Name/Title
Petition for Public Highway, 1817Entry/Object ID
2026.014.035Scope and Content
Petition for a public highway leading from Preston to Groton, September 1, 1817
"To the gentlemen selectmen of the towns of Groton and Preston, the petition of a number of the inhabitants of said towns humbly showeth here that there is great need of a road from the road leading from Norwich to Newport to commence between the dwelling house of Deacon Amos Avery and the widow Hannah Witter's tavern in Preston thence to the road leading from North Stonington to New London somewhere near the dwelling house of Mr. Nathaniel Brown in Groton where there may be a road laid nearly straight and very [?] which would accommodate the public much better than the road leading from Preston to Mystic through Indian Town by which means that part of said Mystic Road which crosses Indian Town (being very rough and crossing a hill so bad that it is almost impassable with any kind of carriage or loaded team) might be discontinued as a public highway and much expense thereby saved to the town of Groton. Your petitioners therefore pray your Gentlemen to come forth and view the ground and consider the need of said road and if you should judge it to be beneficial to the public and least prejudicial to the proprietors your petitioners in duty bound will ever pray. Dated at Groton Sept. 1st 1817."
Signed by Amos Avery, Robert S. Avery, Davis Avery, Roswell Park, Benjamin F. Park, James Cook, Jeremiah Halsey, John Halsey, Elisha Kimball Jr., Elisha Kimball, Henry Brown, Giles Capron, Asa Park, Daniel Gere, Isaac Avery, Adin Cook, Stephen Newton, Peter Williams, Elisha Ayer, Jonas Latham, Thomas Hallet, James Fanning, Frederick Ayer, Ebenezer Avery, Philip Gray, Comfort Brown, Reuben Brown, Benajah Bill, Nathaniel Brown Jr., Aaron Brown, Squire Lee, Andrew Gallup, Silas Williams, Latham Gray.Collection
Lacerte CollectionAcquisition
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2026.014Source or Donor
James LacerteAcquisition Method
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Date(s): 1817
