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X.
Lands On The Delaware Peninsula.

1629--1674. Translations, Notes and Extracts taken from the Dutch Records of New York. 1753. Mr. Jacob Goelet, Interpreter. By Lewis Evans. Relating to Grants on Delaware and various Maryland affairs, attested before Gov. Delancey by Goelet and Evans. Sm. 4o., half calf, pp. 176.[Great Seal of New York attached.]
1641. Mch. 12. Copy of exemplification of grant by Charles II to Duke of York. 4 pp., fo.
1660. Apl. 8. Grant by Charles II to Duke of York of town of Newcastle. 23 pp., fo.
1664--1675. Inspeximus of New York Records; Boundaries of neighboring colonies; Nicholls' Commission; Duke of York's Grant; and other documents relating to settlements on Delaware. July 29, 1740.[Great Seal of New York. Parchment.]
1664. Apl. 2--26. Same. Duke of York's grant; Commission of Nicholls. Oct. 17, 1735.[Great Seal of New York. Parchment.]Same. Another copy. Oct. 20, 1735.
1664. June 24. Copy of part of Deed from Duke of York to Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. No. 2. 2 pp., fo.

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1664. July 22-Oct. 1. Inspeximus of New York Records; Letter from Gov. Winthrop of Conn. to Gov. Nicholls, and other documents relating to Dutch on Delaware. Oct. 20, 1735. [Parchment.]
1668. June 16. Exemplification of a grant on west side Delaware Bay to Isaac Holme and others. Aug. 18, 1735. [Parchment.]
1671. May 1. Confirmation of grant from Col. Lovelace to Simeon Brent. Land on west side Delaware Bay. 3 pp., fo.Same. 2 pp., fo.
1671--73. Extracts from the Registry Books kept by James Weedon and Francis Jenkins, surveyors of land on the seaside and Delaware Bay. 22 pp., fo.
1671--73. Grants of Land on or near Delaware. Copy made about 1750. Sm. fo.Contents:
- 1671. July 15. Daniel Brown. On Seaboard.
- 1671. " " John Collison. same.
- 1670/1. Jan. 30. John Rhodeson. same.
- 1674/5. Mch. 22. Lord Proprietor. Manor in Somerset.
- 1671/2. Feb. 4. Randall Revell. Indian Neck.
- 1673/4. Mch. 17. Lord Proprietor. Manor of Somerset.
- 1671/2. Feb. 10. Robert Catlin. Near Indian Neck.
- 1671/2. " 13. same same.
- 1671/2. Feb. William Thompson. Island Creek--Rehoboth Bay.
- 1672. May 21. John White. Montmore.
- 1672. " 8. Andrew Gundry. Gundry's Delight.
- 1672. " 10. Charles Prouse. Prouse's Recovery.
- 1672. May 10. George Sealy. Sealy's Delight.
- 1672. " " John Boteler. Newington Green.
- 1672. " 11. William Coulter. Cheive Chase.
- 1672. " " Mathew Wilson. Nottingham.
- 1672. " " William Winsmore. Pipe Elm.
- 1672. " 14. William Prentice. Prentice's 2d Choice.
- 1672. " 22. Daniel Browne. Charing Cross.
- 1672. " 17. Richard Patee. Seiuse.
- 1672. " 15. Richard Kemball. Partner's Choice.
- 1672. " 12. Henry Smith. Kodder.
- 1672. " 16. same. Porshows.
- 1673. Aug. 1. Robert Ridgely. Friend's Choice.
1672--1686. Extracts or Copys of Severall Grants or Pattents of Land recorded in the Land Record Books of the Province of Maryland. Exhibitt No. 4. 9 pp., fo.Contents:
- 1672. Nov. 10. Liber W. C. No. 2, fo. 176.
- 1682. " 17. same. No. 5, fo. 336.
- 1672.
- 1682. Nov. 17. same. No. 5, fo. 335.
- 1684. Apl. 5. same. No. 4, fo. 139.
- 1686. May 10.
- 1675. Sept. 23. Payment made to Indians for Land on west side Delaware. 1 p., fo.
1682--8. Grants of Land on or near Delaware. Copy made about 1750. pp., fo.Contents:
- 1683. June 28. Col. Vincent Lowe. Talbot Co. Col. Talbot. New Ireland, Cecil Co.
- 1682. June 12. John Stevens. Durham Co.
- 1684. Apl. 5. John Stevens. Durham Co.
- 1684. " 25. Ephraim Hermann. St. Augustine Manor.
- " " same. same.
- 1687. Sept. 20. Richard Pattey. Somerset Co.
- 1688. June 12. same. same.
- 1688. July 22. Robert Ridgely. On Delaware.
- 1683. Nov. 29. Edward Dwyro. New Ireland, Cecil Co.
- 1683. May 10. same. same.
- 1683. Aug. 29. same. New Munster, Cecil Co.
- 1683. May 10. same. same.
- 1683. Sept. 29. same. New Ireland, Cecil Co.
- 1686. May 10. Thomas Casey. same.Col. Talbot. Cowe Creek, Cecil Co.same. Izembergh, same.
1682. Aug. 20. Copy Duke of York's grant to William Penn of Newcastle and twelve miles around. Fo., two copies.
1682. Aug. 24. Exemplification of Duke of York's grant of Newcastle, the twelve mile circle and land south of Newcastle to William Penn. From the New York Records, Oct. 17, 1735.[Great Seal of New York. Parchment.]Same. Another copy made Oct. 20, 1735.
1683. Talbot's Commission and Demands, etc. 7 pp., fo.Contents:
- 1683. Sept. 17. Talbot's commission from Lord Baltimore to demand all land on west side Delaware below 40° from William Penn.
- 1683. Sept. 24. Talbot's Demand of N. Moore.
- " Oct. 31. An answer to a demand made to N. Moore, Penn's Deputy. Considerations upon the answer.
1683. Copies of warrants for land on Delaware Bay.
1685. Nov. 1. Order in Council. Division of the Peninsula.
1685. Nov. 13. Order of Privy Council dividing the Peninsula.
1716. May 16. Attainder of Col. Robert Talbot, of Hexham. Order to seize his Real and Personal Estate in Cecil and Talbot Counties. Attested Copy, Sept. 27, 1759.
1717. Oct. 21. Petition of Earl of Sutherland to King for grant of the Three Lower Counties. 6 pp., fo.same. 10 pp., fo.
1725. Jan. 6. Appointment of meeting. Earl of Sutherland's petition.
1753. Oct. 20. Lewis Evans to Gov. Sharpe, with a Summary of the Dutch Records of New York, with a map showing distribution of Land under agreement of 1732. 12 pp., 40.
1756. Apl. 16. Report of Board of Trade on petition of Caleb Evans praying a grant of all Islands in Delaware River and Bay.

