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say Certain" However observations must be had more Cer-
tain than has been. The Messrs Vasey & Iones Mathema-
ticians say, "Comparing the North Line run by Mr Emory,
with a Line paralel to it about two Miles distance from New
Castle Town, Maryland will gain above the Head of Elk
River abl Three Thousand Barren Acres from New Castle
County. But say they She loses abt the Head of Broad Creek,
Bohemia & two Rivers Sassafras & Chester above Twenty
times as much " Mr Emery endeavours to Accot for an Allow-
ance made by Mr Vazey of the variation Vizt" If Mr Vazey
had run his Line not allowing for the variation it wod near
have Struck Warwick Town" by wh he Apprehends "the 12
Miles Circle to be round New Castle will not take any Naviga-
ble Waters that a Canoe can swim in Tis of consequence
realy to know upon adjustg the measurmt of the Circle of what
Effect to Maryland? wh at present bet: his Lordps Mathematicians
is inaccurate & deprives him to form final Determination,
having no Intelligence that enables him with any Criterion to
conclude Boundaries Eastd bet: Maryland & Pensilvania. The
Messrs Penns want no Intelligence from their Province of
the Lat: North & South & of Longitude the Maridian bet: any
two Places East & West to Substitute Lines to perfect Cramp
or Pillage the Inheritance of Maryland. This is Exemplyfy'd
in the Articles of Agreemt with them & the late Lord by a
Chart fix'd thereunto, suspect'd theirs & transmitt'd to the late
Lord from his Province, said Knavishly, hoped ignorantly.
The Chart has no Description, is plan'd with no Distance
of one Place from another or has it a Scale. Thus stands
his Lordp in Dilemna involved witht knowledge to Steer his
Course. Gentelmen of the Province that have & are in
Lucrative Employs have been write to for advice & Intelligence
wh they have Neglected Answg not to Enter into agreemt with
the Pensilvanian Proprietors until his Lordp was Apprised of
the true State. All recd from them dependant many years, has
been Doubts & Blown Surmises, Trash for Law Pleadgs End-
less in Dispute.
My Lord approves of yr Endeavour with Lord Fairfax's in
Virginia to fix the Branch of Potomack River by another
Branch rung South West, it will enlarge & Extend Maryland
much more than the Branch rung North West, & will Advantage
Lord Fairfax as to his Particular Tract of Land, yet it "will be
very Difficult to gain the Colony of Virginia Consent to re-
settle, as it will be the Losser by alterg the Course of the River,
wh has been Settled by Order of the Crown, & of wh the late
Lord Baltimore had Notice & was present with Lord Fairfax
at the Hearing before the Council, whose Report the King
Confirm'd, & Accordingly the Spring Head has been Determin'd
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