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Waldron Bates Esq
Boston

Dear Sir

Your note of 19th is received.
The following amounts have been expended
upon lot #3986.


Purchase of land $640.00
Foundations, grading & sodding and setting curb 107.82
Annual care^$10 and top dressing^$3 1870 13.00
Annual care 1871 10.00
It is rather a hard matter to estimate the
price found for the curbing - As things were at the time
it was put in it may have cost $120000/100 or 130000/100

Very respectfully
James W Lovering
pr J.C.S.
Supt

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