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feet high, of rough sawed pales, which enclosed the 

 whole ground. On the 1st of September, 1832, Gen. 

 Dearborn, Dr. Bigelow, and Mr. Brimmer were appointed 

 a committee to procure the erection of a gateway, with 

 lodges for the porter and superintendent at the princi- 

 pal entrance, the funds being deemed sufficient to erect 

 one of wood with some reference to ornament. The 

 design adopted was by Dr. Bigelow, in the Egyptian 

 style, mostly taken from some of the best examples in 

 Denderah and Karnac. This gateway was painted in 

 imitation of granite, and stood until 1842, when it was 

 replaced by the present stone gateway, of the same 

 design, which, from the size of the stones and the solidity 

 of the structure, is entitled to a duration of a thousand 

 years. 



In September of the same year, the success of the 

 enterprise being no longer doubtful, it was deemed ex- 

 pedient to secure the addition of about twenty-five acres 

 of land on the westerly side of the cemetery, belonging 

 to David Stone and others, and Ann Cutter. For this 

 purpose the committee was authorized by the Society, on 

 the 29th of September, to borrow a sufficient sum of 

 money, to be reimbursed, with interest, out of the first 

 proceeds of cemetery lots. This loan, to the amount 

 of forty-four hundred dollars, was subscribed by indi- 

 viduals who were proprietors of lots. It was secured 

 by mortgage of the land purchased, and no lots were 

 sold from it until the encumbrance was removed. By 

 this purchase a valuable tract of land was secured, the 

 sale of which has been an important element in the 

 prosperity of both the Cemetery and the Horticultural 

 Society. 



Other improvements effected during the year were 



