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A Plan of the West Line Or Parallel of Latitude, Which Is the Boundary Between the Provinces of Maryland and Pensylvania : a Plan of the Boundary Lines Between the Province of Maryland and the Three Lower Counties On Delaware With Part of the Parallel...
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Map Description
Old map of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, United States.
Dixon Line, traditionally thought of as the divide between North and South in the United States and, before the Civil War, between the slaveholding and non-slaveholding states. In the 1700s, a boundary dispute arose between the British colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania. They agreed to resolve the dispute by having two English astronomers, Charles Mason (1728-86) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733-79), survey the border. Mason and Dixon completed their survey in 1767 and set up milestones to mark the line. This map was made by Mason and published in Philadelphia in 1768. The Mason-Dixon Line was resurveyed in 1849, 1900, and, most recently, the 1960s and has proven to be highly accurate. Today, the line is set at 39°43'19.521" north latitude. It forms the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland, between Pennsylvania and part of West Virginia, and the north-south boundary between Maryland and Delaware. The origin of "Dixie," the traditional nickname for the American South and the unofficial national anthem of the Confederacy during the Civil War, is obscure, but one theory holds that the name derives from Jeremiah Dixon." World Digital Library.
Created by Jeremiah Dixon, Robert Kennedy, Charles Mason, James Smither in 1768.
Dixon Line, traditionally thought of as the divide between North and South in the United States and, before the Civil War, between the slaveholding and non-slaveholding states. In the 1700s, a boundary dispute arose between the British colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania. They agreed to resolve the dispute by having two English astronomers, Charles Mason (1728-86) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733-79), survey the border. Mason and Dixon completed their survey in 1767 and set up milestones to mark the line. This map was made by Mason and published in Philadelphia in 1768. The Mason-Dixon Line was resurveyed in 1849, 1900, and, most recently, the 1960s and has proven to be highly accurate. Today, the line is set at 39°43'19.521" north latitude. It forms the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland, between Pennsylvania and part of West Virginia, and the north-south boundary between Maryland and Delaware. The origin of "Dixie," the traditional nickname for the American South and the unofficial national anthem of the Confederacy during the Civil War, is obscure, but one theory holds that the name derives from Jeremiah Dixon." World Digital Library.
Created by Jeremiah Dixon, Robert Kennedy, Charles Mason, James Smither in 1768.
- First part of title appears at left margin, second part at right margin.
- Includes ill. in cartouches.
- Originally issued on 2 sheets.
- Relief shown pictorially.
- Shows the Mason and Dixon line.
- LAC ddw 2023-06-13 update (1 card)
Map Subjects
Boundaries
Delaware
Early Works To 1800
Maryland
Dixon Line
Pennsylvania
United States
Jeremiah Dixon
Robert Kennedy
Charles Mason
James Smither
1768
Map Tags
1768
Boundaries
Charles Mason
Delaware
Dixon Line
Early Works To 1800
James Smither
Jeremiah Dixon
Map
Maps
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Robert Kennedy
United States
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