Name/Title
Highway Survey, 1779Entry/Object ID
2026.014.013Scope and Content
Survey of an alteration in the road from Stonington to Norwich. Received for record by William Avery, Groton Town Clerk, December 7, 1779.
"Upon the petition of Simeon Capron Lieut., Nehemiah Smith and a number of the inhabitants of the town of Groton, etc... setting forth the need and advantage and praying for an alteration in the highway that leads from Stonington to Norwich in said Groton near the dwelling house of Ensign Thomas Giles and the inhabitants of the town of Groton at their town meeting Legally warned and held in said Groton on the 9th day of [?] 1779 Did advise and order the selectmen of said Groton for the time being to repair to said Giles and to view and to make an alteration in said highway if judged best for the public. In pursuance of the foregoing petition and directions we the subscribers selectmen of the town of Groton for the time being undertaking said service did on the 9th day of November AD 1779 Repair to the dwelling house of the said Thomas Giles and after viewing said highway and considering the advantage to the public for said highway to be altered we have proceeded and altered said highway as follows..."
Signed by Groton Selectmen John Morgan, Peter Avery and Robert Allyn.Collection
Lacerte CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2026.014Source or Donor
James LacerteAcquisition Method
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Road ConstructionArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1779Archive Notes
Date(s): 1779