Copying Book: Secretary's Letters, 1860 (page 099)

33 School St Boston
Nov^r 11. 1863

O. Locke Esq

Dear Sir,

Mr Meyer has
agreed to take your lot, with
the fence, at the price named ^^$400, &
since he has so agreed, I have
seen it, and (between you and me)
must say, it is well sold.-
The fence is quite rusty & the lot a
good deal out of repair. Your name
is cast into the gate, so that,
I think he will have to have
a new gate.

I write you now to have you
sign and return to me the two
orders for removal. I find two
bodies there instead of one as you
named, & they stand upon our record
at the dates mentioned. Phoebe
was 7 months old & Anna 6 weeks.

I shall have them both put into
one box, say three feet long; unless you
direct otherwise. When you write tell
me how to send it to you.

Yours truly

A.J. Coolidge

Boston Nov^r 20. 1863

Mrs. E.A. Bliss,

Dear Madam, Yours
of 18^th has come to hand. I
was at Mt Auburn this morning,
and noticed that the number of your
lot is cut upon the marble monument.
So that you will need only the four
8 inch boundary posts. I write this
morning, lest you should be under
a misapprehension as to the expense
that may be incurred by a compliance
with our rule. The whole cost to you
of these four posts set will be but
eight dollars $8.:- and we do not
propose to put you to any other expense
than what you may voluntarily incur.

If you wish the amount to remain until
Spring, just say so,- we can set the posts
and let the bill wait that long, if any
particular accommodation.

The cost of cut the grass through the season
is usually $3. or $5 if some plants are set in
the border. - The Corporation cuts the grass on
all lots not cared for at the expense of the prop^rs,
about twice a year without charge, but
this is not often enough to keep lots green.
About once in ten years a lot wants new sodding,
cost about $15 to $20, for manure, sod & work.

We have had your name in our records & on our last catalogue Eliza A. Bliss. A few days
since a clerk of our [Mission?] told me it was Elizabeth. I don't know how this mistake came
to be made. I see that you signed the affidavit which I prepared two or three years since
without correcting it.

Yours resp.y

A.J. Coolidge

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