HomeMy WebLinkAbout410 Perambulation between Lexington & Bedford, November 18, 1865Agreeably to notice given to the town of Bedford, by
the town of Lexington, to meet at the house of Daniel Cummings
on the 18th 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 have met at the
time and place for the aforesaid purposes, and make the
following return of our doings
Beginning at a long field stone standing on
end, near the house of said Cummings at the corner of
Bedford, Lexington, and Burlington, and marked L.B.B.
We proceeded thence to a monument standing in the woods
easterly of the Cemetery in Bedford marked L.B. Thence
to a monument beside the "old" country road, near the "old"
Page place marked L.B. Thence to a monument in
the meadow easterly of the house of Mr Pierce, standing
by a ditch marked L.B. and thence to the corner of
the towns of Bedford, Lexington, and Lincoln. The monument
stands in the pasture some 50 rods S.E. of the house formerly
occupied by Dea Amos Hartwell, and is marked L.L.B.
These monuments are all properly marked
and in good condition.
I witness whereof we have
hereunto mutually set
our hands this 18th day
of Nov A.D. 1865
Hammon Reed
Eli Simons
} Selectmen
of
Lexington
Wm M Ashby
Oliver J. Lane
} Selectmen
of
Bedford