Highway Survey, 1791

Archive

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Groton Public Library

Highway Survey, 1791

Name/Title

Highway Survey, 1791

Entry/Object ID

2026.014.020

Scope and Content

Petition and survey for a highway at Groton Bank, April 1, 1791. Received for record by Christopher Eldredge, Groton Town Clerk, April 10, 1791. "To the Gentlemen Selectmen of the town of Groton whereas we the inhabitants of the town of Groton having for a long time having experienced the ill convenience of not having a public highway laid out from the Post Road near the house of Mr. Peter Avery Jr. on Groton Bank to the dwelling house of Mr. Ebenezer Avery on said Groton Bank and being persuaded that it may be of public utility your petitioners request your honors to lay out a highway from the dwelling house of said Peter Avery Jr. to said Ebenezer Avery's dwelling house standing on Groton Bank and your petitioners in duty bound shall ever pray. Dated Groton April 1 AD 1791" Signed by Park Avery, Nathan Gallup, Eben Ledyard, Amos Prentice, Thomas Chester, James Avery, Ebenezer Avery, Walton Burdick, Rufus Avery and Joseph Woodmansee. "Agreeable to the above petition we the subscribers Selectmen of the town of Groton for the time being caused legal warning to be given to the proprietors through whose lands the above highway was to pass to meet together at the dwelling house of Amos Prentice Innholder in said Groton on said 6th day of April instant and after being so met and viewing the ground and hearing the petitioners and proprietors we are of the opinion that the way petitioned for was necessary and have proceeded to lay out said way as follows..." Signed by Town of Groton Selectmen Isaac Gallup, Park Avery Jr., Jabez Smith, James Allyn and Ichabod Stoddard.

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, Groton Bank

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Survey

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1791

Archive Notes

Date(s): 1791