Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1844-12-05
MASON. AND DIXoN's LINE.

This boundary is so termed from the
names of Charles Mason and jeremiah DIX
on, the gentlemen appointed TO run unfin-
..ished lines in 1851, between PENNSYLVANIA
and Maryland, on the territories subject to
the heirs of Penn and Lord Baltimore. A
temporary line had been run in l739, but
had not gwen satisfaction to the parties, al
though il resulted from an agreement, in
1879. between themselves. A decree had
been made in 1915 by King James, define
ating the boundaries between the lands CIV
zen by charter oihe first Lord Baltimore,
and those adjudged to his majesty, (Gfter.
wards to William Penh,) which divided the
tract Of land between the Delaware Bay and
the Eastern Sea on the one side, and the
Chesapeake Bay on the other, by n line
equally inirfsecting il, drawn from Cane
Heniopen'to the 40th degree of north lati.
tube. A decree in Chancery rendered the
Kings decree imperative. But the situa.
tion OF Henlopen became long subject of
serious, protracted and expensive litigation,
particularly after the death Of Penn, in
l7l6. and of Lord Baltimore in IVA, till
John and Richard and Thomas Penn, (who
had become the sole propreors of the
American possessions Of their father viii.
lian1,) and Cecilius, Lord Baltimore, grand.
son of Charles, and great. grandson of Ce.
cilius, the original patentee, entered into an
ugreenispt on the 10th May, 1922. To this
agreement chart was appended which as.
ccrtained the site Of Cape Henlopen, and
delineated division by an east and west
line running westward from the Cape TO the
exact middle of the peninsula. Lord Bal.
timore became dissatisfied with this agree.
ment and he endeavored TO invalidate it,
Chanccry suits, kingly DEGREES, and propri.
eiary arrangements followed, which eventu-
al Ivy trnA 49, 70
missioners to run the temporary line. This
was effected id 1899. Bur the case in chan.
Gerry being decided in 1859, new commits.
sioDers were appointed, who could not how
ever agree, and the question remained open |
until l76l, when the line was run by Messrs. |
Mason & Dixon. -"
BETTER LATE THAN NEvEa.-Tt may be,
that some of our readers-ihe heirs of the
revolutionary worthies-have good fortune |
in reserve for them at Washington. of which |
they never dreamed. Such was the fact
In relation to the individuals referred TO in
the following extract Of n letter received (
few days since from an Individual residing
in the eastern part OF the State, by friend (
in this town. II seems that The discovery
was accidentally made by clerk in the |
Pension Office, who was an acquaintance |
and friend Of the family Interested, The |
letter says: .s~i ,flU. toE 0!l'iailF
II doubt not that you will be pleased to |
henr that our relatives. ]. and r. have re-
ceivrd intelligence from he Pension Office !
at Washington, stating that the heirs of
------- were entitled to the sum nf niaefhou.
sand. three hundred and tirenty dollars. and tDo |
Hundred acres of land in Alabama, for their 70. |
ther, Captain 1-------, rendered in the revo. |
lu,ionary war.- Hampshire Gazette. e.T,ma
- .Ivf L.
IDLE VIsITsg--The idle levy very heavy
tnx upon the industrious, when by frivolous
vsitations they rob them Of their time
Such persons beg their adaily happiness
from door 70. door as beggars their dailv
bread, and like them, sometimes meet with |
rebuff. Aimere gossip ought not 10 won. |
der if we ,evince signs that we are tired of
him, seeiag that we are, indebt9d for the !
honor Of his visit, solely to The circumstance
Of bis being tired of himself He sets at
home until he has Accumulated an insup.
portable load of ennui and then sallies forth |
to distribute it, among his acquainiances.-
Cotton. fe3g IL 49iIfgs sfi- afn E0TF-wl
yIxDUsTRV "A clergyman Of Hartford has |
prnached 739 sermons. attended more shan |
800 other meetings. performed the marriage
cerau1anv % inns, and attended, I5l fune.
rails. within. the past two years.--Hartford
CalppabiaR.sial 50 s.'isJ a,ss a7ul4s ll1U
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