Mount Auburn Cemetery

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33 School St Boston March 18^th/62

Hon. Nath^l Silsbee, Treas^r Harv. Coll.-

Dear Sir, The subject referred to in the accompanying circular is not now for the first time brought to the notice of the "Pres. & Fellows"

I find upon the records of our Board of Trustees, three years since (Feby. 1859.) the following as the Report of a Com^ee to whom the subject was ref^d.

"The Committee to whom was referred the memorial of Mr Lawrence, Treas^r of Harv^d College, respecting the boundaries of the lot in the Cemetery belonging to that Corporation - with full power.

Reported that they had arranged with the Treasurer of the College that said lot should be surveyed, and that is should be optional with him whether the monuments now said to encroach upon the lands of this Corporation should be removed within the present bounds, or whether sufficient land should be exchanged from another part of said lot to be equivalent to the land now occupied by said monuments."

And the report was accepted - and here, it now appears, the matter ended. -

The lot in question (no. 330 in the Cemetery) is

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Contract for Perpet^l Repair of Lot 1841

The Secretary reported that the Committee on Lots had contracted with Mr Peter C. Brooks for the perpetual care of the "Capt. Josiah Sturgis lot." so called _ numbered eighteen hundred and forty one, (1841) for the sum of two hundred dollars. _

and it was

Voted that said contract be concurred in.

Representation of Lots _

Upon the petition of the parties in interest representatives were designated for the several lots in connection with which they are named, as follows: -

13 Horace G. Wills of Roxbury, son of the only heir of Grace Mead, deceased proprietor of lot numbered 13;

131 Arthur A. Eckley of Boston, son of Caroline S. Eckley, dec^d prop^r of lot numbered 131;

226 Dr John S. Whiting of Charlestown, guardian of heir of Seth Barker dec^d prop^r of lot numbered 226;

276 George Henshaw of Boston, son of Charles Henshaw dec^d prop^r of lot numbered 276;

310 Ann Sturgis Hooper of Boston, daughter of William Sturgis, dec^d prop^r of lot numbered 310;

330 The Treasurer of Harvard College to represent the lot owned by that Corporation, numbered 330;

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The Treasurer has also in his hands belonging to the fund for Repairs:

15 Shares Atlas Bank	___	1.470.
16 " [Shares] Fitchburg Railroad	___	1.641.
10 " [Shares] Western " [Railroad]	___	1.002.50
City of Boston Scrip $3.000 cost	3.009.00	___
Less for Story Statue	651.95__	2.357.05
Massachusetts 5 perct Scrip	2.000.--	1.959.73
Cash uninvested	___	583.43 =	$9.013.71

The unappropriated portion of Story Statue Fund
Consists of City Scrip, as above	651.95
Balance due from Corporation	343.23
___	___	995.18

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The Treasurer has also received for acct. of the Fund for Repairs, which is kept distinct from the other funds of the Corporation as follows: _

From the Execr of the will of the late Elizabeth Williams	___
Principal	1.000. }	___
interest on same	151. }	1.151.--
From Jas. M. Burgess income to be Expanded on lot of Deborah Burgess	___	100
" [From] Execrs of the will of the late Henry H. Fuller	___	200
" [From] income of the investment of this fund	___	381
___	___	___	$1.832__

Balance due from this Fund Decr 31. 1854	103.57
He has paid to the Supt for sums Expended on lots provided for by the Fund	161
" to G.W. Johnson for painting fence around Kirkland More.	4.__
For $1.000 Massachusetts 5 perct Scrip	980
Leaving in hands of Treasurer.	583.43
___	___	1.832__

Boston Dec^r 31. 1855 Geo. W^m Bond. Treas^r.