Harvard and its surroundings . served as a hospital,and the field oppositefor a burial-ground. Elbridge Gerry, thedemocratic governor,and later vice-presi-dent, dwelt here dur-ing his official terms;from his name theword gerrymander is derived. Gerrys successor to the estate was Rev. Charles Lowell, the father ofJames Russell Lowell, the jDoet (class of 1838). In this house The Big-low Papers Avere written. Elm wood, now the property of Professor Lowell,Minister to Spain, embraces thirteen acres, chaimingly situated and beauti-fully improved. Across the road, on the south, begins — 50a. Mount
Harvard and its surroundings . served as a hospital,and the field oppositefor a burial-ground. Elbridge Gerry, thedemocratic governor,and later vice-presi-dent, dwelt here dur-ing his official terms;from his name theword gerrymander is derived. Gerrys successor to the estate was Rev. Charles Lowell, the father ofJames Russell Lowell, the jDoet (class of 1838). In this house The Big-low Papers Avere written. Elm wood, now the property of Professor Lowell,Minister to Spain, embraces thirteen acres, chaimingly situated and beauti-fully improved. Across the road, on the south, begins — 50a. Mount Auburn, one of the largest and most beautiful cemeteries inthe world. The earliest meeting on the subject of a cemeteiy near the city ofBoston was held in November, 1825, when a design that was submitted is saidto have met with unanimous approval. In 1830 an offer of Sweet Auburnfor S6,000 was obtained. In 1831 a general meeting was called to considerthe details of a plan about to be carried into execution. It was then voted. CImwood (50 I. AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. 81 to purchase the property for an experimental garden and rural cemetery,provided one hundred subscribers, at $60 each, couLl be secured. A commit-tee of twenty was also appointed, including Justice Story, Daniel Webster,Charles Lowell, Jacob Bigelow, Samuel Appleton, Edward Everett, AbbottLawrence, and others. The land was bought, and the fee vested in theMassachusetts Horticultural Society, which was authorized by the State tohold property for cemetery and garden purposes. The consecration tookplace on Saturday, September 24, 1831. A temporary amphitheatre waserected. An audience of nearly 2,000 persons was seated among the trees,adding a scene of picturesque beauty to the impressive solemnity of the occa-sion. The first choice of lots was sold at auction November 28, 1831. In1835 the property was tiansferred to the Proprietors of the Cemetery ofMount Auburn, a society incorporated March 31, 1835. There are more th
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