ENTrustees Records, Vol. 2, 1854 (page 089)
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were given on the condition that the Statue should
be placed in the Chapel of the Cemetery: and inasmuch as
the said statue is completed, the undersigned request
that it may be removed to its place of destination, as
early as convenient. Ten years have elapsed since the sub-
scriptions were paid into the hands of the Treasurer of
Mount Auburn, & about one third of the contributors have
departed this life without witnessing the accomplishment
of the object for which their contributions were made
by them and accepted by the Trustees of the Cemetery.
. _
(signed
| Samuel A. Eliot | ___ |
J. A. Lowell |
|---|---|---|
| Ignatius Sargent | ___ | N. Appleton |
| Charles P. Curtis | ___ | Jacob Bigelow |
| Richard Fletcher | ___ | Wm Sturgis |
| N.I. Bowditch | ___ | Wm Appleton |
| J. C. Gray | ___ | C. G. Loring |
| G. T. Bigelow | ___ | F. C. Loring |
| ___ | Wm Gray " |
Story Statue to be placed in Chapel without unnecy delay _
Voted that the Story Statue shall be placed in
the Chapel at Mount Auburn without unreasonable delay.
Comee chosen to attend to same _
Voted that the Prest & Messrs Little & Lawrence be
Special Committee to carry the last vote into effect. - -
The Meeting was then dissolved
Attest A. J. Coolidge Secretary
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Of note: Statement from subscribers to Story Statue Fund that they want the statue to be placed in the Chapel without delay.
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