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The picturesque pocket companion, and visitor's guide, through Mount Auburn, History of Mount Auburn. (search)
a result which, it may be proper to say, was in a very considerable degree owing to the zealous efforts of one individual, the late Mr. Josiah P. Bradlee, who engaged in this enterprise with his characteristic spirit. Nor is it but just to add that he was most efficiently aided by others. The following gentlemen were now chosen to constitute a Garden and Cemetery Committee : Messrs. Joseph Story, H. A. S. Dearborn, Jacob Bigelow, E. Everett, G. W. Brimmer, George Bond, Charles Wells, Benjamin A. Gould, and George W. Pratt. At the same time, arrangements were made for a public religious consecration, to be held on the Society's grounds. At a meeting, August 8th, a sub-committee was appointed to procure an accurate topographical survey of Mount Auburn, and report a plan for laying it out into lots. This service was performed subsequently by Mr. Alexander Wadsworth, Civil Engineer. The consecration of the Cemetery took place on Saturday, September 24th, 1831. A temporary amphi
The picturesque pocket companion, and visitor's guide, through Mount Auburn, Appendix II: list of original subscribers. (search)
heus Cary, Josiah Coolidge, Elizabeth Craigie, Elijah Cobb, George G. Channing, Samuel F. Coolidge, Joseph Coolidge, James Davis, Warren Dutton, Richard C. Derby, James A. Dickson, John Davis, Daniel Denny, H. A. S. Dearborn, George Darracott, David Eckley, Alexander H. Everett, Henry H. Fuller, Robert Farley, Benjamin Fiske, Samuel P. P. Fay, John Farrar, Ebenezer B. Foster, Charles Folsom, Richard Fletcher, Francis C. Gray, John C. Gray, Benjamin B. Grant, Benjamin A. Gould, Oliver Hastings, Thomas Hastings, Charles Hickling, Zelotes Hosmer, Daniel Henchman, Elisha Haskell, Abraham Howard, Enoch Hobart, Sarah L. Howe, Zachariah Hicks, Henderson Inches, William Ingalls, Deming Jarves, Charles T. Jackson, Joseph B. Joy, George H. Kuhn, Abel Kendall, Jr. Josiah Loring, Henry Loring, John Lamson, Seth S. Lynde, William Lawrence, Amos Lawrence, Abbott Lawrence, John Lemist, Francis C. Lowell, Charles Lowell, Henry Lienow, Isaac
The picturesque pocket companion, and visitor's guide, through Mount Auburn, Appendix V: Officers of the corporation. (search)
Appendix V: Officers of the corporation. Joseph Story, President. George Bond, Treasurer, Office 9 Kilby Street. B. R. Curtis, Secretary, Office 16 Court Street. Trustees. Samuel T. Armstrong, Jacob Bigelow, George Bond, Martin Brimmer, Charles P. Curtis, Benjamin R. Curtis, Benjamin A. Gould, Isaac Parker, James Read, Joseph Story. Committee on lots. George Bond, Jacob Bigelow, Charles P. Curtis. Superintendent, James W. Russell. Terms of subscription. The price of a lot of 300 superficial feet is Eighty Dollars, and in proportion for a larger lot. Selections may be made on the following terms, and the person who first reports his selection to the Secretary, is entitled to a preference, to wit: 1. From any lots numbered 1 to 350 inclusive and unsold, (a choice from these having been offered by auction) at par. 2. From the remaining lots laid out and unsold, on payment of Ten Dollars. 3. From any other part of the Cemete