Name/Title
Notice for Election of Town Officers, 1817Entry/Object ID
2026.014.036Scope and Content
Copy of a "Town Warning" alerting all legal voters in the Town of Groton of an upcoming election for town officers, November 10, 1817
"These are to warn all the inhabitants of the town of Groton who are legal voters in the Town Meeting to assemble on the 10th of November at nine o'clock in the morning at the Meeting house in the first society in said town, then and there to choose Town Officers, grant taxes for defraying the expenses of said town for repairing highways, etc. all for the year ensuing. Also to hear the petition of Elisha Ayers and others praying for a road to be laid in said Groton and the Selectmen's doings there on - Also to hear the petition of Eben Avery Jr. Ens. and others praying that the Town would take into consideration the prosperity of and allow a bounty to those who [?] and to do any of the business proper to be done at said Meeting - Dated at Groton, Nov. 1st 1817."
Signed by the Selectmen of the Town of Groton, Roswell Fish, James Mitchell, Erastus Williams, Amos A. Niles.
Survey minutes for the road leading from Preston to Nathaniel Brown's house are written on the back of the page.Collection
Lacerte CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2026.014Source or Donor
James LacerteAcquisition Method
GiftLexicon
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Road ConstructionArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1817Archive Notes
Date(s): 1817
