- American ghost tripoints
Mike, In one of your messages Re: Grosvenor on maps, you inventoried a small but intriguing collection of ghost points within the present USA. I commend you
Jan 31, 2004 @ 19:42 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
- Re: American ghost tripoints
... but
intriguing collection of ghost points within the present USA. I commend = you for
your ingenuity in rooting these out
thanx lowell
i have been
Feb 06, 2004 @ 01:48 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
- Re: American ghost tripoints
... l =
but
intriguing collection of ghost points within the present USA. I commen= d =
you for
your ingenuity in rooting these out
thanx
Feb 06, 2004 @ 03:03 - m06079 ("m06079" <barbaria_longa@...>)
- Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: American ghost tripoints
Mike, ... Yes, I have indeed begun to see exactly what you have begun to mean! I will expound more upon it and answer your additional specific questions when
Feb 06, 2004 @ 06:36 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
- Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: American ghost tripoints
The question of a ghost international tripoint at the intersection of the 31st parallel and the Mississippi River (or anywhere east of there along the
Feb 07, 2004 @ 07:49 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
- Re: American ghost tripoints
... 31st
parallel and the Mississippi River (or anywhere east of there along the
parallel) all boils down to the evolving status of West Florida as the re=
Feb 07, 2004 @ 18:28 - m06079 ("m06079" <barbaria_longa@...>)
- Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: American ghost tripoints
... That s fine with me. To each his own. If those are your standards, then it was a tripoint. ... That they were! I m just a bit hesitant to ordain a spot
Feb 07, 2004 @ 22:38 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
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... good point i understand unless a tripoint has full tripartite agreement & full de facto compliance it isnt unqualified absolutely but even today & even at
Feb 08, 2004 @ 02:22 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
- Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: American ghost tripoints
... I don t know when the provisional GBUS treaty of 1783 was ratified and effective, but the ESGB treaty by which Britain ceded the Floridas to Spain was
Feb 08, 2004 @ 02:42 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
- Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: American ghost tripoints
On third reading, I now understand your question (I think). I don t know which treaty, whether, ESGB or GBUS, was signed earlier on September 3, 1783, nor how
Feb 08, 2004 @ 02:51 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
- Re: American ghost tripoints
fantastic research by you here again lowell for you have indeed narrowed the ephemerality of the de jure 1783esgbus1783 tripoint at 31st & miss down to a
Feb 08, 2004 @ 14:03 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
- Re: American ghost tripoints
... the provisional gbus was 30 nov 1782 & the 1783 gbus of 3 sept was not provisional but definite however you do raise an interesting quandary my de jure
Feb 08, 2004 @ 14:43 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
- Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: American ghost tripoints
... Of course. My 1783 above was a typo. I meant 1782. ... I agree. ... The Articles of Confederation being in effect since March 1, 1781, ratification
Feb 08, 2004 @ 19:09 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
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... good i appreciate that as well as these beautiful ratification confirmations so we might eat our cake & have it too also it is amusing to think that some
Feb 09, 2004 @ 02:14 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
- Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: American ghost tripoints
... Some stickler other than us, of course! :-) I ll dig around in British diplomatic history, perhaps tomorrow, and try to learn when the King put his
Feb 09, 2004 @ 03:21 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
- Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: American ghost tripoints
On February 8th, I wrote (regarding the British-Spanish Treaty of Paris of ... Well, I didn t get to it until today, but I have been entirely unable to come up
Feb 15, 2004 @ 04:50 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)