Trustees Records, Vol. 3, 1859 (page 309)

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Deed to Mary Hemenway.

Know all men by these presents, that the Pro-
prietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, in consider-
ation of six thousand dollars, paid to them by Mary
Hemenway, wife of Augustus Hemenway, of Boston,
in the county of Suffolk, and commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do
hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey to the said
Mary Hemenway and her heirs and assigns, a certain
piece of land in the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, situ-
ated, bounded and measuring as follows, (as shown
upon a plan of land made by Shedd and Edson, a
copy whereof is hereto annexed; _ Beginning on the westerly
side of Cactus Path, at the intersection of the same with
Thistle Path, thence running westwardly by said Thistle
Path to Cistus Path, thence southwardly by said Cistus
Path to Cowslip Path, thence eastwardly by Cowslip
Path to Cactus Path, thence northwardly by Cactus Path
to the point of beginning,) containing fifteen thousand two
hundred and five (15,205) square feet, more or less.

To have and to hold the aforegranted prem-
ises unto the said Mary Hemenway, her heirs and
assiged forever, for ornamental purposes, upon the
following conditions; viz.

First: That no part of said premises shall ever be
used as a place for burial for the dead: but the whole
of said premises shall forever remain as a part of
the open grounds of the Cemetery: _

Second: That no alterations shall be made in