Selectmen's Report on Public Highway, 1810

Selectmen's Report on Public Highway, 1810

Name/Title

Selectmen's Report on Public Highway, 1810

Entry/Object ID

2026.014.031

Scope and Content

Selectmen's report on a road at Poquonnock, voted on at a town meeting November 12, 1810 "Pursuant to a petition signed by a number of the inhabitants of the town of Groton for a pentway to be laid out at Poquonock, we the subscribers Selectmen of the town of Groton for the time being gave legal notice that we would attend on said business at the place proposed in said petition on the 5th day of May 1810 and being so met proceeded to view said proposed way and after a full examination of all the circumstances we proceeded to lay out the same in manner and form following..." Beginning at the Poquonock Road and passing by or through the lands of Moses Morgan, John Morgan, William Avery, Capt. Peter Avery and John Morgan. Signed by the Selectmen of the Town of Groton, Amos A. Niles, Rufus Smith, John William, James Allyn Jr., Noyes Barber.

Collection

Lacerte Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.014

Source or Donor

James Lacerte

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Report

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Administrative Records

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Road Construction, Poquonnock Bridge, Poquonnock Road

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1810

Archive Notes

Date(s): 1810