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the statues expected from Italy & intended to
decorate the interior of the Chapel have not yet arrived.
That of Gov. Winthrop by Mr Greenough is announced as
complete in Florence, & may be expected here in the
Spring or sooner. Mr Crawford's statue of James Otis
has been unhappily delayed by the death of that distinguished
& lamented artist. Letters from his representatives however,
express the belief that it is already completed in Rome,
& will be forwarded in the course of the spring.
The fourth statue, that of John Adams, was shipped
from Leghorn about the first of September in the
Oxford, a vesselnow missing^{reported as deserted at sea} & probably lost. The amount
which would have been due on the delivery of this
statue, was insured by the sculptor, Mr Rogers, who
is confident of being able to execute a duplicate from
the model in the course of another year. When these
works are completed, & in their places, the Corporation
will have aecquired a valuable & most appropriate
embellishment giving them precedence?over
all other cemeteries in this country, at an expense
not exceeding three percent of the estimated gross
outlay of Mount Auburn, or six percent of the expenditure up^{to the present time.}

Among the auspicious events of the last year
is the commencement of a permanent fund, provided
for the support & preservation of the cemetery after
the receipts from land sales shall have aceased.