Okay, thanks! I had no idea that they had legally defined city limits then.
Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "acroorca2002" <orc@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 4:52 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: mason dixon point of beginning continued
> kennett square pa
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> because the city limits ended on the south side of south street
> & didnt include the buildings on that side
>
> --- In 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
> >
> >
> > ----- 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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