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Groton, February 21. 1763.
Notice is hereby given to all Persons, that whereas Mary Woods, the Wife of Nathaniel Woods of said Groton, Yeo- . man, has absconded away from him, and run him in Debt, without his Order ; therefore all Persons are hereby forbid to trade any thing with her, for I will not pay one Penny.
Attest. Ebenezer Woods. Nathaniel Woods.
JONAS CUTLER'S REAL ESTATE.
JONAS CUTLER, the previous owner of the pieces of prop- erty advertised below, was a well-known trader in his day and generation. See No. VII. (pages 1, 2) of the first volume of this Historical Series, and also " Groton Epitaphs " (page
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89) for facts concerning him. It would be interesting to identify Pine-Neck, Posty-Swamp, and Parker's Hill, men- tioned in the advertisement. The saw-mill and grist-mill were situated probably on the present site of Hollingsworth's Paper-mills.
(By order of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Middlesex.)
Will be sold at PUBLIC VENDUE, On MONDAY, the 28th of September next, at 10 o'clock, A.M. at the house of Capt. Jepthah Richardson, innkeeper in Groton, in said county,
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ART of the Real Estate of Jonas Cutler, late of said Groton, deceased, situate in Groton, viz. -- One piece of Land in the westerly part of said town, commonly known by the name of Pine-Neck, containing thirty acres, except the widow's dower in said thirty acres.
Also, one other piece of Land, near Fitch's Bridge, containing about ten acres.
Also, one other piece of Land, lying on the east side of Nashaway-River, so called, containing one acre and a half, on which stands a valuable Grist-Mill and a Saw-Mill with a good DWELLING-HOUSE.
Also, one tenth part of common and undivided Land, known by the name of Posty-Swamp.
Also, one other tenth part of common and undi- vided Land, known by the name of Parker's Hill.
On the same day will be SOI.D),
Two thirds of a Pew, (belonging to the said deceased ). in the meeting-house of the first parish in said Groton. The premises may be viewed at any time previous to the sale, by applying to JEMIMA CUTLER, Administratrix to said estate, or to EBENEZER CHAMPNEY, Esq. Attorney for said Admin- istratrix
Aug. 17, 1789.
"Independent Chronicle. And the Universal Advertiser " (Boston), August 27, 1780.
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JOSIAH SARTELL'S BEQUEST.
JOSIAHI SARTELL'S BEQUEST.
AN account of Josiah Sartell's bequest to the town is found on pages 179-182 of this volume; and the circumstances attending the disposal of his two farms are there given. The following advertisement offering the farms for sale appears in the "Columbian Centinel" (Boston), March 20, 1811, and describes the property at that period. It will be noticed that the surname is there spelled " Sawtell," which seems to con- firm the opinion expressed on page 179 that the Sartells and Sawtells originally belonged to the same stock, and that the variation in the name was simply a matter of pronunciation. In the Act authorizing the sale of the two farms, passed by the General Court, on February 27, 1811, the spelling of the name is "Sawtell," which in early times was pronounced " Sartell."
On Monday 8th April next, at 2 o'clock,
At the House of HALL & Co. Innholders, in Groton,
TWO
WO valuable FARMS, contiguous to each other comprising about three hundred acres of Land in one entire tract, and known by the name of the Sawtell farms. There are two houses, barns and out-houses on the same, one of which was late the mansion of Josiah Sawtell, Esq. deceased. The improvements are extensive, good orchards which never fail, mowing and grazing sufficient to keep a handsome stock of cattle, excellent arable and garden fields, wood and timber abundant, well supplied with water, not an acre of waste land in the whole, commodiously situated about two miles from Groton Meeting-house on an excellent road leading to Dunstable, and so to Merrimack River, in euery respect adapted to gratify the taste of the proprietor and recompence his industry. They will be sold entire, or divided so as to make two excellent farms, and sold separately, as shall best suit purchasers.
Also, about eight acres of excellent LAND, chiefly mowing, some orcharding, about a quarter of a mile from said Meeting-house.
