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207 Art . 2 . Mr . Theodore A . Custance read the letter from Miss EllenM . Tower a s follows : - November ollows : - November 24 , 1928 . To the Seleetmen of Lexington , Gentlemen : - For many years I have wished to establish a memorial to my father , William Augustus Tower , who during nearly half a century was a loyal and devoted citizen of Lexington . He loved the old town and I would like his name to be remembered within its borders . To this end. 1 am offering to give to the Town about twelve acres of land , situated onMassachusetts Avenue , opposite the home where so many happy years of my father ' s life were spent . This tract of land to be kept open and maintained for all time as a Public Park . Another strong feeling moves me to propose the memorial in this form. It seems most important that we , of this generation , should secure for those who come after us , open spaces in our town , that a bit of the country may be preserved in the midst of buildings and rushing traffic . If we do not do this , our children will find themselves living in a crowded noisy world with no touch of nature and little beauty . Therefore I would ask you as Selectmen of Lexington to bring my proposal before the approaching town meeting and see if the town will accept the gift . kith the land will go the sum of ten thousand dollars for investment , the interest of which will aid in maintaining the Park in good condition . A portion of the land is planted with trees and shrubs and laid out with walks , suitable for a Park , and a portion of it is left wild , for wildness sake , or for future development . If the town shall be willing to accept and care for this land it will be a great satisfaction to me , as I believe it will be a benefit to Lexington and because it is given in memory of my 111 father . A copy of the deed proposed for use in conveying the land accompanies this letter . Should the town vote to accept the park the deed will be delivered at onee together with the ten thousand dollars . I am , Very respectfully yours , Ellen M . Tower . The deed referred to in above letter from Miss Ellen M . Tower to the Town of Lexington granting a tract of land on Massachusetts Avenue and 910 , 000 . for maintaining said park , was read by Mr . Theodore A . Custance which is as follows : I , Ellen M . Tower , of Lexington , Middlesex County , Massa- chusetts , being unmarried , grant to the Town of Lexington , a municipal corporation existing under the lows of said Commonwealth, for the purpose of a public park in the memory of my father , 14illiam Augustus Tower , a citizen of said Lexington , and for no 9ther purpose except as hereinafter provided , the land in said Lexington described as follows , namely : hree certain adjoining parcels of land with the buildings thereon situated in that part of said Lexington known as East Lexington , between Massachusetts Avenue and the location of the Lexington Branch of the Boston and Maine Railroad , said three parcels being bounded and described together as follows , namely : Beginning at the Southwesterly corner of the grantedremises at Massachusetts Avenue and land now or formerly of Laura premises thence running in several courses bounded by said land of Brigham and land formerly of Charlotte Brown a total distance of seven hundred fotty- nine and forty-eight one hundredths ( 749 . 48 ) feet , more or less to land of the Boston and Maine Railroad , all as shown upon a " Plan of Land in Last Lexington belonging to Ema I . Cutler" drawn by J . 0 . Goodwin , surveyor , dated November 1886 , and recorded with Middlesex ' ouch District Deeds , Book of Pland 50 , Plan 13 , to which plan reference is hereby made for a more particular description of 1