Mount Auburn Cemetery

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to assign a Lot for the erection of such a monument

The following motion was made by Mr Parker -

Gifts of Lots prohibited - see next page

Whereas the condition of the Cemetery is now such as to render it inexpedient to make gifts of any lands to induce persons to erect monuments thereon to public or distinguished individuals, therefore voted that the Corporation will make no further gifts of land for such purposes. Voted. To lay this motion on the Table.

Brattle Square Society.

An application of Mr Bond in behalf of a committee of the Society in Brattle Square was also laid on the table.

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Attest B^m R Curtis Sec^y

Pursuant to notice issued by the Secretary the Trustees of the Pro^s of the Cem^y of Mount Auburn met at the office of the Secre tary on Friday ^^Saturday the 22^nd day of December 1838. Present Mess^rs Bigelow, Bond, Brimmer, C.P. Curtis, B.R. Curtis, Parker, & Reed. The following preamble & vote were passed.

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Monuments To Dr. Bowditch and Noah Worcester

Whereas at a meeting of the Trustees held at the Porters Lodge in the Cem^y. on the 12^th day of April 1838 the assent of the Trustees was obtained to the appropriation of a Lot in the Cem^y. for the erection of a monument to Dr. Bowditch & of another Lot to the erection of a Monument to the Rev.^d Noah Worcester

Voted. That the Comm^ee on Lots are authorized to assign Lots for those purposes.

Grants of Lots. none gratuitous

Voted. To take up Mr Parkers motion made & laid on the table at the last meeting

Voted. To amend the said motion by striking out the word "gifts" & inserting "gratuitous appropriations."_ Voted. To pass the motion. Voted. To take up Mr Bond's application made at the last meeting which was as follows:

Monument to J.S. Buckminster

To the Trustees of the Pros. of Mt. Aub^rn Gentlemen. The undersigned in behalf of a Comm^ee appointed by the Standing Com^ee of the Society in Brattle Square propose to erect a monument or Cenotaph at Mount Auburn to the memory of the late Joseph S. Buckminster The funds will be raised by subscription among the Parishioners & other friends