kennett square pa
because the city limits ended on the south side of south street
& didnt include the buildings on that side
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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
<mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> If Messrs. Mason and Dixon were seeking the southernmost point of
the city, why
> would they use the north wall of the southernmost house and not the
south wall
> of the same?
>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "acroorca2002" <orc@o...>
> To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 9:25 AM
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] mason dixon point of beginning continued
>
>
> > reached the famous corner of south & second streets in
philadelphia
> > last night
> > & scoured all the building facades along the south side of south
> > street in both directions
> > all the way to third street & then clear to front street too
> > looking for some sort of commemorative announcement or historic
marker
> > of the mason dixon point of beginning
> > at what is supposed to have been the southernmost point of
> > philadelphia in 1763
> >
> > & tho philadelphia is full of historical signs
> > since after all most of history did originally happen here
> > i could find no trace of the history i was looking for
> >
> > exhausted i went to sleep right on the corner there hoping for a
dream
> >
> > had a great one too
> > & continued the try this morning at the free library
> > where i am posting this interim report before returning to the
scene
> > for a closer look
> >
> > here at the library i have found the official 1762 map of
> > philadelphia which mason & dixon were most likely working from
> >
> > it does indeed show cedar aka south street to be the southern
limit
> > but only as far east as second avenue
> > where a narrow proruption of the plotted street plan is shown
> > extending much farther south along the delaware river
> >
> > hmmm
> > i cant figure out why mason & dixon didnt use the southernmost
point
> > of this proruption
> > tho there is probably a perfectly good reason
> >
> > in any case
> > because the proruption ends precisely at second street
> > we can be pretty sure their point of beginning
> > reportedly near second street
> > is just east of second street rather than just west of it
> > since that would be outside the city by either definition
> >
> > moreover the 1762 map shows only one house anywhere near the
corner
> > & it stands between 100 & 175 feet east of second street
> >
> > the next house on this street btw is at the corner of front &
south
> > & couldnt have been the right house
> > or history would have said front & south rather than second &
south
> >
> > so this single solitary house or its successor stands a very good
> > chance of being the house i am looking for
> >
> > & since philadelphia tilts a bit southeast
> > the northeast corner of the house
> > is farther south than the its northwest corner
> >
> > so now i will go back & try to find & put my finger on precisely
this
> > northeast corner of precisely this building on the south side of
> > south street precisely 175 feet east of second street
> >
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