Name/Title
Highway Survey, 1820Entry/Object ID
2026.014.043Scope and Content
Survey of three gateways in Groton, September 23, 1820. Received for record by the Groton Town Clerk, Amos A. Niles, October 2, 1820.
"We the subscribers Selectmen of the town of Groton in pursuance of the laws of this state for providing, altering, regulating and mending highways having first given reasonable notice to the owners of the land as the law directs upon the Petition of Mr. Caleb Avery and others of said town did on the 31st day of August 1820 lay out the centerline of the following gateways two rods wide - the first beginning in the old gateway near the dwelling house of Ebenezer Avery, Ens. in Groton. Likewise the second beginning at the Poquonnock Road near the dwelling house of Mr. Youngs Avery. The third beginning near the dwelling house of Mr. Caleb Avery of Groton aforesaid. The survey of the several gateways given under our hands at Groton this 23 day of September 1820."
Signed by Groton Selectmen Elisha Stoddard, Roswell Allyn, Nicholas Lester, Nathan Niles and James Gallup.
Precise minutes for the layout of each gateway are detailed on the back on the page. The Proposed gateways were to pass through the lands of Ebenezer Avery, John J. Avery, Latham Avery, Cyrus Avery, Caleb Avery and Capt. James Mitchell.Collection
Lacerte CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2026.014Source or Donor
James LacerteAcquisition Method
GiftLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
Survey, LandNomenclature Secondary Object Term
MapNomenclature Primary Object Term
CartographNomenclature Sub-Class
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Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Road ConstructionArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1820Archive Notes
Date(s): 1820
