William Haynes Collection

Name/Title

William Haynes Collection

Entry/Object ID

2002.0603.08

Scope and Content

Circa eighteenth century copy, signed by R. A. Wheeler, of Register of Stonington inhabitants, dated 25 December 1670, with same numbered copy of document. One the reverse side of the page is a copy of the record of the second session of the General Court held at Boston on October 19, 1658: "In answer to the petition of the inhabitants of Mystic and Pawcatuck, the Court judgeth it met (?) to grant that the English plantation between Mystic and Pawcatuck be named Southertown."

Collection

Local Area Interest Collection