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if the proprietors prefer to have two bonds, the Committee will issue them. The Trustees, however, will not contract for the preservation of one lot alone.”

The above reply, of course, is not intended to deprive any proprietor from exercising a right conferred by the by-laws of depositing any sum not less than $100 with [the] Corporation, the income of which will be devoted to the care of his or her lot, upon the usual terms of trust; It relates only to the guaranty of perpetual care.-

I am very respectfully yours

A.J. Coolidge, Secy of the Prop^rs Cem.y of Mt. Auburn

Boston, ------- De^r 17 1863

Dear Sir, Will you be so kind as to confer with Mrs. Hemenway as to the reconveyance of her ^^burial lots with a view to receive a deed of the Corporation of the whole in one lot.

The transfer of lot 2297 from L.F. Merrill ran to the Corporation, & has not since been conveyed to Mrs. H.- Lot 1463 stands in the name of Augustus Hemenway. The two old lots contained 600 square feet.- Her lot as curbed contains 790 square feet. She must pay the Corporation for 190 feet of land, and as the land is all enclosed in one curb, it is impraticable to have more than one number, which should be her old one – 1463. As lots are indivisible, on order to preserve unity of title, I see no way but for the Trustees of Mr H to reconvey 1463 to the Corporation, & a new deed be made to Mrs. H. of 790 feet.

Very rspfly yours A.J.Coolidge

I have fact rec^d & recorded the deed of ornamental grounds & fountain to Mrs. H. - which she will probably receive tomorrow or next day.

Boston, Jany 11 [186]4

Capt. Winsor

Dear Sir,

The contents of Mr Appleton's lots, as ascertained by the surveyors, are 6.946 square feet. Mr Appleton has heretofore paid, (including the addition of 3767 feet reported by you in Octo. 1862) for 6619 ft. As he takes all the passageways into his area at 50 cts, it make therefore 327 feet which he has not yet paid for, and which I told him today I would get you to [report?] in form. I have sent a note to Mr Bond to the same effect, in case he should call to [?] for it before - you report.- I presume this also will be included in last year's report.-

Please also ^^make this amendment to refs of Dec^r 1862, to Geo. W. Colburn's lot 3260, containing 792 ft.- instead of [24?] x 33 as before. This suits Mr Colburn & the requirements of the positions.

[diagram: lot measurements on Eagle Avenue and Raven Path

Yours truly

A. J. Coolidge Sec.y

Jany. 20, 1864

L. F. Merrill Esq

Dear Sir,

The collector of our Treas^r brought the second bill of $89.94 to me yesterday, to inquire about the terms stated by you & in the agreement for the purchase of your old lot no. 2297 for Mrs Hemenway - and that was that all expenses were to be included in such purchase. I asked Dr Bigelow the President yesterday, if there was any such understanding with you in any conversation that he had, and he replied, "none at all.'- that he began by offering you 50 cts. a foot for your land, and finally acceded to the price you named of $250⁰⁰, which is 83 cts per foot. And his statement of what your proposed to do is corroborated by my own recollection of our conversation when I paid you the $250 & took the

[You do to this agree?]

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Boston, March 10, 1865 T. Quincy Browne Esq^r

Dear Sir,

I owe you an apology for seeming to neglect you so long in the matter of deed for Mrs A. Hemenway, but I have had an unusual pressure of business, besides being out of the State a short time.

However, I left the deed with the Treas^r about a week since, that you might receipt for it on his books. I believe there is nothing due at the Treasurer's, at least, not on my account, but I send you a small bill for my services, which you can enclose to me at your convenience. --

Truly yours

A.J. Coolidge

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Augustus Hemenway Esq

To A.J. Coolidge [Dr?]

1862 Oct 25

Octo. 19, [186]5

Amos Tenney Esq 37 William St. New York

Dear Sir,

The remains of your wife were temporarily deposited in the Receiving Tomb on the 25^th of Sept. 1864 -- more than a year ago -- with your promise to remove them to New York ^^{or elsewhere} in a few days.

I shall have to request your immediate attention to such removal, as it is absolutely necessary to keep the receiving tomb free for other deposits.

Respectfully yours

A.J. Coolidge Sec.y

Octo. 27 [186]5

Capt. D.L. Winsor,

Dear Sir,

I send you the following numbers which have no location, which please use in all future sales until exhausted, as we propose soon to issue a new catalogue and do not wish to have blank numbers in catalogue: --

45, 165, 536, 537, 723, 1210, 2297, 2326, 2419, 2625, 2841, 2712, 2936, 2960, 3037, 3038, 3081, 3554.

Truly yours

A.J. Coolidge

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Jany 18 [186]6

Geo W^m Bond Esq.^r Treas^r

Dear Sir,

I send my account as requested.

The Corporation is indebted to me for making deeds of lots as follows: --

nos. 3529, 3553, 3554, 3555, 3556, 3557, 3558, 3559, 3560, 3561, 3562, 3563, 3564, ^³⁵⁶⁵ 3566, 3567, 3568, 3569, 3570, 3571, 3572, 3573, 3574, 3575, 3576, 3577, 3578, 3579, 3580, 3581, 3582, 3583, 3584, 3585, 3586, 3587, 3589, 3590, 3591, 3592, 3593, 3594, 3595, 3596, 3597, 3598, 3599, 3599 ornamental, 3600, 3601, 3602, 3603, 3604, 3605, 3606, 3607 3608, 3609, 3610, 3611, 3612, 3613, 3614, 3615, 3616, 3617, 3618, 3619, 3620, 3621, 3622, 3623, 3624, 3625, 3627, 3629, 3629 ornam.^l, 170 add^l 3499, 45, 165, 723, 1210, 2297, 2326, 2419, 2625, 2841, 2912, 15add^l, 15 ornam^l, 2936, 2960, 3037, 3038, 3081, 2532, 238, 239, 450, 3012, 763, 344, 279. = 104 @ $2 = $208.00

I also enclose [acc?] of moneys rec^d & paid.

Truly yours

A.J. Coolidge

Sec.y