As the amount of these sales are to be put on interest for a pub- lic use, twenty per cent. only will be required before the delivery of deeds, the residue by twenty equal annual installments, if desired, with annual interest, and secured by mortgage. Let it not be for- gotten that such favorable terms can but seldom be offered !
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THE OLD STAGE-COACHES OF GROTON.
Particular conditions of sale will be declared at the time and place - the premises will be shown, by applying to Sampson Woods or James Lewis, of Groton, or the subscribers.
JAMES PRESCOTT, LUTHER LAWRENCE, Committee
W. M. RICHARDSON, of the town. March 20.
THE OLD STAGE-COACHES OF GROTON.
THE following advertisements, taken from various news- papers, will interest some of the older residents of Groton, and serve to remind them of the times when substantially all the travel through the town was carried on by means of stage- coaches.
For other articles in this Series on the old stage-coaches, see Volume 1., Number VIII., page 14 ; and II. 66, 78, 404.
Boston and Groton Accommodation Stage.
T HE Proprietors of the Keene and Burlington Stage respectfully inform their friends and the public, that they have established an Accommodation Stage from Boston to Groton three times a week, as follows : Leaves Boston every Tues- day, Thursday and Saturday, at 9, A.M. - Arrives at Concord at 12 o'clock, passes through Littleton, and arrives at Groton at 4, P.M.
RETURNING -- Leaves Groton Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at 9 o'clock, A. M. and passes through Littleton, and arrives at Concord at 12 o'clock, and at Boston at 4 o'clock, P. M. The old Mail Line to Keene and Burlington, continues to run three times a week as usual, from Boston, Mon- day, Wednesday and Friday - returns Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
N. B. - For Seats, apply at Mrs. Trask's, sign of the Indian Queen, Bromfield's Lane - at Mr. Hamilton's Hotel, Concord, and Mr. Emerson's, Groton.
MILTON, DAGGETT & CO. DANIEL BROOKS.
March 29 " Boston Patriot," April 5, IS1 5.
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The following extract is taken from an advertisement in the "Lowell Journal," August 24, 1827, which is headed " Lowell and Worcester Mail Stage," and signed by Wm. T. Martin, Agent : -
'There will also be an accommodation stage which will leave Worcester on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 7 o'clock, A. M. and will pass through West Boylston, Sterling, Lancaster, Shirley, and Groton, Westford & Chelinsford to Lowell, where it arrives in the afternoon and meets the Haverhill stage for Dover- which passes through Exeter, and Newmarket, by the manufactur- ing establishments on Lamprey river : and also the Salem stage which passes through Andover ; and the Concord N. H. stage which passes through Nashua Village.
The following advertisement, printed in the " Lowell Jour- nal," August 31, 1827, refers to the earliest line of stage- coaches between Groton and Lowell : -
Stage Notice.
A DAILY STAGE will in future run from Lowell to Groton ; start- ing at 6 o'clock A.M. to intersect with the Keene daily stage at Groton, and with the Haverhill, Newburyport, Salem, Boston, and Nashua stages at Lowell.
For seats, apply at L. CARTER'S Hotel in Lowell, and at J. HOAR's in Groton.
L. CARTER, Agent ;
GEORGE WHITCOMB,
SAMUEL HOUGHTON, Directors.
DAVID WILLDER, August 17, 1827.
OBITUARY.
A Stage Coach driver " [named Brown, lately a resident in Salem]" on the line between Concord and Groton, was found frozen stiff upon his box on the road, on Tuesday night, holding his reins in his hand. He was dead, and the reins clenched so fast that they were obliged to be cut, before they could be extri- cated from his grasp.
" Chelmsford Phenix " (East Chelmsford, now Lowell), February 10, 1826.
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GROTON POST OFFICE.
LEONARD W. CUSHING.
LEONARD WILLIAMS CUSHING, a stage-driver mentioned in the second volume of this Ilistorical Series (page 405), died at Sherborn, -- - in which town he was visiting, -- on March 30, 1892, at the age of seventy-six years. For some years before his death he had been living with a daughter, Mrs. Michael B. Reardon, in Charlestown, where his wife, Mrs. Abigail Wiggins (Green) Cushing, had previously died on September 7, 1891.
