Name/Title
Survey of the Groton-Norwich Town Line, 1755Entry/Object ID
2026.014.086Scope and Content
Agreement between the towns of Groton and Stonington regarding the Town Line, July 14, 1755. Received for record by Groton Town Clerk Christopher Avery,December 4, 1755.
"Whereas we Isaac Huntington, Elisha Fitch and Richard Hide, being appointed by the Town of Norwich a committee with full power to join a committee of the Town of Groton to agree and settle the dividing line between said towns and we Christopher Avery, Like Perkins and Benadam Gallup, a committee appointed by the Town of Groton to join a committee of Norwich with full power to agree and settle with above lines and having met together "Pursuant to our said appointments to do said service at the dwelling house of Joseph Williams [?] in said Norwich and having duly considered the acts of assembly and other evidences relating to said dividing line and after sundries debates respecting the same do mutually agree and settle the dividing line between said towns in the following manner..." Beginning at the southeast corner of Norwich and southwest corner of Present and the north line of Groton, then running west to Poquetanuck Cove and through the lands of Capt. Christopher Avery to the bank of the Thames River. Dated in Norwich, July 14, 1755.
Signed by members of the committee for Norwich (Isaac Huntington, Richard Stone and Elisha Fitch) and the committee for Groton (Christopher Avery, Luke Perkins and Benadam Gallup).Collection
Lacerte CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2026.014Source or Donor
James LacerteAcquisition Method
GiftLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
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Legal DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1755Archive Notes
Date(s): 1755
