Highway Survey, 1833

Highway Survey, 1833

Name/Title

Highway Survey, 1833

Entry/Object ID

2026.014.079

Scope and Content

Survey for a highway at Portersville (Mystic), February 23, 1833. "We the undersigned Selectmen of the Town of Groton upon the petition of Roswell Fish Esq. and other inhabitants of said town for a layout of a public highway in continuation of the highway by the meeting house southerly in Portersville and (after legal notice to proprietors given) thereupon we proceeded to survey and lay out said highway as follows..." Beginning on the land of Jedediah Randall and crossing the lands of Eldredge Packer, Peter Rowland, Nicholas Littlefield and Simeon Fish, and continuing to the road leading to the Joseph Avery house and wharf. Signed on February 23, 1833 by the Groton Selectmen Albert Latham, Stephen Haley, S.W. Woods, Jacob Gallup and Cyrus Allyn.

Collection

Lacerte Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.014

Source or Donor

James Lacerte

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Search Terms

Road Construction, Mystic, Water Street

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Survey

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1833

Archive Notes

Date(s): 1833