1736 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT DETAILING THE SPECIFICS OF A NEW ROAD THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS TOWN OF MARLBOROUGH

On offer is a charming relic of Marlborough Massachusetts ephemera being a manuscript dated 1736 detailing the specifics of a new road in the town. "A way laid out beginning near the dwelling house of Jeremiah Barstow & so running along between the land of Col Thomas How & the land of Simon Gates & is bounded by said Gates land by boundry mark't trees & it is Eight rods wide until it comes to that which is called the Indian land & then running across the County road along by the house of Zachariah Maynard four rods wide & still extends four rod wide along between land of Daniel Rice & land of Eliazer Rice & along through the land of Thomas Martin down where the path now goeth. Down that which is called Sandy Hill & then it is tow rods wide & then turning & then running through the land of Joshua Rice through a corner of Rice's land and then through Daniel Rice's land & the land of Thomas Martin down to that which is called the new Bridge over Fort Meadow Crook. between the meadow of Daniel Rice and the Meadows of Simon Gates & it is two rod wide to the lot granted to Abraham How as the way is mark't on the west side by markt trees & then running on westerly end of s(ai)d lot granted to Said How four rods wide & so running a long through the lot of Hezekiah Bush & so running along over Sto(....) Low Bridge markt with trees on the east side of sd way running along the way which runs along by the Dwelling house of Peter How near Alfabeth (sp?) River." This was accepted by the town March 3d 1729: "A True Coppy Attest Moses (sp?) WoodsTown Ca. Marlboro Feb 27 1736." The paper document measures 9 7/8 x 6 inches and overall is G+.