In the year 1843 Mr. Cushing began to drive for General Thomas A. Staples, the owner of a line of stage-coaches run- ning between Boston and Groton, and he remained in his ser- vice for three years. From April 12, 1847, to 1853 he was the driver of an omnibus between Cambridge and Boston, and in that capacity I remember him well, during my college days, when I have often sat upon the box with him and listened to his stories. Ile was somewhat noted as a careful and skilful reinsman, and a fine-looking man withal, standing six feet in his stockings, and straight as an arrow.
When President Arthur was a guest of the city of Boston in October, 1882, Mr. Cushing was selected as the driver of the " coach and four " used by the distinguished visitor during his stay. On those occasions it fell to the lot of the writer of these lines, in an official capacity, to accompany the Presi- dent; and his thoughts then often reverted to the times in his boyhood when in a Groton stage-coach he had ridden be- hind the same driver. More than once in later days these facts were the subject of some conversation between himself and Mr. Cushing.
GROTON POST OFFICE.
IN " The Independent Chronicle " (Boston), April 25, 1805, it is announced that Proposals will be received in Washington, for carrying the Mails on various post-roads in New England. One of these routes, numbered 40 in the advertisement, is as follows : --
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GROTON POST OFFICE.
From Boston, by Concord, Littleton, Groton, Townsend, Ashly [sic], New Ipswich, Jaffray, Marlboro' and Keene, to Walpole twice a week
What would the inhabitants of Groton say now if they received their postal matter only twice a week ? At the beginning of the present century even this infrequent com- munication with the outside world was considered a great improvement over the arrangements previously existing. Be- fore the Revolution the residents of most towns in the Prov- inces depended upon the post-office in Boston for the delivery of such letters as were not taken by private hands or post- riders ; and occasionally lists of those remaining in the office were advertised in the newspapers of that day. In such a list, printed in " The Boston Gazette, or Country Journal," June 30, 1755, appears the name of Samuel Bowers, of Gro- ton ; and in another list, printed in the same newspaper August 4, are the names of Captain Samuel Parker, Groton; William Bload, Pepperell; John Connant, Townsend ; and Cornelius Danly, Dunstable. In the " Columbian Centinel " (Boston ), January 29, 1794, a letter is advertised for Benja- min Tarbel, of Groton.
In the summer of 1820 the Postmaster-General of the United States issued a pamphlet and invited proposals to carry the mails in different parts of the country. The con- tracts were to begin of the first of January, 1821, and to end on December 31, 1824. The route, numbered 218, was
From Boston by Concord, Littleton, Westford, Groton, Towns- end, Ashby, New Ipswich, Jaffray, Marlboro' and Keene, N. H. to Walpole, 91 miles.
Leave Boston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 3 a m and arrive at Walpole on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by 7 a m.
Leave Walpole every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 pm and arrive at Boston on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by 8 pm (page 82).
The route numbered 220 was
From Groton by Pepperel and Holles to Amherst, N. HI. 19 miles, once a week.
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GROTON POST OFFICE.
Leave Groton every Tuesday at 6 am and arrive at Amherst by 11 & M.
Leave Amherst every Tuesday at 1 pm and arrive at Groton by 6 pm (page 83).
In a large four-page sheet, printed in the summer of 1824, perhaps as a supplement to a newspaper, and signed by John McLean, Postmaster-General, proposals were invited to carry the mails. The sheet is found in the Library of the Mas- sachusetts Ilistorical Society, No. 132, in a volume of miscellaneous newspapers, marked on the back "Select Papers [Volume] 6 1824." The routes with their respective numbers were as follows : -
