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

33 School St. Boston May 18/61

N.G. Carnes Esq.

Dear Sir,

Yours of yesterday is at hand. As the Superintendant has resigned, and the amt. stated in the bill sent is the same for the year 1860, as the one sent you, I take the responsibility to say that I will receipt their bill & the one for 1859: and I doubt not that the charge for 1860 is the one I sent you was intended to cover the item of painting.

I will return the receipted bills upon the arrival of your check for $64, on some bank or [brokerage?] here or in Mass. bills.

Truly yours A.J. Coolidge

Boston May 16, 1861

Mr. De Forest Safford Gatekeeper, pro tem,

Dear Sir,

I have this day issued a ticket to Andrew Brewer Esq. permitting him to ride into Mt Auburn on horseback for the term of one year. You therefore please open to him if he is personally known to you, otherwise he will show you his ticket once.

I send one of the blank permits that you can see under what rules such admission has been granted

Respy. yours

A.J.Coolidge Secretary

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The two next leaves had matter copied on them belonging to another book, by accident, and have been transferred [?].

N.G. Carnes

Boston May 21, 1861

Dear Sir,

Yours of yesterday is rec^d. I perceive that I did not take your meaning from your last note. Your inference is that as $2 of the $7 in 1859 was for painting, that'll care of the lot for 1860, without painting sh^d be [both?] $5. Inferences are uncertain things. I notice in the 1860 bill the expression "Bedding plants" & care of lot, now I do not know that the Superintendent did not mean to charge you the additional $2 for the care of the plants in winter; nor do I know that he did.

In the absence of any positive information on the matter, I think we may as ^^well settle it as you have understood it, without however making this any precedent for future charges.

I enclose the card of our new gardener - an office additional to Superintendent of lots is well spoken of & I doubt not would do rightly by you, if you wish to commit the care of your lot to him.

Very truly yrs A.J. Coolidge

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Boston July 3, 1861

Mr J. Mann Sup^t

Dear Sir,

Mr Curtis has asked me to request you to send him a plan of the additions to W^m B. Towne's lot, which were paid for in June 1859 - having been reported as "350 ft. for passageways and ornamental ground."

Please give the measurements of each - their length and width, distinguishing between passageways and ornamental ground, so that it can be known how much is for each.

Yours truly

A.J. Coolidge Sec.y

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Boston, August 6^th 1861. Mr. Jonathan Mann,

Sir,

By instruction of the Board of Trustees of The Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, "I enclose to you herewith a copy of the Report of the Committee of said Board appointed to examine the books kept and the accounts rendered by you as Superintendent, in which Report there is claimed to be due from you to the said Corporation, the sum of nine thousand five hundred and thirty eight dollars and sixty three cents, ($9,538.63).

I have also appended to the aforesaid copy a copy of the votes theron adopted by said Board.

In obedience therefore to my instructions, you are hereby required by me in the same and on behalf of the Corporation, to pay over to said Corporation the aforesaid sum of nine thousand five hundred and thirty eight dollars and sixty three cents. ($9,538.63). In so doing, the Treasurer will allow you any sum which you may have placed in his hands on account of any deficiency which should be discovered in your accounts with said Corporation.

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You will perceive from the action of the Trustees that the examination of the books is to be continued until completed, and you will therefore please hold yourself in readiness to pay over any other moneys that may hereafter, in said examination, be found to be due from you to said Corporation.