Highway and Bridleway Survey, 1778

Archive

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Groton Public Library

Highway and Bridleway Survey, 1778

Name/Title

Highway and Bridleway Survey, 1778

Entry/Object ID

2026.014.011

Scope and Content

Survey of a highway leading from Joseph Packer's ferry landing to the landing of Daniel Packer and Elemuel Burrows on the Mystic River, and also a bridleway (riding path) through the lands of Joseph Park, Oliver Wells and Jonathan Denison. Received for record by William Avery, Groton Town Clerk, November 12, 1778. Also, a petition for a highway connecting the landings between Daniel and Joseph Packer's properties on the Mystic River, dated June 23, 1778 and signed by William Goddard, William Burrows, John Burrows, Nathan Burrows, Daniel Packer, Nathaniel Niles, Elisha Niles, Samuel Niles, Samuel Fish, Nathan Fish, Joseph Packer, Daniel Burrows, William Wilber, Joseph Latham, David Palmer, Edward Ashby, Elijah Rathbun, Joseph Packer Jr., Edward Packer, Nathan Fish Jr.

Collection

Lacerte Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.014

Source or Donor

James Lacerte

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Survey, Land

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Map

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cartograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Road Construction, New London Road, Water Street, Daniel Packer Inn

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Survey

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1778

Archive Notes

Date(s): 1778