1863-06-03 PerambulationBeverly and Danvers
Agreeably to notice given to the town of Danvers by the town of Beverly, to meet at the house of
William Moulton in Wenham on the 13th day of Sune at 3 o'clock P.M. A.D. 1863, for the purpose
of perambulating and running the lines between said towns and reviewing the marks and bounds.
We, the subscribers, Selectmen of said towns, have met at the time and place and for the purposes
aforesaid, and do make the following returns of our doings viz; Beginning at a bound stone marked
W. B. D. situated above two hundred feet Easterly from the dwelling house of William Moulton,
thence running South nineteen degrees, fifteen minutes East about thirty four hundred and ninety feet
to a stone marked B. D. situated on the south side of the way from Beverly to Trask Street on land
of William B. Witham; thence on the same coarse about forty two hundred and forty feet to a stone
marked B.D. situated on the northerly side of Conant Street about twenty-nine feet Easterly of
Charles Brown's barn, thence running South Eleven degrees, thirty minutes West about thirty three
hundred and sixty feet to a stone marked B. D. situated on the Easterly end of the hill (called
Brown's Folly) on the land of Benj. Wilson and Sally B. Lovett; thence on the same course, about
twenty two hundred and forty feet to a stone marked B.D. situated on the northerly side of Elliott St.
near the dwelling house of W. Bradstreet; thence running South twenty-five degrees, fifteen minutes
west, about twenty nine hundred and thirty feet to a stone marked B. D. situated in B. F. Porter's
pasture, north of the wall near high watermark; thence running the same course to the channel of the
river.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands mutually this thirteenth day of June
A.D. 1863.
Jacob F. Perry Selectmen
James M. Perry of Danvers
John Meacom
Robert S. Foster
Joseph Wilson
Selectmen of Beverly
A true record.
Attest. James Hill, Town Clerk.