Name/Title
Report on Public Highway, 1798Entry/Object ID
2026.014.025Scope and Content
Report of the Selectmen regarding the laying out of a highway from Capt. Jasper Latham's home to the Post Road, received for record by Amos Gere, Town Clerk, December 10 (1798?)
"We the subscribers Selectmen of the town of Groton for the time being having been requested by a petition signed by sundry persons inhabitants of said Groton to lay out a highway near the late dwelling house of Mr. John Wood, deceased, easterly by Capt. Jasper Latham's and thence southerly to the Post Road having attended said business this 22nd day of March 1798 having judged said road to be necessary for public convenience have laid out the same as follows..."
Signed by the Selectmen of the Town of Groton, Isaac Gallup, Ebenezer Morgan, Ralph Hurlbut, Gurdon Ledyard, Thomas Fish.Collection
Lacerte CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2026.014Source or Donor
James LacerteAcquisition Method
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Road ConstructionArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1798Archive Notes
Date(s): 1798