Copying Book: Secretary's Letters, 1860 (page 446)

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any but those of record; and this is
the only way now to get on record-

If Mrs. H. declines to confer with Mrs
R., you had better state how I can find her,
or who here knows, if you don't know her
address.

I presume this; some friend of
Mrs Sarah Hodges, now 86 yrs old & very
feeble- has written you that Mrs S. expects
soon to die, and wishes burial in this tomb,
under a promise from Mr Pelby himself. I
know nothing of the propriety of the request - it
is a matter for the heirs to decide. But
as the case standa today, no one has any
right to order the tomb opened, or to give any
direction about anything on the lot --

Although the request of Mrs. Hodges
may have been the immediate occasion of my
writing you, through a promise to do so to quiet
the mind of the old lady -- yet you perceive that
my part of the errand more particularly re-
lates to the matter first stated -- the re-
solution of the lot.

Hoping soon to hear from you, I
am

Respectfully your Ob^t Serv^t

A. J. Coolidge, Secretary
& Treas^r