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Apr 15, [187]3

John T. Bradlee Esq. Prest.
Boston.

Dear Sir

There are a number of Signs very
much wanted in Mount Auburn, partly on new grounds not yet
fully occupied, and partly on old grounds where they have been
overlooked -

For the newer parts, I would suggest the cast-iron
signs; for the older parts, wooden ones, of which we have a quan-
tity on hand -
The last iron ones were bought in 1868,^^{or '69} at a cost of about I think
$4.00 each.

I have understood from Mr. O. Bramhall of Boston, that
he had the patterns from which those purchased were cast; (that
however was before the great fire, when his shop in Congress St
was burnt).

We have at the Carpenters shop about [blank space] wooden