Copying Book: Secretary's Letters, 1860 (page 122)

Boston, Jany 11 [186]4

Capt. Winsor

Dear Sir,

The contents of Mr Apple-
ton's lots, as ascertained by the surveyors,
are 6.946 square feet. Mr Appleton has
heretofore paid, (including the addition of 3767
feet reported by you in Octo. 1862) for 6619 ft.
As he takes all the passageways into his
area at 50 cts, it make therefore 327 feet
which he has not yet paid for, and which
I told him today I would get you to [report?]
in form. I have sent a note to Mr Bond
to the same effect, in case he should call to [?]
for it before - you report.- I presume this also
will be included in last year's report.-

Please also ^^make this amendment to refs
of Dec^r 1862, to Geo. W. Colburn's lot 3260, con-
taining 792 ft.- instead of
[24?] x 33 as before. This suits Mr
Colburn & the requirements of the positions.

[diagram: lot measurements on Eagle Avenue and Raven Path

Yours truly

A. J. Coolidge Sec.y

Jany. 20, 1864

L. F. Merrill Esq

Dear Sir,

The collector of our Treas^r
brought the second bill of $89.94 to me yesterday, to
inquire about the terms stated by you & in the
agreement for the purchase of your old lot no.
2297 for Mrs Hemenway - and that was that
all expenses were to be included in such pur-
chase. I asked Dr Bigelow the Pres-
ident yesterday, if there was any such under-
standing with you in any conversation that
he had, and he replied, "none at all.'-
that he began by offering you 50 cts.
a foot for your land, and finally acceded
to the price you named of $250⁰⁰, which
is 83 cts per foot. And his statement of what
your proposed to do is corroborated by
my own recollection of our conversation
when I paid you the $250 & took the

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