Name/Title
Report of Selectmen, 1831Entry/Object ID
2026.014.048Scope and Content
Report of Selectmen on a highway and pent or gateway in Mystic, April 4, 1831. Received by the Groton Town Clerk June 23, 1831
"Upon the petition of Horatio N. Fish and others of the town of Groton for a lay of a public highway beginning nearly opposite the Mystic Meeting House thence easterly through land of Jedediah Randall and widow Philura Grant touching the bridge road a little northerly of Daniel D. Edgecomb's dwelling house, the Selectmen of the town of Groton on the 7th day of March 1831 attended to said petition and laid out and surveyed a route for a public highway conformable to the prayer of said petition, and freeholders were qualified and authorized to asses the damages, and they reported the sum of 77 dollars and thirty three cents to be paid said Randall in lieu of all damages he will have sustained by the lay of said public highway - And the Selectmen agreed to pay to widow Philura 18 dollars in lieu of all she will have sustained by the lay of said public highway - Said highway to be 40 feet wide, 20 feet on each side of the survey - Also, upon the petition of George C. Brown and others of the town of Groton for a lay of a pent or gateway beginning a little east of Lodowick Packer's then southerly touching the Noyank [Noank] Road a little west of the Noank Schoolhouse, the Selectmen on the 7th day of March 1831 attended to said petition and laid out a pent or gateway agreeable to the prayer of said petition - said pentway is laid 2 rods wide, i.e. one rod on each side the survey - Dated Groton 4th day of April, 1831."
Signed by Groton Selectmen: Albert Latham, Ch. Newton, Stephen Haley, Cyrus AllynCollection
Lacerte CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2026.014Source or Donor
James LacerteAcquisition Method
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Road Construction, Noank, Mystic, Noank School, Downtown Mystic, Mariner's Free ChurchArchive Details
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1831Archive Notes
Date(s): 1831