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Title |
Catalogue of Proprietors, 1855. |
Date |
1855 |
Year Range from |
1855 |
Scope & Content |
Booklet, softbound. "A Catalogue of Proprietors in the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, together with an appendix, containing the charter, regulations; also form of deeds, prices of lots, &c. and a directory to the avenues & paths; with a plan of the grounds, 1855." Also called the CATALOG OF LOT OWNERS or CATALOG OF PROPRIETORS, this earliest index of cemetery lot ownership is in book form. The catalog is in two sections, one arranged alphabetically by lot owner, and the other alphabetically by location (path, avenue or hill) and numerically by lot number within each location. The lot catalog had both a business and a social use. A Superintendent's copy, kept in the cemetery's office, was annotated between periodic printings, as new lots were developed and sold. Copies which contained cemetery maps and by-laws were offered for sale to an interested public, including both lot owners and prospective purchasers. |
Object Name |
Book |
Physical characteristics |
108 pp. brown paper cover. folded map. tipped in. |
Collection |
Lot Catalog Collection |
Catalog Number |
2004.076.003 |
Search Terms |
Lot Number Lot Catalog Lot Proprietor Mount Auburn Cemetery |
Subjects |
Mount Auburn Cemetery - Lot catalogs |