The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-05-11


more died. and the demarcalion of the
boundary. was suspended His heir anc
successor: Frederick Lord Baltimore rails.
I'd objections 10 the decree OF 176O, anc
determined to resist its execution, which
brought on new controversy between
the propretarles. Before decree wa.
had upon It, an agreement was entered
into between the parties on the 4th O
July, 1850, which in fact adopted the
POINTS which had been previously set.
tied by Inc agreement OF May 10th 1879
and the decree Of May 1850, as TO the
lines defining the boundaries. The pro.
ceedings OF the former commissioner.
were also recognized by this agreement
and confirmed byi SO far as they were
conclusive. Cape Henlopen was deter.
mined to be the point previously fixed
upon as marking this cape, and the ter
nination of the due west line from thence
across the peninsula, was decided to BE-
that which had been contenied tor BY
The commissioners Of Pennsylvania and
The mid IT, point of that line, from whenc,
the tangent line was to start, was deci.
ded to be thirty-four miles and three
hundred and zine prrrhes from the point
oil beginning at Cape Henlo. ell.
At the middle point of this peninsu-
la line, boundary stone was to b- plant
I'd at their joint expense, marked in the
south and with the arrs OF Lord Bat-
more and on the north and east with the
arms OF the Penn family, craven thereon.
'Commlssioners were required TO be
appointed by each OF the parties within
thirty days after the execution OF thus
agreement, to carry its provisions into
eff ct. This was accordingly done, and
the said commissioners met at New Cas-
tie the 10Th of November, 1860. and inn
medi"tely entered upon the discharge OF
the dutI+s committed 10 them.
Col. G. Text gives a detailed account
OF his operations, and he concludes as
follows:
cat the point OF junction OF the three
States, triangular prIsma,ic post of cut
granite, Is inches wide on each side, and
I feet long, was inserted Il feet of ITS
'en1th into the ground. - II occupies the
exact spot ON which the old unmarked
stone was found. 1t is marked with the
letters NJ. p. and d. on the sides facing
respectively towards the States of Mary
LAM, Pennsylvania and Delaware. On
III north siIe, below the letter p are
a. nan.es of the commissioners in deep
cut letters. namely: "H. G. 5. KEY, of
Md. J P. EYRE, of Pa, G. R. RID
DIE, of Del, COMMISSIONERS with the
date 1919 This boundary ston. now
stands upon land belonging to William
johnson. The old unmarked stone was
buried, lying in PROSTATE or horizontal
position. just below the surface of the
ground, on the north side OF and central
with the new stone.
sAt the meridian. or middle point OF
the arc, corresponding with the length
of the chord, as We actually found it, aud
at the distance Of lis feet perpendicu-
lar from the middle point Of said chord
pos. OF cut granite, feet long was in
serted Al feet Of its length INTO the
eround.-Thr stone squares II by IA
inches. II is rounded on the west side
to indicate that it is on the curve, and
on the east side the date 1919 is marked
IN deep cut figures.
"The circular boundary between
Pennsylvania and Delaware, from the
point ofjunction OF the three States 10 the
river Delaware being YET unmarked, and
a number Of Citizens residing near this
common border being IN doubt, and anx-
ious to know to which State they belong,
at your suggestion the survey was con-
Quoted with such precision as to enable
us to describe that boundary correctly,
as will appear upon our map, for dis.
lance Of about 81 miles north eastward
from the junction.
1--WE have determined the distance by
computation, at which due east line
from the north east corner of Maryland
will cut that circular boundary and find
it to be 4O3G feet, or 766 Of mile. W.
have also computed tie angle with the
meridian at the said northeast Corner
made by line drawn from thence tc
The spire of the court house at New Cas-
tie, and find it to be 20 deg. 90 MN. a.:
sec. east of south. AT tue distance o
37GS feet, measured on the SAID line from
the aforesaid norlh.east corner, this lin.
will inttrsect the circular boundary.
"This want of proper denarcat.on o
The boundaries between States is alwav
a ,urce OF great Inconvenience, and Of
ten OF trouble to the border inhabitants
and it is worthy ofremark, that as ou
survey progressed, and while making
'he necessary offsets to houses on the cas-
OF the north line, we discovered tina
there was an impression among many
tina, the boundary OF Delaware EXTENDED
up to the north line, from the junction
TO the northeast corner of Maryland.
"Mr. w. Smith, gentleman who ha
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