Mount Auburn Cemetery

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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