Final Report of the Virginia Commissioners on the Maryland and Virginia Boundary to the Governor of Virginia, Issue 2 |
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Page 11 - That Virginia shall have and enjoy the antient bounds and lymitts granted by the charters of the former kings, and that we shall seek a new charter from the parliament to that purpose against any that have intrencht upon the rights thereof.
Page 16 - ... said Watkins Point, over Pocomoke River to the land near Robert Holston's, and there have marked certain trees which are so continued by an east line running over Swansecutes Creeke into the marsh of the seaside with apparent marks and boundaries.
Page 16 - Bay have and do conclude the same to be Watkins Point, from which said point so called, we have run an east line, agreeable with the extreamest part of the...
Page 16 - Majesty's Hon'ble Governor and Council of Virginia, from time to time to give advice and order, for directing the said Surveyor General to do his duty appertaining to his office. In order thereunto his Majesty's Hon'ble Governor and Council have by letter moved the Hon'ble the Lord Baltimore's Lieut. Geni, of Maryland to appoint some fitting person to meet upon the place called Watkins' Point with the Surveyor Geni, of Virginia, and thence to run the division line to the Ocean Sea, &c.
Page 163 - Examined by Mr. Wise. I was absent much from home, having for many years been a seafaring man; and all that I know about the line between Maryland and Virginia, either of my own knowledge or by tradition, I have stated. I think it was in 1853 or 1854, when King Nelson told me what his father told him about the state of the waters at the break through between Fox island and Watts island.
Page 10 - Meridian of the first Fountain of the River of Pattowmack, thence verging towards the South, unto the further Bank of the said River, and following the same on the West and South, unto a certain Place called Cinquack, situate near the Mouth of the said River...
Page 35 - ... latitude; and whereas, such true location of said boundary lines can be ascertained only by accurate scientific survey: Therefore 1. Resolved by the general assembly, That the governor of Virginia be and he is hereby authorized and instructed to apply to the proper officer of the United States government for the assignment of a competent corps of surveyors to the duty of ascertaining and locating the true boundary lines between the State of Virginia and the states of Maryland, North Carolina,...
Page 89 - I regret to say that it will be impossible for me to attend the meeting of the American Street-Railway Association. I am obliged to be in New York during the month of October. [From MR. JOHN BEAVER, Treas., Third Avenue K. A".
Page 3 - To the Senate and House of Delegates : I have the honor to transmit...
Page 191 - I never examined it particularly for any marks; I can't say how old I was when I first saw it, but I can state how Severn Bradshaw came to show it to me : We were about the same year's children, or the same age, and we were on what is called Cow hammock, or Cow ridge, or Orchard ridge — it was called by all three names; the gum was on Cow ridge, now owned by Severn Bradshaw; the reason we were there together was that we were fond of...