Name/Title
Report of Road at Portersville, 1838Entry/Object ID
2026.014.052Scope and Content
Report of the Selectmen on a public road at Portersville (Mystic), October 1838.
"Upon the petition of Thomas Williams and others inhabitants of the town of Groton for a highway at Portersville commencing near the house belonging to the heirs of Ambrose H. Grant and passing near the residence of Amos Clift to connect with the road leading from Portersville northerly to the Turnpike Road the Selectmen of the town of Groton met at Portersville on the 17th March 1838 and after viewing the site of the proposed road (due notice having been previously given to proprietors of land through or over which said road comes to pass) were of opinion that said road would be of public convenience, but commencing to rain adjourned to the 24th of March at which time they again met and proceeded to lay said road as follows..."
Signed by Groton Selectmen on October 1838: Elisha Morgan, Nathan Denison, Nathan G. Fish, Zebediah Gates, Joseph [Dudley?]
The laid out road passed through the lands of Ambrose H. Grant, Christopher Cranston, William Niles, Thomas Williams, Lyman Dudley, Ambrose H. Burrows and Amos Clift. The road also intersected a road leading from the shore of the Mystic River above the drawbridge.Collection
Lacerte CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2026.014Source or Donor
James LacerteAcquisition Method
GiftLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
ReportNomenclature Sub-Class
Administrative RecordsNomenclature Class
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Road Construction, Mystic, Downtown MysticArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1838Archive Notes
Date(s): 1838
