east line of a certain piece of land
said Painter formerly gave to the people of said County, three
chains and seventy-eight links to a stake ; thence east 80 minutes
north three chains and seventy-three links to a stake ; thence north
80 minutes west three chains and seventy-eight links to a stake,
standing in the south line of said Dudley's lot ; thence a straight
lino to the bounds begun at, containing one acre and sixty-five rods,"
"for the express use and purpose of erecting a court house and
jail thereon, and as a common, never to be divided or put to any
other use." This lot lies cast of, and adjoining, the lot first men-
tioned ; and on this lot the court house and jail were erected. The
Dudley'' lot, which forms the northern boundary,is that on which
Samuel MattgcivS built his public house, and on vv'hich the Ad-
dison House now stands ; and it is understood that in erecting the
present house, it was extended south several feet beyond ihe limits
of the lot, on the land of the County.
The court house was built on the brow of the hill five or six
rods north of, and nearly in a line v.-ith, the house occupied by Mrs.
Wainwrigiit. The jail house had been previously built of wood
on the same line, and within a rod or tvi'o of the south line of the
Dudley'' lot. It contained a tenement for the family of the jailor,
as well as a dungeon and other rooms for prisoners. This jail was
built by a ''tax of two pence on the pound" on the