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land, Disputes soon afterwards arose between the respective
Proprietarys and their Tenants, which tho quieted from time
to time by his Majesties Orders in Council, have not as -yet
been finally settled, by reason that the Boundary lines between
the two Provinces were never ascertained or actually run, but
the Present Lord Baltimore Proprietary of Maryland and
Mess^rs Penn the Present Proprietors of Pensylvania in order
to put an end to all Disputes about the Extent of their Terri-
tories and Jurisdictions have at length entered into Articles
bearing Date the fourth of July One Thousand Seven hundred
and Sixty, by which it is agreed between them that from the
West Extremity of a line already run West Thirty four Miles
three Hundred and nine Perches from a Place called Fenwicks
Island (lying on the sea side in the Latitude of about 38^o 36'
and about Thirty Miles Southward of the Mouth of Delaware
Bay) a Straight line shall be run Northward up the Peninsula
(lying between Delaware and Chesapeak Bays) so as to be a
Tangent to a Circle of Twelve Miles Radius round the Town
of Newcastle on Delaware, It hath been found by Calculation
that the Course of this Line will be 3...32.. 5 Westward of
due North and that it will be 81 miles, 76 chains and 73 Links
in Length; it is also agreed that after this Line shall be run a
due North line shall be run from the Northern Extremity of
it or Point of Contact to a Place or Point that shall be found

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to lye Just fifteen Statute Miles south of Philadelphia, and
that from such Point or Place a due East and West Line shall
be extended so far Westward as the Meridian of the fountain
head of the River Potomack, which several abovementioned
Lines will I suppose be actually run in about two Years.
3. The Chief Branch of the Trade of this Province is the
Importation of Goods from Great Britain, and the annual
Exportation of about 28000 Hheads of Tobacco Thither, in
Vessels annually sent hither from thence, to the Number (I
take the year 1760) of about 120, of the Burthen of about
18000 Tons, and navigated by 1900 Men: the Vessels owned
by the Inhabitants of the Province are about 30 Most of them
Sloops and Schooners navigated with about 200 men, and of
thirteen hundred Tons Burthen, they are generally employed
in the West India Trade, and in Carrying Corn Bread and
Wheat to the Northern Colonies the Number of these Vessels
hath much decreased within ten years Past, but as that hath
been owing to the Enemies having captured many of our
Vessels trading to the Sugar Islands, they will I doubt not
increase in Number after the Conclusion of a Peace.
4. There are no Trades, Works, nor Manufactures, which
would Prove hurtfull to Great Britain already set up, or about
to be set up in this Province,

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