HomeMy WebLinkAbout409 Perambulation between Lexington & Winchester, November 20, 1865Agreeably to notice given to the town of Winchester
by the town of Lexington, to meet at the house formerly occupied
by John Winning in Woburn on the 20th day of Nov A.D. 1865
for the purpose of perambulating and running the lines between
the said towns and renewing the marks and bounds.
We the subscribers having met at the above line and
place for the purposes aforesaid, make the following return
of our doings.
Beginning at a Monument standing in a wall
some 5 rods south of said Winnings barn, marked L.W.W.
that being the point at which the towns of Winchester and
Woburn corner on Lexington line:- Thence southerly to a monument
at the corner of a field by a wall. Thence in the same direction
by said wall to a monument, Thence to a monument by an old
travelled way, thence across a ravine to a monument in open land
on a hill all of the last named bounds are marked L.W. Thence to a
monument marked L.W.W.C No 11, 1865 being a corner of Lexington thence
S.W. to a monument marked W.C. L Thence to a monument standing on
a ledge braced with iron, marked WC, L.W. being a corner of Winchester
and West Cambridge, all of the above named bounds are
in good condition
I witness whereof we have hereunto
set our hands this 20th day of Nov 1865
Hammon Reed
Alonzo Goddard
} Selectmen
of
Lexington
Samuel. W. Twombly
As Substitute for O R Clark J H Johnson }
Selectmen
of Winchester