Trustees Records, Vol. 1, 1835 (page 100)

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Suitably performed, & which also in the interior sides
may become the repository of Marble Busts & Statues
& other Sepulecure^chral monuments which may from time
to time be placed there by liberal Benefactors & Friends
in memory of the Dead, & which would not bear the

Observatory

exposure of the open air in our climate (4) the erec=
tion of a Granite Tower or Observatory on the Summit
of mount Auburn from which the entire grounds of
the Cemeta^ery and the whole range of the adjacent
country may be distinctly seen - These objects in the
opinion of the Committee may all be attained within
a few years by devoting the present funds of the Cor=
poration to them & such additional funds as from
past experience the Committee are justified in
believing will be unquestionably come into the Treasury
within the same period of years - Which of these
objects Should have a priority, or whether all of them
Should be Simultaneously undertaken, & a proportion
of the present funds applied pro rata toe each is a matter
for the ultimate decision of the Trustees - And it is
not improbably that for Some of these objects private
Subscriptions may be obtained from munificent Individ=
uals in aid of such funds as the Trustees may devote
to the purpose -

The Committee ask leave to suggest some
considerations for the deliberations of the Trustees which
have occurred to them, & which may confirm some of
the Statements already suggested -

Fence.

(1) As to a permanent fence - It is believed by the
Committee that a permanent Iron fence with a
suitable

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Suitably performed, & which also in the interior sides
may become the repository of Marble Busts & Statues
& other Sepulecure^chral monuments which may from time
to time be placed there by liberal Benefactors & Friends
in memory of the Dead, & which would not bear the

Observatory

exposure of the open air in our climate (4) the erec=
tion of a Granite Tower or Observatory on the Summit
of mount Auburn from which the entire grounds of
the Cemeta^ery and the whole range of the adjacent
country may be distinctly seen - These objects in the
opinion of the Committee may all be attained within
a few years by devoting the present funds of the Cor=
poration to them & such additional funds as from
past experience the Committee are justified in
believing will be unquestionably come into the Treasury
within the same period of years - Which of these
objects Should have a priority, or whether all of them
Should be Simultaneously undertaken, & a proportion
of the present funds applied pro rata toe each is a matter
for the ultimate decision of the Trustees - And it is
not improbably that for Some of these objects private
Subscriptions may be obtained from munificent Individ=
uals in aid of such funds as the Trustees may devote
to the purpose -

The Committee ask leave to suggest some
considerations for the deliberations of the Trustees which
have occurred to them, & which may confirm some of
the Statements already suggested -

Fence.

(1) As to a permanent fence - It is believed by the
Committee that a permanent Iron fence with a
suitable