Preambulation with Stonington, 1752

Preambulation with Stonington, 1752

Name/Title

Preambulation with Stonington, 1752

Entry/Object ID

2026.014.003

Scope and Content

Preambulation with Stonington, Received for Record May 10, 1752 and recorded in the records of Groton by Christopher Avery, Town Clerk. Preliminary agreement regarding the boundary lines between Groton and Stonington. "We the Subscribers freeholders of Stonington and Groton being appointed by the said town accordingly meet April 27, 1752 and begun at or near of North end of Lantern Hill Pond at a heap of stones by a small white oak back thence northwardly by sound and [?] Several Monuments until we came to the North East Corner of said Groton which is in Side Line between said Stonington and Groton here say preambulated by us. Jonas Prentice and John Hyde, Committee for said Stonington Silas Dean and Christopher Newton, Committee for said Groton"

Collection

Lacerte Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.014

Source or Donor

James Lacerte

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Record

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1752