Excerpt from The Boundary Lines of Old Groton Well-defined boundaries are of the highest importance to communities as well as to individuals. In the one case they mark the limits of political power, and in the other of landed possession. Oftentimes such boundaries prevent strifes and quarrels, and thus indirectly and silently promote the Christian virtues. During the various stages of civilization, from the earliest days of recorded history, they have been considered absolutely essential to the existence of society; and in the Mosaic code of laws a curse was uttered against the man who should remove his neighbors landmark. The ancient Romans personified this principle of fixed boundaries, and deified him under the name of Terminus. A temple was built in his honor, where he was worshipped by the pagans. The various transfers of territory connected with the town of Groton, in its corporate capacity, have a certain local interest, and in order to gratify it this little book is printed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.