I will have to get a copy of that book! Since I'm
relatively new I thought I'd still post a report to
see what I've missed. Now you've encouraged me to
return and find the two monuments I overlooked.

Thanks for the information. :)

Brendan

--- bjbutlerus <bjbutler@...> wrote:

> Nice job! I would only add the following comments
> to your report:
>
> The large monument near PAN (a.k.a. PANE) was set in
> 1790 by none less
> than Andrew Ellicott. This is described in detail
> in BUS&SS on page
> 78. A nice photo of the monument appears in BUS&SS
> on page 7. The
> north-south NY/PA boundary follows the meridian that
> passes through
> the western end of Lake Ontario. To accurately
> survery this line, it
> was necessary for the surveying party to enter
> Canada, find the W end
> of Lake Ontario, and the traverse across Ontario to
> Lake Erie. This
> took place at a time between the Revolutionary War
> and the War of 1812
> and there were serious polital obstacles. These are
> described in
> Andrew Ellicott's biograpghy and memoirs, the names
> of which I cannot
> remember at the moment.
>
> By the way, I visited these points in July. My
> reports are at:
>
> NYSW -
>

http://www.bjbsoftware.com/corners/pointdetail.php3?point=444

> PAN -
>

http://www.bjbsoftware.com/corners/pointdetail.php3?point=428

>
> BJB

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