Trustees Records, Vol. 1, 1835 (page 099)
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one. After deducting all the expenses hitherto in-
curred, including the expense of the granite gateway,
there will remain at the end of the present year
in the Treasury, according to a statement made to
the Committee by the Treasurer the sum of about
Twenty Six thousand Dollars applicable to the general
objects contemplated in the Act of Incorporation -
It is well known that among these objects
there are some, which have always from the beginning
of the Cemetary [sic] been deemed of primary importance
& to which the funds of the Corporation were designed
to be applied - as soon as any adequate Surplus shld
exist. Indeed these objects were held out to the orig=
inal Subscribers as the main inducements for their
patronage & encouragement of the Enterprize; &
without them little or no success could have been
hoped for - The Committee therefore deem it their
sacred duty to recommend that these objects should
be put in a Train to ensure their entire accomplishment
as early as the funds of the Corporation shall enable
the Trustees to do so - The Committee beg leave to
state that the objects to whih they have allowed, are
(1) The erection of a permanent Stone or Iron fence
upon the front grounds of the Cemetary [sic] & a hedge
fence on the remaining three sides thereof for their
Draining water.
due protection & security. (2) The draining of the low
grounds & the introduction of pure water which should
run into the grounds & through the ponds within the
same, into Charles River --
(3) The Erection of a suitable
Granite Chapel ^where the religious services for the Dead may be
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Report of the Committee on Grounds continues & notes that improvements were held out to original investors as inducements to purchase a lot. Includes list of accomplishments:
erection of a permanent Stone or Iron fence, & a hedge
fence on the remaining three Sides, draining low ground,
due protection & security. (2) The draining of the low
grounds, introducing "pure water" to flow through the grounds and ponds to the Charles River,
and ") The Erection of a Suitable Granite Chapel ^where^ the religious Services for the Dead may be..."
reference to building a granite chapel for Services for the Dead