Mount Auburn Cemetery

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Names	Names	Names
Isaac Staples	H Andrews	John W Fenno
Joseph P Bradlee.	Dennis Brigham	Henry Grew
Thomas Curtis	B. Fiske	Caleb Chace
Levi Brigham	Amos Binney.	James Weld
John Kuhn	Sam. S. Lewis	Joseph Hay
James Russell.	Jabez Fisher 2d	Benj Fisk
Geo. W. Crockett	Horace Scudder
Arthur French	Wm P. Winchester.	Wm Lawrence
Peter Thatcher	Gurdon Steele	Henry Loring.
A. C. Fearing	James Means	James K Mills
Isaac [M. Gillam?]	Geo. H. Kuhn	Abrm Howard
J. W. Paige	Zelotes Hosmer	R D [Cillany?] by A Howard Atty
Daniel Denny	Thomas B Wales _	J Bender
Ozias Goodwin	Thomas Wiley.	Nathaniel Hobart
W Sturgis -		Geo Darracott
John Bryant	Z. B. Adams	Jos. [Mariner?]
J. Mason		HAS Dearborn
	Ebenr Bailey.	Geo. W. Coffin-
Deming Jarves	James L. L. Warren	A. H. Everett.
Simon Stearns	Geo. [Dorissett?]	A. E. [Belknap?] }
James Arnold	Nath'l K Lombard	agent for the Proprietors of/ Tremont house }
Jabez Fisher	Peleg Churchill	Thomas B. Curtis by?] CP Curtis Atty.. }
Jesse Bird	D. A. Simmons	Nath'l. Hammond
Stephen White		Isaac H. Cary
Josiah Quincy	[Melanethon?] Smith	[S.or G?] Bartlett
Daniel Henchman	William E Blanchard	Alpheus Cary.
Geo. C. Schattuck	Enoch Hobart	Dwight Boyden
Josp'h Coolidge	T W Ward.	John Albree
Henry Oxnard	Saml Swett.	Otis Daniell
Daniel P Parker	Jno. Randall	George. W. Lewis

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Pursuant to notice issued by the Secretary, the Trustees of the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn met at the office of the Secretary on Friday the 5^th day of February 1841.

Present Mess^rs Bond, Gould, Parker, C.P. Curtis & B. R. Curtis

Mr Armstrong sent in his resignation as Trustee which was accepted.

Voted That the report of the Treasurer be accepted & that the Secretary record the same & lay it before the Proprietors at their next meeting

Voted To adjourn A true record attest B. R. Curtis Secretary

Treasurer's Report

The Treasurer reports the following Synopsis of Receipts & Payments for the ninth year ending Dec^r 31, 1840 to wit;

There remained in the Treasury on	___	___
1st Jany last	___	1826.58
He has received,	___	___
For dividends on Stocks	663.	___
"[For] discounts on Stocks purchased	89.82	___
"[For] Recd on Sales maps & guide of	___	___
Otis Broaders & Co. & Dearborn	37.02	789.84
"[For] Sales 49 Lots	___	4492.--
"[For] Interments in Public lot	___	100.--
___	___	7208.42

He has made payments as follows, to wit;

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Nov 3. 1831

At a meeting of the Garden & Cemetery committee of Mount Auburn, held at the Horticultural Rooms Nov. 3^r. 1831. present, Mess. Bigelow, Bond, Brimmer, Cook,- Dearborn & Gould. Gen^l. Dearborn in the chair, & B.A. Gould, Sec^y, pro tem -, the following votes were passed.

Secretary

Voted. 1., That a Secretary be appointed to the Garden & Cemetery Committee who shall keep a record of their doings in a book provided for that purpose. C. P. Curtis Esq was - unanimously chosen Secretary.

Treasurer

Voted. 2. That a Treasurer be appointed to the Garden & Cemetery Committee whose duty it shall be to receive the dues & make the payments of this Committee, whereupon Geo. Bond Esq. was unanimously chosen, Treasurer of this Committee.

Cemetery Agents.

Voted 3. That a Cemetery agent be appointed, residing in Boston, and another residing in Cambridge whose duty it shall be to furnish information & assistance to applicants upon business. And when it shall be necessary for the agent to visit the Cemetery, he may charge the applicant fifty cents for such visit, if the application be in Cambridge or one dollar & fifty cents if in Boston in addition to the customary charges for interment in those places.

Exchange of Lots./New Lots Laid Out

Voted. 4. That is any subscriber be not satisfied with the particular lot which shall have been sold or assigned to him, he may at any time within six months exchange the same for any other among the unsold lots, which are already laid out by the Surveyor. And if he shall choose to have a new lot surveyed for him on the unappropriated grounds, the Garden & Cemetery Committee may if they see fit, assign him such a lot on his

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Plan of grounds

Voted. 9^th That Dr. Bigelow be authorized to have a plan of the grounds lithographed & to give names to such ponds, avenues or places as require them, & also to alter any names now affixed.

A plan of Mount Auburn by Mr. Alexander Wadsworth was submitted to the Committee for their examination and approval, which was accepted by them. The meeting was then adjourned to Thursday the 10^th instant at 4 o'clock P.M at the same place.

B. A. Gould, Sec^y pro tempore

Nov. 10. 1831

At a meeting of the Garden & Cemetery Committee of Mount Auburn held at the Horticulture Rooms, Nov, 10^th 1831. present, Mess. Dearborn, Bigelow, Bond, Gould, Everett, Cook, & Pratt. Gen^l. Dearborn in the chair. A letter was received from Mr. Curtis delivering the appointment of Secretary. G.W. Pratt was chosen Secretary. The following votes were passed.

Committee on Acco'ts.

Voted. 1. That a Committee of one person be appointed to examine all accounts that may be presented to the Treasurer, for payment, & B. A. Gould was chosen.

Voted. 2. That the Treasurer be directed to pay all accounts when approved by the said Commitee.

Judge Story's Add'ss

Voted. 3. That Judge Story be presented with 50 Copies of the address delivered by him at the Consecration of Mount Auburn.

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Dec. 2^d. 1831

===Dec. 2. 1831.===

At a meeting of the Garden & Cemetery Committee held this day, there were present, Mess. Bigelow, Bond- Cook, Brimmer, Gould & Pratt.

Voted, That the application of Wm Lawrence, G. W. Pratt, S. Pond, J. T. Buckingham & others relative to the extension of certain lots in the grounds appropriated to the Cemetery be & is hereby acceded to.

Sub-Com^ee to lay out Lots

Voted, that the SubCommittee be authorized to lay out the lots thus applied for, & any others that may be required by other individuals until further orders from the Committee.

Proprietors of Lots, &c.

Voted, that no proprietor of a lot shall receive any fees or reward from any person whatever for the interment of dead bodies within his said lot.

Sexton

Voted, that Mr. B A Gould be added to the SubCommittee Voted, that the subCom^e. be requested & they are hereby authorized to procure a suitable person for Sexton or agent in the capacity of undertaker in Boston & Cambridge -

===Gift ot Lot to Gen. Dearborn===

In consideration of the very acceptable services rendered by Gen. Dearborn at Mount Auburn, for the assiduity he has manifested in carrying into effect the purposes & designs of the Committee, It was in motion of Mr. Brimmer, voted unanimously that the lot selected by him in the grounds appropriated to the Cemetery, be presented to him in behalf of the proprietors & that the same shall be conveyed to him, & to his heirs in the manner prescribed by the rules & regulations of the association,