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PENNSYLVANIA BOUNDARY LINE. 407
In conformity with this provisional line between the provinces, which was
not to interfere with the actual possession of the settlers, all grants of the
disputed territory, as defined by this temporary line, were suspended until the
final establishment of the respective rights of the Lord Proprietary by the
British Court of Chancery. Accordingly, a decree was pronounced by Chancellor Hardwicke, in May, 1750,1 and, in pursuance thereof, commissioners
were appointed by each of the parties to carry it into effect. The death of
Charles, Lord Baltimore, in April, 1751, suspended the progress of the work,
and upon the succession of Frederick, the last Lord Baltimore, fresh sources
of controversy were at once opened. The question remained unsettled until
the 4th of July, 1760, when an agreement was entered into between Lord
Baltimore and Thomas and Eichard Penn, the surviving proprietaries of
Pennsylvania, when the controversy was finally determined.
This agreement adopted that of 1732, and the decree of 1750, in their full
extent, as to the definition of the boundaries; and to carry it into effect, Governor Sharpe, Benjamin Tasker, Jr., Edward Lloyd, Eobert Jenkins Henry,
Daniel Dulany, Stephen Bordley and the Reverend Alexander Malcolm were
appointed commissioners on the part of Maryland, and Honorable James
Hamilton, William Allen, Eichard Peters, Benjamin Chew, Lynford Lardner,
Ryves Holt and George Stephenson, on behalf of Pennsylvania.2
They assembled at Newcastle on the 19th of November, 1760, and immediately began their operations. They were engaged from time to time in the
prosecution of their labors, until the 9th of November, 1768, when they
finished their work and made a final report to the proprietaries. After referring to the authority under which they had performed their duty, they reported
as follows:
"1st. We have completely run out, settled, fixed and determined a straight line,
beginning at the exact middle of the clue east and west line mentioned in the articles of
the fourth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and sixty, to have been run by other
commissioners, formerly appointed by the said Charles, Lord Baltimore, and the said
Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, across the peninsula, from Cape Henlopen to Chesapeake Bay, the exact middle of which said east and west line is at the distance of thirty-
four miles and three hundred and nine perches from the verge of the main ocean, the
eastern end or beginning of the said clue east and west line; and that we have extended
the said straight line eighty-one miles seventy-eight chains and thirty links up the peninsula, until it touched and made a tangent to the western part of the periphery of a circle
drawn at the horizontal distance of twelve English statute miles from the centre of the
town of New Castle, and have marked, described and perpetuated the said straight or
tangent line, by setting up and erecting one remarkable stone at the place of beginning
thereof, in the exact middle of the aforesaid due east and west line, according to the angle
made by the said due west line, and by the said tangent line; which stone, on
1 1st Vesey Sen'rs Reports, pp. 444-456. the declension of several of its original com-
2 In the progress of this tedious and pro- missioners; and the Rev. John Ewing, William
tracted work, the Rev. John Barclay, George Coleman, Edward Shippen and Thomas Will-
Stuart, Daniel of St Thomas Jenifer, and John ing, Esqs., were appointed to fill vacancies
Beale Bordley. were appointed on the part of similarly occurring in the Pennsylvania Board.
Maryland, to fill the vacancies occasioned by
| Title | History of Maryland - 1 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000436 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | PENNSYLVANIA BOUNDARY LINE. 407 In conformity with this provisional line between the provinces, which was not to interfere with the actual possession of the settlers, all grants of the disputed territory, as defined by this temporary line, were suspended until the final establishment of the respective rights of the Lord Proprietary by the British Court of Chancery. Accordingly, a decree was pronounced by Chancellor Hardwicke, in May, 1750,1 and, in pursuance thereof, commissioners were appointed by each of the parties to carry it into effect. The death of Charles, Lord Baltimore, in April, 1751, suspended the progress of the work, and upon the succession of Frederick, the last Lord Baltimore, fresh sources of controversy were at once opened. The question remained unsettled until the 4th of July, 1760, when an agreement was entered into between Lord Baltimore and Thomas and Eichard Penn, the surviving proprietaries of Pennsylvania, when the controversy was finally determined. This agreement adopted that of 1732, and the decree of 1750, in their full extent, as to the definition of the boundaries; and to carry it into effect, Governor Sharpe, Benjamin Tasker, Jr., Edward Lloyd, Eobert Jenkins Henry, Daniel Dulany, Stephen Bordley and the Reverend Alexander Malcolm were appointed commissioners on the part of Maryland, and Honorable James Hamilton, William Allen, Eichard Peters, Benjamin Chew, Lynford Lardner, Ryves Holt and George Stephenson, on behalf of Pennsylvania.2 They assembled at Newcastle on the 19th of November, 1760, and immediately began their operations. They were engaged from time to time in the prosecution of their labors, until the 9th of November, 1768, when they finished their work and made a final report to the proprietaries. After referring to the authority under which they had performed their duty, they reported as follows: "1st. We have completely run out, settled, fixed and determined a straight line, beginning at the exact middle of the clue east and west line mentioned in the articles of the fourth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and sixty, to have been run by other commissioners, formerly appointed by the said Charles, Lord Baltimore, and the said Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, across the peninsula, from Cape Henlopen to Chesapeake Bay, the exact middle of which said east and west line is at the distance of thirty- four miles and three hundred and nine perches from the verge of the main ocean, the eastern end or beginning of the said clue east and west line; and that we have extended the said straight line eighty-one miles seventy-eight chains and thirty links up the peninsula, until it touched and made a tangent to the western part of the periphery of a circle drawn at the horizontal distance of twelve English statute miles from the centre of the town of New Castle, and have marked, described and perpetuated the said straight or tangent line, by setting up and erecting one remarkable stone at the place of beginning thereof, in the exact middle of the aforesaid due east and west line, according to the angle made by the said due west line, and by the said tangent line; which stone, on 1 1st Vesey Sen'rs Reports, pp. 444-456. the declension of several of its original com- 2 In the progress of this tedious and pro- missioners; and the Rev. John Ewing, William tracted work, the Rev. John Barclay, George Coleman, Edward Shippen and Thomas Will- Stuart, Daniel of St Thomas Jenifer, and John ing, Esqs., were appointed to fill vacancies Beale Bordley. were appointed on the part of similarly occurring in the Pennsylvania Board. Maryland, to fill the vacancies occasioned by |
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