CB05_0056

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March 21^st [187]6

J.M. Spelman Prest.

Dear Sir,

I respectfully request I may be
authorized to purchase a Safe for the protection of
orders for work interments, and the records & books most
valuable here.

At present there is no sufficient protection against
either fire or any ill & displeased person.

During the summer months there are times here
when there are orders for work amounting to fifteen
or more thousand dollars in aggregate.

A safe 49 3/4 inches high, 36 inches wide and 19 inches deep
made by E.R. Morse, and somewhat used by the Eliot
Savings Bank, tho' still in good condition, can be purchase
for $350 delivered, about one half the cost of a new one.

Respectfully
J.W. Lovering
Supt.