. History and government of Pennsylvania. A supplement to Elementary American history and government by James Albert Woodburn and Thomas Francis Moran . House in which William Penn lived, inPhiladelphia This house, formerly in Letitia Court, nowstands in Fairmount Park. lO ELEMENTARY HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT the inaccurate maps, the fact did not appear that a circle drawntwelve miles from Newcastle would be many miles south of thefortieth parallel. If Lord Baltimores claim were valid, all ofPenns new city would have lain within the limits of based his interpretation on the fact tha
. History and government of Pennsylvania. A supplement to Elementary American history and government by James Albert Woodburn and Thomas Francis Moran . House in which William Penn lived, inPhiladelphia This house, formerly in Letitia Court, nowstands in Fairmount Park. lO ELEMENTARY HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT the inaccurate maps, the fact did not appear that a circle drawntwelve miles from Newcastle would be many miles south of thefortieth parallel. If Lord Baltimores claim were valid, all ofPenns new city would have lain within the limits of based his interpretation on the fact that the land in had already been occupied by the Dutch and Swedes andhence was not uncultivat(? Map Illustrating the Principal Boundary Disputes The Erie triangle was not involved, having been purchased by Pennsylvania fromthe United States in order to secure a port on Lake Erie. Disputes had also arisen with Lord Baltimore concerningthe boundary between Maryland and the Three Lower conferences were held without result. In the meantimecolonists settled in the disputed parts, under authority fromboth provinces, with the result that many conflicts occurred. Final Settlement; Mason and Dixons Line. An agreementreached in 1732, provided that a portion of a circle should bedrawn twelve miles distant from Newcastle; that a Jine should HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA ii be drawn in a general northerly direction from a point half waybetween Cape Henlopen and Chesapeake Bay till it reached thetwelve-mile circle. From this tangent point a line was to bedrawn directly north till it crossed a line fifteen miles south ofPhiladelphia. This crossing was the northeastern co
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