Survey of the Groton-Stonington Town Line, 1751

Survey of the Groton-Stonington Town Line, 1751

Name/Title

Survey of the Groton-Stonington Town Line, 1751

Entry/Object ID

2026.014.085

Scope and Content

Perambulation between the towns of Groton and Stonington to determine Town Line, April 1, 1751. Received for record by Groton Town Clerk Christopher Avery, March 30, 1752. "We the subscribers being appointed by the Selectmen of the towns of Stonington and Groton to perambulate between said towns accordingly will meet and begin at a heap of stones near the head of the pond next to Lantern Hill a little to north of said pond and west of said hill and perambulated northerly found and reviewed several monuments until we came to a heap of stones which is the northeast corner of said Groton and a side line of said Stonington witness our hands this first day of April AD 1751." Signed by the committee from Stonington (Jonas Prentice and John Ayer) and the committee from Groton (Robert Parke and Silas Dean).

Collection

Lacerte Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.014

Source or Donor

James Lacerte

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Agreement

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Legal Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1751

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1751-1752