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[Maps of the Maryland-Pennsylvania boundary used as trial exhibits in the 1735 court suit brought by the Penns against Lord Baltimore to determine the official interprovincial boundary line].

[Maps of the Maryland-Pennsylvania boundary used as trial exhibits in the 1735 court suit brought by the Penns against Lord Baltimore to determine the official interprovincial boundary line].

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Summary

The maps also cover the Lower Counties (now the State of Delaware) which at the time were part of Pennsylvania.
The "Virginia" map shows lines of latitude (identified) and longitude (unidentified).
Common title devised by cataloger.
Annotated in ink handwriting on recto by Ferdinand J. Paris (attorney for the Penn Family).
The "Virginia" map is oriented with north to the right.
Hand col. (light watercolor) to show the territory of Maryland.
Both sheets watermarked (stylized figure of duck).
Accompanied by a col. photocopy of the verso of each map.
Extensive lead-pencil annotations on verso by Ferdinand J. Paris.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Date

01/01/1732
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Contributors

Senex, John, -1740.
Paris, Ferdinand John.
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Source

Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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