Description: Mason-Dixon Line papers

Mason-Dixon Line papers

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Corporate Author:	Mason-Dixon Line (Creator)
Collection:	Mason-Dixon Line Papers
Collection Number:	Am.233
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English
Subjects:	Astronomy > 18th century. Geography > 19th century Indian > White Relations > 18th century. Land surveys > Pennsylvania > 18th century. Pennsylvania > Politics and government > 18th century

Physical Description:	2.75 Linear feet 2.75 linear feet, 5 volumes
Summary:	These papers include the original warrant of William Penn to Isaac Taylor and Thomas Pierson to survey the line between Chester County and New Castle County, Del., 1701-1705 (Am .2349); diary of John Watson, assistant surveyor to the Commissioners of the Province of Pennsylvania, on the determination of the 12-mile circle at New Castle and running the east-west boundary lines from Cape Henlopen, Del., 1750-1751(Am .233); the original manuscripts of the Mason and Dixon surveys, including the one that established the boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, 1763-1768 (Am .235); and Samuel Lightfoot's survey of the Mason-Dixon line, 1850 (Am .2351).

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2.75 Linear feet 2.75 linear feet, 5 volumes

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These papers include the original warrant of William Penn to Isaac Taylor and Thomas Pierson to survey the line between Chester County and New Castle County, Del., 1701-1705 (Am .2349); diary of John Watson, assistant surveyor to the Commissioners of the Province of Pennsylvania, on the determination of the 12-mile circle at New Castle and running the east-west boundary lines from Cape Henlopen, Del., 1750-1751(Am .233); the original manuscripts of the Mason and Dixon surveys, including the one that established the boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, 1763-1768 (Am .235); and Samuel Lightfoot's survey of the Mason-Dixon line, 1850 (Am .2351).

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