The Litchfield County post., 1827-07-05
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF
 CONNECTICUT. g"
A PROCLAMATION.

Warren, and Andrew T. Judson Commissioners duly
 appointed and commissioned the part of the State
 of Connecticut, and the Hon. Elijah H. Mills, Leon-
 ard M. Parker, and John Mills, Commissioners duly
 appointed and commissioned the part of tEe Coml-
 monwealth of Massachusetts pursuant to certain Res
 olutons of the Legislatures of said states respectively,
 to ascertain and establish the Boundary line between
 the said State of Connecticut, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts East of Connecticut River so far as
 the same in dispute, by certain instrument and
 agreement in writing by them subscribed in duplicate
 and dated Southbrdge in Massachusetts, on the third day of November, thousand eight hundred and twentysix did agree upon aud determine the said line, and define and describe the same in the following words that is to say "We the undersigned Elijah H. Mills, Leonard M. Parker, and John Mills, Commissioners the part of { ger Stoddard Moses Warren, and Andrew T. Jud- son, Commissioners the part of the State of Con-
 necticu having had various meetings and consulta-
 tions and by the aid of Epaphras Hoyt, Esq Surveyor on the part of Massachusetts, and Jonathan Nichols, Esq. Surveyor the part of Connecticut, have run and surveyed the following lines upon parallel of
 latitude, to wit Commencing survey the North East corner of the State of Connecticut being large pile ofstones erected by the commissioners of the re- spective governments, in the year of our Lord one thousand hundred and thirty -four thence run ming West, nearly as could be ascertained the latitude of fortyWO degrees and three minutes North touching the North-East corner of John Batys House. formerly Nathaniel Brown's) to the west line of Woodstock, the whole distance being fifteen miles and one hundred aud sxty-nine rods and fifteen links ;- thence we run course North three degrees West by the true meridian, fifty four rods and nineteen links old pine tree the reputed Northeast corner of the Union; thence we run West, the latitude of the said old pine tree, being north fifty four rods of the said first line of latitude, to Connecticut River which we struck two hundred and twenty-wo rods North of the Northwest corner of Enfield; the whole dis tance from said old pine tree to the river being twenty-five miles and one hundred and sixty-eight rods.
 We made careful admeasurements from the afore- said lines of latitude reputed bounds and monuments each side of said lines, and collected all
 tablished by Commissioners on the part of the two colonies, in the year of Lord thousand hundred and thirteen; And having out said lines oflattude as aforesaid, and compared the same with the ancient surveys, monuments and other evidence collected by us of the line aforesaid Com- mssioners in the year of our Lord thousand sev- en hundred and thirteen, found the said lines of latitude to vary in sundry places therefrom: ., For the purpose therefore, of conforming to said line of seventeen hundred andthrteen the line of jurisdiction far as the could be ascerained by ancient monuments, and long continued practical jurisdiction, have surveyed, run out, ascerained and established the boundary line hereinafter descri
 bed, and have established the the line of
 jurisdiction between the Commonwealth of Massachu- sets and the State of Connecticut of Connecticut River; and we have marked said lines and erected suitable monuments thereon, in the places hercinaf- ter mentioned, to prevent future mistakes and dis putes.
 Which said line, so ascertained and established is follows, to wit Beginning at the aforesaid North East corner of Connecticut, where erected ument, and running West the line of latitude first above mentioned which line we herein designate as the first line of latitude passing the ancentheap of stones on Bald Hill, and touching the North-Eas corner of John Bates house the road leading from Thompson, by the Merino Factory, called the Merino road, where erected monument; the distance be- tween these points being thousand hundred and two rods and four lnks and in range between these points erected five monuments, to wit in the Oxford gore road, so called; one the road leading from Thompson by John Bates to Oxford !; Freeman's to Dudley, one the road leading from Thompson by Joseph Brackets to Dudley ,and one on 1 the road leading from Thompson by Dudley. From the monument at the Merino Road aforementioned, running in direct line, passing the ancient heap of stones at the North East corner of Woodstock, the road leading from Muddy Brook, so called by Penuel Mays to Southbridge, where erected a monument; the distance between those two points rods and twenty links and the distance North from
 said first line of latitude to the last mentioned mon-
 ment, being twenty-one rods and ten links; and in
 range between these points erected five monuments to wit, one on the road leading from Thompson by Richard Arnold's to Dudley; one the road leading from Woodstock by David Nichols, to Dudley; one on the road leading from Barns to the Thompson Turnpike; and one on the road leading from Muddy Brook, called, by Samuel Thompson's to South bridge.
 From the the monument to the road leading by Pe- nue Mays aforementioned running in direct line to fine NorIvch and Woodstock Turnpike, where we er- ected a monument, the distance between these two points beng three hundred and sixty rods and five iinks and the distance North from said first line of
 latitude to the last mentoVed monuments being twen ty rods and five links.
 y Erom inc monument at the Norwich and Wood stock Turnpike aforementioned, running in di- reef line to the road leading from West Woodstock bv Abel Mason's Southbridge, where erected a n,onument; the distance between these two points he;no nine hundred fifty four rods and eighteen lnks and fhe distance North from said line of latitude, the
 Iast mentioned monuHent being ten rods and twenty two links; and in a range between these two points, we erected two monuments to wit. one the Leba- non- road, so called and one on the road leading from West Woodstock, by Nathan Browns to South bridge.
 Masons aforementioned running in direct line pas
 sing twenty-four rods and eighteen links south of the
 aforesaid old pine tree the repued North East corner
 of Union to the road leading from Union, to Asher 1 Radger's to Holland, where we erected a monument
 te distance between these two points being one thou
 sand two hundred forty rods and the distance
 South from the latitude of the old pine tree, Which
 we herein designate as the second line of latitude, be-
 ng txyo rods and three.fourths links the last l toned monments and in range between these points,
 e erected shee monuments, to wit, one on the road leading to West Woodstock, by Benjamin Chamber l Iain's. to Southbrdge, called the Crawford Road
 one on the road leading from to the South-Wes part of Sturbridge, called the Break neck road and the road leading from Union, by Badgers Mills, to Sturbrdge