The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884Various
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The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884
Various
Massachusetts -- Periodicals; New England -- Periodicals
To be Sold at PUBLIC VENDUE, to the highest Bidder, on
Wednesday the 3d Day of November next, at four o'Clock in the
Afternoon (if not Sold before at Private Sale) by me the
Subscriber, A valuable FARM in Groton, in the County of
Middlesex, pleasantly situated on the great County Road,
leading from Crown Point and No. 4 to Boston: Said Farm
contains 172 Acres of Upland and Meadow, with the bigger Part
under improvement, with a large Dwelling House and Barn, and
Out Houses, together with a good Grist Mill and Saw Mill, the
latter new last Year, both in good Repair, and on a good
Stream, and within a few Rods of the House. Said Farm would
make two good Livings, and would sell it in two Divisions, or
together, as it would best suit the Purchaser. Said House is
situated very conveniently for a Tavern, and has been improved
as such for Ten Years past, with a Number of other
Conveniences, too many to enumerate. And the Purchaser may
depend upon having a good warrantee Deed of the same, and the
bigger Part of the Pay made very easy, on good Security. The
whole of the Farming Tools, and Part of the Stock, will be sold
as above-mentioned, at the Subscriber's House on said Farm.
GEORGE PEIRCE.
Groton, Aug. 30, 1773.
The gristmill and sawmill, mentioned in the advertisement, were on
Nonacoicus Brook. In the Gazette, of November 15, 1773, another notice
appears, which shows that the tavern was not sold at the time originally
appointed. It is as follows:--
The Publick are hereby Notified that the Sale of the FARM in
Groton, which was to have been sold the 3d Instant on the
Premisses, at the House of Mr. George Peirce, is adjourn'd to
the house of Mr. Joseph Moulton, Innholder in Boston, where it
will certainly be Sold to the highest Bidder, on Wednesday the
1st Day of December next, at 4 o'Clock, P.M.
The following advertisement appears in The Independent Chronicle
(Boston), September 19, 1808; the site of the farm was near that of
Peirce's inn, just mentioned. Stone's tavern was afterward kept by one
Day, and subsequently burned.
A FARM--for Sale,
Containing 140 acres of Land, situated in the South part of
_Groton, (Mass.)_ with a new and well-finished House, Barn, &
Out-houses, and Aqueduct, pleasantly situated, where a Tavern
has been kept for the last seven years;--a part of the whole
will be sold, as best suits the purchaser. For further
particulars, inquire of THO's B. RAND, of _Charlestown_, or the
Subscriber, living on the Premises.
Sept. 12. JESSE STONE.
About a generation ago an attempt was made to organize a company for the
purpose of carrying on a hotel in the village, and a charter was
obtained from the Legislature. The stock, however, was not fully taken
up, and the project fell through. Of the corporators, Mr. Potter and Mr.
Smith still survive. Below is a copy of the act:--
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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