XI.
Extracts from Records in England and America.

Extracts from Council Records. Large folio, pp. 5--28, 33--44.

Contents:

1659. Oct. 7. Liber H. H., pages 44--59.
1661. May 13. same. 97--99.
1661. " 21. same. 108.
1661. July 1. same. 110--112.
1661. Sept. 19. same. 117--119.
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1669. Oct. 22. B. pages 16--17.
1670. Sept. 19. C. B. 35--36.
1671. Dec. 6.
1672. C. B. 110--113.
1683. Mch. 12. R.R. 59, 63.
1683. " 22. same. 72, 76.
1684. Aug. 7. same. 118--119.
1684. Oct. 4. same. 123.
1684. Nov. 5. same. 144.
1685. May 30. same. 230--231.
1685. June 1. same. 235--236.
1685/6. Mch. 5. same.

Extracts from Council Records. Sm. fo., pp. 62. Copy made about 1726.

Contents:

1659. Aug. 3, Oct. 6--9. Liber H. H., pages 42--59.
1661. May 21, July 1. same. 97, 108, 110, 113.
1669. July 8, Oct. 22. K.K. 3, 4, 6, 7, 14, 15.
1673. Oct. 1. R. R., part 1. 20.
1677. June 24. same. 122.
1683/4. Mch. 12, 19. R. R., part 2, 59, 63, 72, 73, 75.
1684. Apl. 5. same. 79.
1684. May 12. C. B., No. 1. 86, 88.
1684. Oct. 3, Nov. 5. R. R. part 2. 115--118, 121--123, 142--144.
1685. May 30, June 1. same. 203, 225, 232, 235, 236.
1685/6. Mch. 5. same. 314, 317.
1650. May. Act Purchasing Lands from Indians, W. H., 116--117.
Hermann's Patent, C.B., No. 1,59--65.
1670. Dec. 23, 24. C. B. pages 40.
1672. June 19, 20. same. 110, 106.

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1672. July 11, 12. C. B. pages 113, 115.
1672. Dec. 16, 18. same. 118, 119.

Copies of papers from the Plantation office. About Penn's Grant. Transcribed in 1735. Sm. fo., pp. 28.

