Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-29
Boundaries Of The Old Thirteen"

We wonder if any of our readers have
ever seen geography Of 1877, in which
was given the boundaries Of the thirteen
states born of the revolution Of 1776. A
stray leaf Of an old reading book of the
last century has come into our possession,
IN which we find the following, in which
teachers and pupils will be alike interest
ed
DESCRIPTION OF THE THIRTEEN UNITED
STATES OF NORTH AMERICA.
New ampshire-Bounded ou the east
by the Province of Maine, now annexed
10 the Massachusetts government; on the
west by New York and Lake Champlain
on the north by Canada; and on the south
bv Massachusetts. Length 2j0 and breadth
10 miles, between Is and 40 degrees
north ltttiu le. and 70 and - west longi-
tudc,
Mtssachusetts-Bo on the north
by New Ham pshire; on the east by the
Atlantic ocean; on the west by New York
On the south by Providence Plantations.
Length 12O, and breadth 100 miles-be-
tween = and - degrees north latitude,
and 20 and % west longitude,
huOilf lStttllAl duu AON AA4IhNG L lsNllLt-
tions-Bounded on the north and east by
the state of Massachusetts; on the west
by Connecticat and on the south Iiy the
Atlantic. Length G0,and breadth 5S miles,
about u degrees north latitude, and -
west longitude.
onnecticut-Bounded on the north by
Massachusetts; on the east by Mlssachu-
sets and Providence Plantations on the
west by New York; and on the south by
Long Island sound. Length 40, and
breadth 80 miles, s,-betwcen II and 43 de-
grees north latitude, and IS and - west
longitude.
New York Bounded on the north by
Clnada; on the east by Connecticut and
New Hampshire on the west by Penn
svIvana. New jersey and Lake Ontario;
on the south by New Jersey and the
Atlantic Ocean. Length 200, and breadth
~ miles, between A and 10 degrees
north latitude. and 73 and 76 west longi-
tudo.
New Jersey-Bounded on the north by
New York; on the west by the Delaware
river, which divides it from Penns ylvania !;
on the south by Delaware bay and on the
east by the Atlantic Ocean. Length 1875,
and breadth 80 miles 80 and
Il degrees north latitude, and Il and So
west longitude
Pennsylvania-Boun on the north by
| Lake Ontario and the Iroquois; on the
east by Delaware which divides it from
New jersey; west by Maryland, Virginia
| and Lake Eric; south by Maryland and
the Delaware state. Length 500, and
breadth 240 miles.-between 80 and #
degrees north latitude, and - and so west
| longitude.
Delavare-Bounded ENTHUSIASTICALLY by
/ Pennsylvania; on the east by Delaware
river and bay; west by Maryland, eastern
division; and south by Maryland and the
Atlantic Ocean. Length 100, and breadth
IS miles, between 5S and 40 degrees
north latitude, and about IS west longi'
tude
Maryland-Bounded on the north by
Pcnnsyvania on the east by the Atlantic
Ocean and Delaware state on the south
and west by Virginia. Length 80, and
breadth 10 miles, ,-hetween 81 and +C
degrees north latitude, and Is and q
west longitude.
Virginia-Boundcd by the river Poto
mae, which divides it from Maryland, or
the northeast; by the Atlantic ocean or
the east by North Carolina on the south
, and W, st by the river Mississippi. Length
80, and breadth 2l0 les,-between 81
and 40 degrees north latitude, and IS ant
90 west longitude.
: North Carolina Bounded by Virgins
, on the north; the Atlantic on the east; b.
South Carolina on the south; and west b.
the Mississippi Length 120, and breadt
40 miles, between IS and 81 degree
f north latitude, and 76 and 90 west long
! tudc.
/ South Carolina-B Bounded by Mort
Carolina on the north by the Atlantic o
! the east by Georgia on the south; and b
T. the Mississippi on the west. Length 70C
= and lrcadLh ljO miles, between 81 and
:. degrees north latitude, and - and 80 Yves
longitude, =.
Georgii.-Bounded by South Carolin
e on the nolth; by the Atlantic on the east
I bv East and West Florida on the south
and the Mississippi on the west. Lengt
$50, and breadth 100 miles, between ,
and 50 degrees north latitude. and so an
; 90 west longitude.