243. From West Boyleston, by Shirley Village and Shirley post office, to Groton, once a week, 23 miles.
Leave West Boyleston every Wednesday at 11 am and arrive at Groton by 7 p m
Leave Groton every Thursday at 6 a m and arrive at West Boyleston by 2 pm
265. From Boston, by Cambridge, West Cambridge, Concord, Littleton, Westford, Groton, Pepperell, Townsend, Ashby, New Ips- wich, N. 11. Jaffray, Marlboro' and Keene, N. II. to Walpole, 93 miles
Leave Boston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 a m and arrive at Walpole on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, by 7 pm
Leave Walpole every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 pm and arrive at Boston on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 3 pm
267. From Groton by Pepperel and Hollis to Amherst, N. HI. 21 miles, once a week
Leave Groton every Tuesday at 6 a m and arrive at Amherst by il am
Leave Amherst every Tuesday at i p m and arrive at Groton by 6 pm
See the first volume (No. VII. pages 9-18) of this Histor- ical Series for a full account of the Groton post-office; and also the second volume (pages 66, 80) for additional matter relating to the same subject.
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A SAD ACCIDENT.
POST-RIDER THROUGH GROTON.
BEFORE the Revolution the various towns throughout New England were served by post-riders, who carried letters and newspapers for their patrons, besides doing errands along their route. The following advertisement is taken from " The Massachusetts Gazette, and the Boston Post-Boy and Advertiser," May 27, 1771, and is here given line for line : -
SAMUEL FARRAR,
Rider from Boston to Fitchbourg, passes through the following Towns, and may be spoke with at the following Places, viz. At the Widow Frothingham's in Charlestown, Cambridge ; Newell's in Menotomy, Buckman's in Lexington, Taylor's in Concord, White's in Action, Whiting's in Littleton, Pierce's in Groton, Sartell's in Shirley, Stearn's in Lunenburgh, Fuller's in Leominster, and Cowdren's at Fitchbourg, - At any of which Places Gentle- men or others who will please to favour him with their Commands, shall have it gratefully acknow- ledged by their humble Servant,
S. FARRAR.
The persons, whose names are mentioned in the card, kept public houses in their respective towns. George Peirce was the landlord of a tavern in that part of Groton which is now Ayer ; Obadiah Sawtell, of one in Shirley; and Thomas Cowdin, of another in Fitchburg.
A SAD ACCIDENT.
We hear from Groton, that Mr. Amos Farnsworth, 70 years of age, and his son, aged 18, in attempting to cross a river [the Nashua] in that town, in a canoe, on the 5th ult. were both unhap- pily drowned. The former has left a wife and five children.
" The New-England Chronicle : or, the Essex Gazette " (Cambridge), January 11, 1776.
See " Groton Epitaphs" (page 72), for a short account of the accident.
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A LOTTERY TICKET IN 1781.
EZEKIEL LEWIS.
FOR an allusion to Mr. Lewis, see the second volume (p. 412) of this Ilistorical Series.
Last Saturday Evening departed this Life, after a long Illness, which she bore with great Patience and Resignation, Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis, the virtuous and pious Consort of Ezekiel Lewis, Esq ; of this Town.
"The Boston Post-Boy & Advertiser," Monday, April 17, 1769.
Last Week was married Mr. EZEKIEL LEWIS, jun. of this Town, to Miss SUKEY RUGGLES, Daughter to Capt. GEORGE RUGGLES of Cambridge.
" The Massachusetts Gazette : and the Boston Weekly News-Letter," Thurs- day, October 12, 1760.
A RUNAWAY SERVANT.
THE following advertisement appears in "The Boston Evening-Post," October 7, 1754. John Blair, the advertiser, later was a resident of Peterborough, New Hampshire.
RAN away from John Blair, of Groton, an Irish stout and lusty Servant Man about twenty one Years of Age, named John Casey, a Cooper by Trade : Had on when he went away a light Bear- skin Coat with Brass Buttons, a striped Jacket, a pair of brown Cloth Breeches, with Mohair Buttons, and a pair of ribb'd Stockings. Whoever shall take up said Runaway, and bring him to his Master in Groton, or to Mr. William Hall, of Boston, Leather- Dresser, shall have FOUR DOLLARS Reward, and all necessary Charges paid.
