The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-01-23

EDIron or THE REpuBLIoAN-DEAR Sir:
Since our circular boundary bal wesn
Delaware and Pennsylvania is a matter
OF interest to many OF our citizens. we
think most OF your readers would be
amused as we'll as instructed TO see an
account OF tho original survey thereof
made In l70l. / found q copy OF 1t
amongst my pupars and ask you to print
IL verbatim et littsratlm. as statement
OF important facts In language tllustfn-
tive OF quite primitive umes. Here We
have it;
These nre 20 certify that on yo 25th
OF 0 br. 1901 we met at New CASTLE with
Cornelius Em pson. Richard Hailiwesl and
John Richardson, Justices OF the County
OF New Castle; and Caleb Pussy, Phillip
Roman and Robert Pyle. Justices OF the
County OF Chester; who did unanimously
conclude that the Beginning should be ut
ye end OF ye Horse.dike next ye said
town OF New Castle. and fiom thence to
measure due north ye suid distance OF IL
miles. and a. yo extent thereof to run toe
circular line. iirst eastward down to the
River. and then to return to the sAld OK.
tent of ~ miles north, and run ye said
Circle west ward until 1t should complaat
the two third parts OF 20 snid semfcircle.
And accordingly on We 26th day OF ye
said month, we did begin in We presence
of said justices, at ye said cnd OF ye iiorse'
dixie, and measured duo north ~ miles to
O white oak marked with l2nOtches. stand.
ing on the west slide OF Brandywine
creek In We land OF Israel Helm, and from
ye said white oak we ran eastward clrcu-
larly changing our course from ye east.
soulnward. one degree NJ ye end OF every
81 perehes* (Which Ia the cord OF one de-
gree to t2.nile radius) and. at the end OF
43 chords we came TO Delaware river on
the upper side of Nathan Lamplugh's Old
house at Chichester. And then we re-
turned to ye said white oak III Israel Helm
Land and from thence We run westward,
changing our course one degree from ye
west southwark at ye end OF every " FER
chos us before until we had extended n
chords (Which being added to 4S chords
make two-ihirds part OF the semi circle TO
IL mile RadiusJ; all of which said olrcu.
lar line being we'll marked with three not
cies Oh each eide OF ye tcees-to marked
hickory standing near the westorn branch
OF Christtana Creek. surveyed ye Attn Dr.
l7Ol by
ISAAC cTAYLoR---THoMAs PIERsoN."
(Costng perhaps IN those days 100 dollars)
%ihs same principle by which Il. II.
curves are now laid.
Now. MIR. Editor, most of your renders
will D receive tnat''ye' was used iu those
days instead OF article the which we
now use but tley may not so readily psr-
ceive that o Dr." means September anu
* br" means October.
1t toppears. tnerefore. that the surveyors
began the work on the 26th dav OF Sep.
tober requiring only say 3 days to.survey
and mark tile boundary. Now lot us Oh.
serve that some Of tho people along the
same about 1889. seeing ''ye old marKad.
trees, dying, rotting going" petltioDed
to have their places restored and more
permanent marks made especially at pub
lio road cEossinge as common farmer
sense dictates.
Can you tell US (Mr. Edltor) how many
months II took. how many observntCries
q call them derrioks) wsre erected. how
mucn needless and very wise ~ triangu.
lution was had how meny thousand
dollars our state had to pay. for having
many OF her people injured aud disgust
ed, and no one banellted5
By the way--there are ''deIricks" Tor sale
around here that con be had cheap; h idn't
your town better buy them. at u bargain.
TO use IN laying out your streets or watoh'
ing for votesp They will be just as usefu |.
ut lhat, as they were here, in laying out
a boundary tnAt was not lost, buI slmply
wautsd restoring and preserving.
Our people are getting mad, and claim.
In justice. to have review without any
hog us iobbery but little common sense
and practical work. They also think the
'derrlcEs" might DO economically used,
before they rot down, for hanging some
OF tue ''Boodle jobDers" we now have ir
our land. j. q. J.