Excerpt from A Concise History Of, and Guide Through Mount Auburn: With a Catalogue of Lots Laid Out in That Cemetery; A Map of the Grounds, and Terms of Subscription, Regulations Concerning Visitors, Interments, &C., &C I 1830, Mr. Geo. W. Brimmer offered to the ticultural Society of Massachusetts, 72 acres of land, now constituting part of Mount Auburn, for sum of dollars, being at the reasonable e of 833 33 1-2 per acre; this lot had long been ed as a retired and beautiful spot, a cool retreat i the summer's sun, and a favorite walk for the ents at the university and the youth in its nity. It was formerly known as Stone's ds. But as if by general consent, it had acquired more interesting cognomen of Sweet Auburn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.