All Masters of Vessels and others, are hereby required not to conceal or carry of said Servant as they would answer it in the Law.
A LOTTERY IN 1781.
IN "The Independent Chronicle. And The Universal Adver- tiser " ( Boston ), July 5, 1781, is advertised a Lottery "for the sole Purpose of cloathing the Massachusetts Line of the
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Army." The names of persons are given who could supply tickets, and of towns where they lived ; and in this list is the name of Oliver Prescott, Esq., of Groton. At that period lotteries were upheld by public sentiment as well as by law, and no discredit was attached to this method of raising money. Dr. Prescott's name, however, drops out of the later advertisements of the scheme in the newspaper, though such notices do not appear in successive issues.
GROTON GORE AND THE LAND BANK.
THE following letter relating to Groton Gore, a tract of land which formerly belonged to the proprietors of Groton, is found among the Massachusetts Archives (CHI. 133) at the State House. John Chandler, the writer of the letter, was a prominent citizen of Worcester; and Captain Blanchard, mentioned therein, probably was Joseph Blanchard, of Dun- stable, a subscriber to the Land Bank scheme.
Worcester Jan'y : 10 : 1740/1 th
Hon' S'
Your letter of y' 6"" Instant I Rec" by Oliver Partridge Esqr ; And in Answer to it would Humbly Say.
I account it my Hon? and Happyness to have such for my Judges in this Affair, as I am Sure will hear me with Pationce and give Judgment with mercy, so Agreeable to their Known Justice, goodness & Clemency.
The Truth of y" Affair is this; viz': the Night before I was called before y" Governour and Councill I was Accidentally in Company with Cap' Blanchard & two or three people living his way, and discourseing about the Line between This, & the prov- ince of New Hampshire, as Lately Settled by the King in Coun- cill, I ask'd him whither Groton Gore so called, being a Tract of Land Lately Granted by the Generall Court would fall into New Hampshire, he said it would, I Replyed, I have one hundred Acres of Land in Said Gore, and Since it falls out of the province, 1 w" Sell it him for lust what he we give, & if he said T'was worth nothing, he should have it free, or words to that Effect; After a
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few words pass'd, he Reply'd I will give you four pound in Man- ufactory Bills & no more, I told him he had my word, and I would not go back, Accordingly he paid me the Same at that time. the next day & Soon after M' Blanchard had been before ye Gov! & Councill, my Self being Sent for also, I desired him to keep ye money till I had been up, being under Surprize & concern, but as the property was in me the Night before and as I informed the Ilon" Board how much I had in which sum was included Said four pounds, I apprehended I did not Break my promis in taking what was my own before. I believe I told this To the Honb Sam' Danforth Esqr in M' Blanchards presence in order to Set the matter in a True Light. I would Add that before Cap' Blanchard & my Self had finished our Bargain M' Partridge I think came into y' same Room and heard Something of the Affair, & I left him with M' Blanchard and the other people.
This may it please your Hon' is the Truth of this Story, if it is a crime twas done in a Surprize ; I hope my thus frankly discover- ing y" Whole Matter will not be improved to my disgrace or hurt, but Rather intitle me to favour, and Especially Since in Answer to ye last Clause in your Hon" Letter ; I do with great freeness Sincerity and Honesty declare, that I will not give countenance directly or indirectly to the Bills called Land Bank or Manufac- tory Bills. This is my (firm ) and finall Resolution in the Affair.
I am Honb S' Your very humble Most Obliged and Obedi Sert John Chandler
To the Honbl Josiah Willard Esqr
[ Indorsed] " Worcester Jany 10. 1740. Coll? lohn Chandlers Letter "
GROTON GORE.
