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any but those of record; and this is the only way now to get on record-

If Mrs. H. declines to confer with Mrs R., you had better state how I can find her, or who here knows, if you don't know her address.

I presume this; some friend of Mrs Sarah Hodges, now 86 yrs old & very feeble- has written you that Mrs S. expects soon to die, and wishes burial in this tomb, under a promise from Mr Pelby himself. I know nothing of the propriety of the request - it is a matter for the heirs to decide. But as the case standa today, no one has any right to order the tomb opened, or to give any direction about anything on the lot --

Although the request of Mrs. Hodges may have been the immediate occasion of my writing you, through a promise to do so to quiet the mind of the old lady -- yet you perceive that my part of the errand more particularly relates to the matter first stated -- the resolution of the lot.

Hoping soon to hear from you, I am

Respectfully your Ob^t Serv^t

A. J. Coolidge, Secretary & Treas^r