456 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1684-89.

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Entry Book,
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latitude of Cape hinlopen to the 40^th degree of Northern lati-
tude and that one half thereof lying towards the Bay of Dela-
ware & the Eastern sea be adjudged to belong to his Majesty

& that the other half remain to die Lord Baltemore as com-
prized within his Charter.

Councill Chamber
7. November 1685.

His Majesty well approving of the said Report It was there-
upon ordered by His Majesty in Councill that the said Land
be forthwith divided accordingly, whereof the said Lord Balte-
more and William Penn together with their respective Officers,
and all others whom it may concern are to take notice and
give due and ready obedience thereunto.

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Colonial
Papers.

Extract of Papers transmitted by the Lord Baltemore
Prop^r of Maryland: Relating to the Boundarys of Mary-
land Pensylvania & New Castle.

That the Lord Baltemore on the 27^th June 1682 had found
the latitude of New Castle to be 39/ 40 odd minutes.
That observation being taken by the Lord Baltemore and
M^r Pen's Agents, they all agreed that the latitude of Upland
was by the sextil of Coll. Morrice, in 39^d 97^m & 5^s whereupon
the Lord Baltemore told them that since the degree of N. Lat:
would be about 12 miles more due N. from Upland it would
be necessary to go up Delaware River to where 40^d did cutt
the River.
That New Castle has been justly claimed by the present
Lord Baltemore & his father. That M^r Pen had been
assured that the degree of 40. N. Lat: would fall lower than
Sassafras River in Chesopeak Bay. That the Lords of the
Council were assured that New Castle Bay lay 7. 8. or 10.
miles to the Northward of the 40^th degr. but that the Chief of
the Quakers have since owned that New Castle lies some miles
to the Southward of the 40^th degr.

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Report touching the prosecuting of the Quo Warranto's in
the Plantations.

Mem^d
My Lord President is desired by the Right Hon^ble the Lords
of the Committee for Trade and Plantations to move his
Majesty that Directions ntay be given to M^r Attorney Gen-
erall that the prosecution of severall writs of Quo War-
ranto against the Propriety of the Province of Maryland and
against the Colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island and the