Report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Containing Reports of the Surveys and Re-surveys of the Boundary Lines of the Commonwealth, Accompanied with Maps of the Same. Prepared in Compliance with a Resolution of the General Assembly, Approved the 7th Day of May, 1885 |
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Page xiv
... parallel , two miles , 79 chains , and 27 links from the post marked " west . " The running of the parallel then resumed , and in October the foot of the North mountain was reached . Returning , the remainder of the season was devoted ...
... parallel , two miles , 79 chains , and 27 links from the post marked " west . " The running of the parallel then resumed , and in October the foot of the North mountain was reached . Returning , the remainder of the season was devoted ...
Page xv
... parallel line between Pennsylvania and Mary- land ceased and none have since arisen . A copy of their map accom- panies this report . Fac - similes of the signatures of these distinguished surveyors are shown on page 281 . * The copy of ...
... parallel line between Pennsylvania and Mary- land ceased and none have since arisen . A copy of their map accom- panies this report . Fac - similes of the signatures of these distinguished surveyors are shown on page 281 . * The copy of ...
Page xvi
... parallel with the meanderings of the Del- Dunmore , however , while he wielded executive authority , utterly repudiated the idea of curved lines for the western boundary . His geographical knowledge was evidently very limited , as he ...
... parallel with the meanderings of the Del- Dunmore , however , while he wielded executive authority , utterly repudiated the idea of curved lines for the western boundary . His geographical knowledge was evidently very limited , as he ...
Page xvii
... parallel should end and the meridian line begin , was an astronomical problem that enlisted in its settlement the aid of the most eminent mathema- ticians of the sister Commonwealths . This important work was per- formed by a joint ...
... parallel should end and the meridian line begin , was an astronomical problem that enlisted in its settlement the aid of the most eminent mathema- ticians of the sister Commonwealths . This important work was per- formed by a joint ...
Page xviii
... parallel boundary were commenced in the month of August following , and the survey was continued eastward , from the south - western corner of Pennsylvania for a distance of 38 8-10 miles , when the work was suspended on account of the ...
... parallel boundary were commenced in the month of August following , and the survey was continued eastward , from the south - western corner of Pennsylvania for a distance of 38 8-10 miles , when the work was suspended on account of the ...
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aforesaid Andrew Ellicott Andrew Porter Apparent zenith appointed astronomical boundary line Capella Center highway chains Commissioners Continued the line creek crometer cross'd Cygni David Rittenhouse deeds poll Delaware Delaware river east side Esquire feet east feet south feet west fixed ground highway monument hill inches Index stands Instrument intersection James Worrall JERE DIXON John Penn land line between milestones longitude Lord Baltimore Lyræ marks the corner Mason and Dixon ment meridian Mile Post mnt.-in Nearest point observations offset Ohio onds original milestone parallel Penn and Richard Pennsylvania Philadelphia Post mark'd West Produced the Line Province of Maryland Replaces the original Revolutions and sec Richard Penn ridge Right ascension river road Sector Shenango river slope stands on mnt Stars names station summit survey surveyors tances tangent point thereof Thomas Penn thousand seven hundred tion valley West Line west side western York
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Page 22 - Master shall direct ; and any of the Parties are to be at liberty to apply to the Court as there shall be Occasion.
Page 284 - ... distance from New Castle, northward and westward, unto the beginning of the fortieth degree of northern latitude; and then by a...
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Page xi - Assignes, all that Tract or Parte of Land in America, with all the Islands therein conteyned, as the same is bounded on the East by Delaware River, from twelve miles distance Northwards of New Castle Towne unto the three and fortieth degree of Northerne Latitude, if the said River doeth extende so farre Northwards...
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Page xii - BALTIMORE, his heirs and assigns, all that part of the Peninsula, or Chersonese, lying in the parts of America between the ocean on the east and the bay of Chesapeake on the west...
Page 292 - To extend Mason and Dixon's Line due West five degrees of "Longitude, to be computed from the river Delaware, for the "southern boundary of Pennsylvania, and that a meridian "drawn from the western extremity thereof, to the northern "limit of the said State, be the western boundary of Penn"sylvania forever.
Page 447 - Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars nor less than one hundred dollars.
Page 294 - ... purchase or consideration money hath, since the declaration of American Independence been received by either state for lands which according to the before recited agreement shall fall within the territory of the other, the same shall be reciprocally refunded and repaid.