ON Wednesday, August 21, 1895, a monument to mark the northwest corner of Old Dunstable was dedicated with appro- priate exercises, at Milford, New Hampshire. The memorial stone stands near Jones's Crossing in the western part of the town, under the brow of Dram Cup Hill, on the right bank of
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the Souhegan River, and was set up under the auspices of the Milford Historical and Genealogical Society. An address was delivered on the occasion by the Honorable George Allen Ramsdell, of Nashua, which is printed in " The Farmers' Cabi- net " (Milford), August 22, 1895. An account of the pro- - ceedings is also given, but singularly enough the date of the dedication does not appear. A half-tone plate of the monu- ment is represented in the same issue of the newspaper ; and according to this engraving the inscription is as follows : -
ON THE RIVER BANK
209 FEET NORTH STAND THE STONES WHICH MARKED THE N. W. CORNERS
OF CHARLESTOWN SCHOOL FARM 1659
AND OF THE TOWNS OF OLD DUNSTABLE 1673-1746 AND MONSON 1746-1770,
AND THE N. E. COR-
NER OF GROTON
GORE 1735-1741, AND THE EASTERN
BOUNDARY OF DRAM CUP HILL AND THE MILE SLIP.
MILFORO
H. & O. SOCIETY 1895.
GIBBET HILL.
A QUERY relative to this Hill appeared on page 388 of " Notes and Queries " (London), May 16, 1896 ; and several answers to the same were printed on page 432 in the issue of May 30. They are of sufficient interest to Grotonians to be included in the Historical Series.
GIBBET HILL is the name of an eminence overlooking the village of Groton, Massachusetts, which has been so called from the ear- liest history of the town. The tradition is that once an Indian was gibbeted on its summit ; but this is known now to be false. I have
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a notion that the name was brought from home by the original set- tlers, and given to the hill, perhaps from its resemblance to some other hill in the old country. I wish to ask if this is a name ever or often applied to hills in England. S. A. G.
GIBBET HILL (8th S. ix. 388). - There is a well-known Gibbet Hill on the road from Coventry to Kenilworth. H. K.
In Halifax a number of the principal thoroughfares are called lanes,-e. g., King Cross Lane, Hanson Lane, Pellon Lane, Gibbet Lane. All these rise gradually from the centre of the town. The latter is occasionally referred to by old inhabitants as Gibbet Hill. At the foot of it, in a cul-de-sac, the dungeon still exists, I believe, if not the gibbet. Gibbet law, or banging, was at one time in vogue in Halifax, and administered against persons found guilty of steal- ing pieces (i. e., rolls) of cloth. The old Piece Hill, or cloth merchants' market, is still extant, but has been spoiled by an admin- istration regardless of old associations. J. H. W.
[See . Halifax Law,' 8" S. viii. 368, 410 ; ix. 92, 353.]
Gibbet Hill seems a common name for hills, at any rate in some parts of England. I can recall two so named within a com- paratively short distance from one another - viz., Gibbet Hill, a short distance outside Coventry, on the Kenilworth road, and Gibbet Hill, near Lutterworth, on which hill the road from that place to Rugby crosses that old Roman road called the Watling Street. In both of these cases it is traditionally said that gallows were formerly erected by the roadside at the summits of the hills. G. H. P.
Although the following brief extract from that interesting book. " Historical Essays from Paris, translated from the French of M. de Saintfoix," 1767, Vol. i. p. 121, does not afford a direct answer to the query of S. A. G., yet it is suggestive, and tends to throw some light on the subject : --
"Gibet. A corrupt word from Gebet, which signifies in Arabic a mountain. In former times, criminals were executed in France upon high grounds, that the punishment inflicted might be seen at a great distance." W. I. R. V.
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REV. SILAS HAWLEY.
WILLIAM PARK.
IN the library of the Dedham Historical Society is a copy of Fleet's Pocket Almanack (Boston) for the year 1794, which contains on the inside of the front cover, in the hand- writing of Dr. Nathaniel Ames, certain memoranda given below. The jail at Dedham was built during that year, and apparently Mr. Park had made a proposal to do the work. It was a wooden structure, but perhaps at first one of stone was thought of.
See the third volume (pages 146-151) of the Historical Series, for an account of the Park Family, as well as for refer- ences to the jails mentioned in the memoranda.
March 21 William Park of Groton Stone Cutter offers to under- take for 9/ per day himself to build a gaol
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