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Published: 2015-07-22

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9781331966555

Excerpt from Report of the Committee on the Western Boundary of Maryland: A Paper Read Before the Maryland Historical Society, December 9th, 1889 The original boundaries of the Province of Maryland were laid down with unwonted precision in the charter which created it. These were: the fortieth parallel of north latitude; a meridian line running south to the first or most distant fountain of the Potomac - ("ad verum meridianum primi fontis fluminis de Patowomack") thence proceeding southward ("deinde vergendo versus meridiem") to the farther or western bank of that river, and following that bank to a specified point at the mouth of the river where it debouches into the Chesapeake; thence by a straight line across the bay to Watkins Point and onward to the ocean, and thence by the ocean and Delaware bay and river to the fortieth parallel. The only one of these courses that was at all uncertain at the time the charter was granted, was that at the extreme west. The country to the west of the Alleghanies was then altogether unknown. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.