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Page 166
... Governor Ogle receiving his four days later . In the letter accompanying the commissions and a copy of the agreement , Governor Gordon of Penn- sylvania expressed the hope that they might speedily commence the fulfillment of their ...
... Governor Ogle receiving his four days later . In the letter accompanying the commissions and a copy of the agreement , Governor Gordon of Penn- sylvania expressed the hope that they might speedily commence the fulfillment of their ...
Page 167
... Governor Ogle , admitting that he was empowered to lay off the circle , said he could not see any power granted him to determine the center of such a circle . The Pennsylvanians held that the greater included the less , nevertheless ...
... Governor Ogle , admitting that he was empowered to lay off the circle , said he could not see any power granted him to determine the center of such a circle . The Pennsylvanians held that the greater included the less , nevertheless ...
Page 280
... . , ser . 1 , v . 1 , pp . 311-312 . ABST . Gives an account of him by Beddock and Morgan in their capture of Chance , Cresap then 28 years old . 1731/2 . Feb. 2 . Letter . Governor Ogle to 280 SOURCE MATERIAL The Agreement of 1732.
... . , ser . 1 , v . 1 , pp . 311-312 . ABST . Gives an account of him by Beddock and Morgan in their capture of Chance , Cresap then 28 years old . 1731/2 . Feb. 2 . Letter . Governor Ogle to 280 SOURCE MATERIAL The Agreement of 1732.
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Maryland Geological Survey. 1731/2 . Feb. 2 . Letter . Governor Ogle to Governor Gordon . PUB . Pa . Arch . , ser . 1 , v . 1 , p . 313 . ABST . Incloses deposition of Cresap and complains of treatment referring to bribe offered Indians ...
Maryland Geological Survey. 1731/2 . Feb. 2 . Letter . Governor Ogle to Governor Gordon . PUB . Pa . Arch . , ser . 1 , v . 1 , p . 313 . ABST . Incloses deposition of Cresap and complains of treatment referring to bribe offered Indians ...
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... Governor Ogle to Governor Gordon . MS . COPY . Pa . Hist . Soc . , Penn MSS . " Boundaries , " p . 28 . PUB . Pa . Arch . , ser . 1 , v . 1 , pp . 336-337 . ABST . As neither of them intend anything but what is fair and reason- able for ...
... Governor Ogle to Governor Gordon . MS . COPY . Pa . Hist . Soc . , Penn MSS . " Boundaries , " p . 28 . PUB . Pa . Arch . , ser . 1 , v . 1 , pp . 336-337 . ABST . As neither of them intend anything but what is fair and reason- able for ...
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Page 198 - ... a tract of land in America lying north of Maryland, on the east bounded with Delaware River, on the west limited as Maryland, and northward to extend as far as plantable.
Page 18 - The history of the boundary dispute between the Baltimores and Penns, resulting in the original Mason and Dixon line, is an exhaustive account by Edward Bennett Mathews of the events which preceded the marking of the original line.
Page 100 - Petition be sent unto Sir John Werden, in behalf of his Royal Highness; and unto the agents of the Lord Baltimore, to the end they may report how far the pretensions of Mr, Penn may consist with the boundaries of Maryland, or the Duke's propriety of New York, and his possessions in those parts.
Page 320 - Message from the Governor of Pennsylvania, transmitting the Reports of the Joint Commissioners, and of Col. Graham, US Engineers, in Relation to the Boundary Lines between the States of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland.
Page 190 - Addressed to the High and Mighty Lords States General of the United Netherlands on the 28th July, 1649, with Secretary Van Tienhoven's Answer.
Page 118 - Lordships humbly offered their opinion, that for avoiding further differences, the tract of land lying between the river and the eastern sea, on the one side, and Chesapeake Bay on the other, be divided into equal parts, by a line from the latitude of Cape Henlopen to the 40th degree of northern latitude...
Page 255 - THOMAS PENN and RICHARD PENN, true and absolute proprietaries and governors in chief of the province of Pennsylvania and counties of Newcastle, Kent and Sussex, on Delaware...
Page 311 - Hening's Statutes of Virginia, v. x, pp. 535-536. Cf. Hist. Allegheny Co., p. 73. ABST. Authorizes the governor to appoint two commissioners for extending the Mason and Dixon line. Sept. 23. Resolutions. Pennsylvania General Assembly. Ratifying the conditions annexed by the legislature of Virginia to the ratification of the boundary line as to allegiance and property rights. PUB. Pa. House of Rep., Journal, 1780, p. 519. Pa. Arch., ser. 2, v. 8, p. 570. Pa. Rept. Sec. Int. Aff. "Boundaries,
Page 61 - At 231.20, cross'da War Path. 231.71, cross'd Dunkard Creek. 232.43, cross'd Do., a second time. 232.74 cross'd Do., a third time. This day the Chief of the Indians which joyn'd us the 16th of July, inform'd us that the above mention'd War Path, was the extent of his commission from the Chiefs of the Six Nations that he should go with us with the Line, and that he would not proceed one step farther.
Page 309 - Co., p. 72. ABST. For a serpentine west boundary. Paraliel to bends of Delaware river. 1778. New map of the Western part of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina. By Thos. Hutchins, engraved by T. Cheevers, Lond. 1778. 1 in.=20 miles. 43 x 35 inches. Accompanying his "Topographical description of Virginia