1860 Copying Book: Secretary's Letters and Treasurer's Letters, 2005.062.003

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33 School St. Boston Jany. 8^th 61

Francis Alger Esq

Dear Sir, Last month you had quite a number of removals made to your lot in Mt Auburn which all appear to be correctly stated, excepting that relating to Thomas N. French, who died Jany. 4 1847, which is deficient in respect to the age. I wish to complete our register, and will thank you if you can furnish this item.

Truly yours, A. J. Coolidge Secretary of M

Mr. Fuller

Dear Sir,

Inasmuch as the proper authorization from the City Regr. is attached to the order for interment herewith sent, which was signed by you. I have thought it better to send this to you for Mrs Sanborn's signature, instead as a new blank. Consequently I have rubbed out your signature, which was with pencil, & will thank you to obtain hers as early as convenient.

Truly Yours, A. J. Coolidge Sec^y Mnt Auburn

33 School St Jany 5/61

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33 School St Boston. Jany. 8/61 Mr. Nath^l D. Sawin.

Dear Sir, Please send or leave word at my office, "by return of Mail," the name of the parents of a stillborn child interred in your lot no. 2911, in Mt Auburn, April 13, 1860.

We are making up the register of internments for the year, with the index, and the order for interment, signed by yourself, does not give this information, which is necessary to complete the record. My attention was called to it when making up the register for that month, but it had since escaped my recollection. There need be no feeling of delicacy in giving us information for the official record of facts.

Your reply as soon as convenient after getting this will oblige.

Yours truly A.J. Coolidge Secretary of Mt Auburn

33 School St Boston Jany. 8. 1861

Mr E. N. Coburn

Dear Sir, Will you please ascertain for me, if you do not know of your own knowledge, the name of the father or mother of a stillborn child which you buried at Mt Auburn on the 7^th day of April 1860, in the lot of Betsey Davis, No 183 on Larch Avenue. This name is not given in the order for interment, which is signed by C. Houghton. I should think, although it is hard to make it out. The order for interment should always give the ^^{name of the} parent of such child, if the child received no name, which is more generally the case.

Please reply by return of mail, as I am making up the index and am in haste to complete it.

A. J. Coolidge secretary of Mt Auburn

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33 School St. , Boston Jany. [10?] 1861

Mrs V. A. Shedd Watertown Mass

Dear Madam, I lately made a deed to you as proprietor of lot No. 3058 in Mt Auburn under the name of Mrs Vernon A Shedd.

In making up the register of interments, I have past discovered that the order for the interment of your husband gives him the name of Varnum A Shedd.

Of course one or the other must be wrong. Will you please state, by return of mail, which name is correct, and oblige

Yours truly A.J. Coolidge Sec.y Mt Auburn

33 School St. Boston Jany. 23/61 Alex^r Wadsworth, Esq

Dear Sir, I have seen Mr Mann, and sought an explanation of the changes made upon the plan, or rather, required to be made by his mistake in not using the old numbers. He says it was his mistake, which he sought to rectify at the Treasurer's office before the deeds were ordered, but found it was too late.

The number 3013 has been given to what was 537 on Olive Path, and 3054 to what was 2139 (not 2137 as you state) on Hibiscus Path.

As nobody has been harmed, I see no need of going to the Trustees -but simply to erase a location opposite to the old numbers in the catalogue, and put the new number in the plan in place of the old. Nothing else now, of course, can be done.

If you are unwilling to make the change without a vote, please notify me before next Monday, and I will have you authorized.

Truly yours A.J. Coolidge Secretary

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Boston Jany. 28, 1861 Alex^r Wadsworth Esq

Dear Sir, The following action was had at the meeting of the Trustees of Mt. Auburn, today, upon your request.-

"Upon information by the surveyor, Mr. Wadsworth, that lot numbered 537 on Olive Path had been sold as lot 3013, and 2139 on Hibiscus Path had been sold as lot 3054, and that lot 2933 had been removed from [Harebell?] Path to Spruce Avenue, and as deeds had been made accordingly.

Voted that Mr Wadsworth be authorized to make the above named corrections upon the plans."

Truly yours A.J. Coolidge Secretary.

Boston, Jany. 28. 1861 Messrs Little & Nazro, Com^ee on Finance

Gentlemen, at the adjourned meeting of the Trustees of this cemetery of Mount Auburn held this day, the Treasurer stated that the care of the repair fund had become somewhat onerous without any compensation being allowed him therefor: and he requested the Trustees to consider whether anything should be allowed him for that duty.

Voted - thereforThat this question be referred to the Committee on Finance, to report thereon at the next meeting.

Very respectfully yours A.J. Coolidge Secretary

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33 School St Boston Feby 2/61 Mr Char. White, Chelsea Mass

Dear Sir, I send you an order from the interment of the late W^m Cobb, which you returned without the signature of any one who could be authorized to sign upon the [disease?] of the prop^r and will thank you, if any of Mr. Cobb's family are living in Chelsea, to have it signed and returned to me.

If no one is living there, I will thank you to inform me where I can address the family, or next of kin.

Please always be particular to have the order for internment signed by the proprieter or a person having proper authority. If you have not a copy of our Catalogue and By-laws, call Cohen in [town?] & you shall have one. Truly yours A.J. Coolidge Secy. Mt. A.

33 School St, Boston Feby 1 Jos. B. Eaton Esq 117 Milk St

Dear Sir, I am instructed by the Committee on Lots before whom your application to C.P. Curtis Esq has been laid, to say that the Corporation will assume the perpetual care of Lot No. 345 in Mt Auburn, standing in the name of Lydia S. Gale, for the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars $350.

I am very respy. yours A.J. Coolidge Secretary of the Prop^s Mt Auburn