1886-1887 Copying Book: Lovering Letters, 2005.062.010

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July 23[rd?]. 6.

Chas. S. S. Lennox Esq

Dear Sir

I am in receipt of your favor of yesterday in relation to the guide books sold here, and would say that the Corporation have nothing to do with the publication of the guide. The sale has been permitted because it was the best one published, but even when new the sales were quite small, there not being sufficient demand to warrant any additional expenditure to make it more complete.

Of course with the annual changes

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made in the ground, unless a new edition was published annually, it would soon be found wanting if it [perspective?] to contain that which may be found in the Cemetery [But?] it answers the wants of visitors who want information of a genereal character and in regard to the burial spot of persons of note.

I send you a small book of [?] of the cemetery which was published here by the Corporation a few years ago.

Yrs truly J. W. Lovering Supt.

P.S.

guides rec'd.

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July [?] [188]6

Wm B Langly New York

Dear Sir

The fence on lot #173 needs to be painted

Very many proprietors are removing the fences from their lots which is considered an improvement besides saving the continued outlay for painting -

The fence can be removed 4 posts cut for the corners and the number of the lot cut for the old material

Very respectfully J.W. Lovering Supt pr J.G.S.

Messrs Otis L. Brown & Co.

Dear Sirs

Please deliver at prices named in your form of July 22nd the following amount grain, at the stables on Coolidge Ave, one half of each kind on July 27 or 28 and the balance Aug 13 or 14.

60 bushels No 1 Oats 30 [bushels No 1] Whole corn 20 [bushels No 1] Meal 8 [bushels No 1] crackd corn 200 lbs shorts.

Yrs truly, J.W. Lovering Supt.

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John L Whipple Esq 152 Tremont St B[oston]

Dear Sir

The fence on lot #18 needs to be painted Very many proprietors are removing their fences which is considered an improvement besides saving the continued outlay for painting.

The fence can be removed 4 posts cut for the corners and the number of the lot cut for the old material

Very respectfully J.W. Lovering Supt pr J.G.S.

Thos H.H. Messinger Esq Stanford Ct

Dear Sir

The fence on lot your lot 47 needs painting

Very many proprietors are removing their fences and it is considered an improvement

The fence can be removed 4 posts cut for the corners and the number of the lot cut for the old material

Very respectfully J.W. Lovering Supt pr J.G.S.

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Mrs M.W. Word 155 Charles St Boston

Dear Madam

In your lot 1966 there is a box border in bad order. Unless repaired it would be an improvement to have it removed

Very respectfully J.W. Lovering Supt pr J.G.S.

Thos T. Robinson Esq Brookline

Dear Sir

In the Churchill lot #1980 there are some iron chairs that need to be painted.

If you do not care to be at the expense of painting I would suggest that it would improve the appearance of the lot to remove them

Very repectfully J.W. Lovering Supt pr J.G.S.

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W. Rotch Ware Esq Milton Mass

Dear Sir

In the Rice lot 1424 there are chairs and a gate that are rusty and unless you care to paint them it would improve the lot to have them removed

Very respectfully J.W. Lovering Supt pr J.G.S.

Mrs Clarissa Lawrence Marlboro Mass

Dear Madam

I notified you May 2nd 1885 that the tomb on the "Johnson lot" #23 was in bad order and should be repaired or removed. Will you please give the matter your early attention

Very respectfully J.W. Lovering Supt pr J.G.S.

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