre as above described in which I have an Estate for the life of the said Abigail only as above stated, that I have good right to Sell & convey the same to the said Society as aforesaid— that the said Premises are free from all Encumbrances, except the above Specified; And that I will & my heirs, Executors and administrators shall Warrant and Defend the same to the Society against the lawful claims and demands of all persons, except those of the reversioners in & unto the parcel of Land set off to the Widow of Moses Stone now the said Abigail Pomroy.

In Witness whereof I the said George W. Brimmer have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Tenth Day of January in the Year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Thirty-two.

Geo. W. Brimmer [seal: man with greek helmet pulled up to his forhead in white on red background]