MIDDLESEX COUNTY BRIDGES. 139 



The following reference to the Chelmsford highway is 

 found in the printed edition of the Groton records: — 



The Country hye way being determened betwen this towne and 

 Chel[ms]ford by a commitey chosen Respectiuly by both towns 

 haue agreed and according layd out thes country hye way from y' 

 jnetting house place in the ould carte way to Chelmsford metting 

 house sixe Rode in width from place to pla[ce] this being testefyed 

 vndr the hands [of] the commitey at a towne mee[ting] the 10 of 

 July 65 and excepted by the towne may be suficente to sattesfy 

 aney home it may heraftr concern 



witnesse Jam ffiske in the nam o[f] the towne 



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MIDDLESEX COUNTY BRIDGES- 



THE following paper is copied from the original report in 

 the possession of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and 

 found in a volume (p. 60) of miscellaneous manuscripts 

 marked on the back " Letters & Papers 1632-1678." It shows 

 the early period when the inhabitants of Groton were taxed 

 for the support of a county bridge. All the signatures at- 

 tached to the paper are autographs; and " Wipsuffridge," 

 one of several forms of an Indian word, is now known as 

 Marlborough. 



May . 1 . 1660. 



Wee of the Comitte for Bridges in the Countie of Midlsex at our 

 Second meeting (by Order of the Countie Court) vpon the 1 7 day 

 of the 2' 1 m° 1660 : whose names are hervnder written, vpon 

 farther Informacon ; Inqujsicoh ; disscussion and Consideracoh 

 haue Cleerly Concerned and Concluded ; That the Town of 

 Concord haue no iust ground of Complaint or Allowance from 

 the Countie in respect of their Bridges ; for the Reasons herafter 

 Expressed. 

 1 The three Bridges they soote and plead vpon are for their own 

 proper ; Specal and perticuler Concernments for their Saw Mill ; 

 Iron works and other occasions ; and not necessarie for the Countie 

 or Countrie ; and may at their pleasure be deserted. 



