1891-10-29 Perambulation Perambulation of Town Line. Manchester and Beverly.
Oct. 29 A.D. 1891.
We, the subscribers, Selectmen of Manchester and Beverly, having met on the twenty-ninth
day of October, A.D. 1891 agreeably to a notice from the Selectmen of Manchester (it being the most
ancient town) for the purpose of perambulating the lines, renewing and marking the bounds between
said towns, do hereby make the following return of said perambulation, viz.;
Beginning at the mouth of "Chubb's Creek" and running through the middle of said Creek,
to a stone post marked M. B. standing on the North side of the New bridge, thence North 50 o west,
Fourteen rods to a stone post marked M. B. standing on the Northwest side of the Old Road, thence
North 29 o West 25 rods to a stone post marked M. B. in Israel F. Tappan's pasture, thence same
course 80 rods to a stone post marked M. B. on the top of a hill in Isaac Preston's woodland, thence
same course 80 rods to a stone post marked M. B. on a hill, thence one hundred and twenty rods
running by a stone post, at the base of said hill, on the Northerly side which evidently was set for a
bound stone between said towns of Manchester and Beverly, to a stone post marked M. B. near a
swamp or Pond hole, upon Nathan Preston's land, thence North 22 ° 30' West 80 rods to a stone post
marked M. B. W. on the westerly side of a swamp and on a sloping ridge of land, and is the corner
bound between Beverly and Wenham; being the same bound as agreed upon by the Committee in
the year 1739 as per former returns.
Alfred S. Jewett Selectmen Robert R. Endicott Selectmen
B. S. Bullock of Horace W. Woodberry of
Edward S. Night Manchester Beverly
A true copy.
Attest: William H. Lovett, Town Clerk.