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[left margin: X] procure ^^introduce a new proprietor, the establishment would
at once be placed on a footing of [more than?] ^^entire
independence.

Mount Auburn in most respects takes
precedence of M other cemeteries which have
since been founded in imitation of it. The
peculiar character of its natural features had attracted
attention long before its (present) purchase [?], and the
surrounding landscape now seen from the top of
its highest edifice, is unserpassed in ^^{natural and cultivated} beauty.
It exceeds all similar establishments in this country
in the size and durability of its construction[constrictions?]
and ^^it is about to lead, instead of following them,
in the interest of its historic and monumental
sculptures. As it is not probable that the present
bounderies can ever be [recreated?] ^^enlarged, and as the lots
are being steadily taken up at increasing prices,
so that the maps of the grounds ^^already appear (nearly)
covered with [?], we may anticipate that the
time is not ^^very remote, when the value of these
lots will be ^^best known by the difficulty of obtaining
them.

by order of the Trustees
Jacob Bigelow
President