Mount Auburn Cemetery

Sept^r 13 [186]4

Capt. D.L. Winsor

Dear Sir,

I send a note from Dr Lawrence. --

Will you tomorrow send a certificate of the lot on Harebell Path by mail, to "Edward F. Hall Jr. 21 Kelley St. Boston."

He is about to leave the city, & wishes to pay for it.

Will you also examine, and advise me how much to offer for lot no. 2485, Spruce Av^e, David B. Gray -- how much for lot, and how much for fence, in separ-- ate items. I am about to write him. He resides at the west. -- Write tomorrow, if you can. --

Yours truly

A.J. Coolidge

Send me a leaf of that certificate book.

Septem^r 19 [186]4

6 P.M. Capt Winsor

Dear Sir

Miss Harriet G. Hosmer, the great sculptress is here and, at her request, I wish to make an appointment with you to meet her and her friends tomorrow morning about 10 o'clock, to look for a lot in some prominent place, where she can erect a bronze statue to her late father, Dr Hosmer,preparatory ^^{in connection with} which she will probably dispose of her old lot no. 367 at the north end of Narcissus Path (Forrest Pond) as that place is unsuited for such a purpose. --

I told her we could take her old lot, privately, and give her as much, as she would otherwise get.

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[first line illegible?] [... nor have they ...?] meeting you yesterday, in showing Miss Hosmer [?]. over time, and thinks much of a triangle at the Northwesterly end of Forrest Pond, formed by the three branches of Narcissus Path just below Levi Thaxter's lot - containing about 1000 feet, perhaps, border and all.—

She wishes to erect a bronze statue to her father. For such a purpose, under proper restrictions, I should think these would be no objection, but rather be desired.

She will probably be out again in the course of a week.

I have given a pass today to W^m E. Parmenter Esq^r to visit Mount Auburn tomorrow with officers & members of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of the US., to the number of 80 or 100, he thinks, in carriages. They will reach the Cemetery about 4 o'clock.

I wish you would attend at once to my note the other day referring to W^m W. Stone's want of key & bill for same. He has sent again.—

Yours truly

A.J. Coolidge

Sept^r 29, [186]4

Dr Jacob Bigelow, Pres^t &c

Dear Sir,

I have finished the paper which I spoke to you about, & which I desire, with your approval & that of the Board to see go forth to the proprietors in a printed form. I have spent a month or two in elaborating and putting together, with a good deal of care, what I believe are the views of the Trustees on the subject of the future ^^{& perpetual} preservation of the Cemetery and all the lots therin.—

It very may occur to you, who are so familiar with the subject, too long— but I think a careful reading of the paper will show that I have not been repetitious.

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