1853-07-05 Bowditch Statue: Trustee Committee Report to Repair Statue, by Bigelow, 1831.039.001

Dr Bigelow as a committee appointed to repair the Statue of Dr. Bowditch reports - That he has examined the said statue with the assistance of competent mechanics, that he finds the whole in a bad & almost worthless state, being apparently made of base metal, & full of holes which were concealed by cement in the original casting, but are now open, not only disfiguring the statue but admitting the rain, which by freezing in winter has caused several cracks from 6 to 9 inches in length. That this statue is now in process of destruction and is not worth any^moreexpensive repair, than a coat of putty & paint which may keep it together for a number of years longer.

The Committee regrets that that this statue had not been rejected at the beginning agreeably to a recommendation of a committee of the prosubscribers to which he had the honor to act as chairman

Jacob Bigelow, committee July 5. 1853

Voted that the Gate keeper be instructed to admit ^{persons of respectable appearance and demeanor}strangers from a distance to ride into the cemetery without ^{tickets or}permits until further order.