Name/Title
Resolution re. River Road, 1869Entry/Object ID
2026.014.057Scope and Content
Resolution regarding a section of River Road adjoining the lands of John S. Schoonover, September 27, 1869.
"Upon the petition of Matthew A. Mead and others, residents and legal voters in the Town of Groton, showing that John S. Schoonover of said Groton has taken in a small strip on land on the west side of his house lot, within the limits of the road leading from the Village of Mystic to the Village of Mystic River, as originally laid out; and has thrown out, or appropriated to the old Post Road (so called) running north of his said house lot, a similar strip, thereby widening said old road and grading the side walk, and making said highway more convenient for the public use, and having built his walls in a substantial manner of broke or faced stone,
Therefore Resolved That his said wall on the west side of his said house lot with the barn be, and the same hereby is established and fixed as the east line of said River Road adjoining said lot. And that the said wall on the North side of his said house lot be and the same hereby is established as the south line of said Old Post Road.
The within Resolution was adopted and passed by the legal voters of Groton at their Annual Town Meeting, September 27, 1869."Collection
Lacerte CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2026.014Source or Donor
James LacerteAcquisition Method
GiftLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
ResolutionNomenclature Sub-Class
Administrative RecordsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Road Construction, Mystic, Old Mystic, River Road, Post RoadArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1869Archive Notes
Date(s): 1869