Contents:

1680. June 14. Council to Mr. John Werden.Werden to Council.
1680. June 23. " to Blaithwayt.
1680. " " Barnaby Dunck and Richard Burk to Werden.
1680. Oct. 16. Werden to Blaithwayt.
1680. Nov. 6. Council to Attorney General.
1680. Nov. 18. Blaithwayt to Lord Baltimore's Agent.
1680. " 20. Werden to Blaithwayt.
1680. " 20. same to same.
1680. Dec. 16. Council Summons to Lord Baltimore's agent.? Penn's Boundary settled by Lord Chamberlain.? Attorney General to Lords of Trade.
1681. Feb. 24. Report of Mr. Penn's patent.

Proceedings before Committee of Trade.

1683, Apl. 17, 27; May 30; June 12. 1683/4, Feb. 12; July 2; July 16, 23; Sept. 30; Dec. 9. 1684/5, Mch. 17; Aug. 18, 26; Sept. 2; Oct. 8, 30; Nov. 7.

Privy Council.

1680, June 14, 25; Nov. 1; Nov. 11; Dec. 16. 1680/1, Jan. 15, 22; Feb. 24.
1682. Aug. 1. Copy Duke of York's Grant of Pennsylvania to Penn.
1633. July 3. Privy Council on Remonstrance of Virginia against Lord Baltimore's patent.
1638. Apl. 4. Privy Council on Claiborne's petition.

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XII.
Penn vs. Lord Baltimore.

Subsections: 1. Court Proceedings.
2. Agreements.
3. Appointment of Commissioners.
4. Commissioners' Reports.
5. Surveyors' Reports.
6. Maps.
7. Letters.
8. Miscellaneous.

1. Court Proceedings.

1743. June 9. Defendant's interrogatories to prove copy of Order on Claiborne's claim in 1638, with the nature and authority of the book in which that order is entered, also a copy of the order of Council in 1696. 3 pp., fo.
1743. June 9. Before Lord Chancellor about Orders of Apl. 4, 1638, and July 7, 1696. 1 p., fo.
1743. July 15. Agreement of Solicitors to enlarge time for taking testimony. 1 p., fo. Two copies.
1743. July 19. Order of Master of the Rolls to enlarge time of publication. 4 pp., fo.
1743. Oct. 26. Notes taken on a former hearing in 1743. 3 pp., fo. Three copies.
1747. May 14. Penn's Bill. 66 pp., fo.
1747. Nov. 7. Answers of Charles, Lord Baltimore, to the Bill. Revivor and Supplemental Bill of Penn's. 4 pp., fo.
1747.? List of Evidence for Plaintiff. 12 pp., fo.
1747.? Proofs for Defendant. Pp. 83--110.
1747.? Abstract of Exhibits for Defendant. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 7, 9. 14 pp., fo.
1747.? Depositions on Plaintiff's part. Pp. 44--110.same. Four imperfect copies.

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1740. Oct. 20. Attested copy of Deed from William Penn to William Standly for five thousand acres in Pennsylvania. May 4, 1682. No. 3. 4 pp., fo.
1742. June 17. Publication to be further enlarged for a month. 1 p., fo.
1742. July 13. same, for three weeks, 1 p., fo.
1742.? Affidavits of F. J. Paris about postponements.
1742.? Defendant's instructions. 10 pp., fo.
1743. June 6. Affidavit of F. J. Paris to be added to above. 2 pp., fo. Three copies.
1743.? State of the case between Baltimore and Penn as found among his Lordship's papers. 4 pp., fo. Six copies.
1743.? Notes of the Argument made use of by the Lord Chancellor on the former hearing in 1743, with a copy of Gov. Ogle's letter of Dec. 1, 1750. 3 pp., fo.
1743. June 2. Affidavits of John Sharpe and Hugh Hammersley about finding the order of April 4,1638, on Claiborne's Petition. 9 pp., fo.? Defendant's interrogatories to prove copy of order made on Claiborne's claim in 1638. 10 pp., fo.
1743. June 3. Affidavit of W. Rowlandson as to the delivery of Notice of Motion. 1 p., fo.
1743. June 9. Breviate of additional depositions taken under the order of 9 June, 1743, with a copy of the Articles. No. 4. 14 pp., fo. Six copies.
1699. Petition of Charles, Lord Baltimore, to the Queen against Order of 7 Nov., 1685. No. 4. 4 pp., fo.
1699. Same. With letter from the King to Lord Baltimore reciting grant made to Penn, and,
1681. 2 mo. 10th. Letter from William Penn to Lord Baltimore.
1699.? Petition of William Penn to the Queen, offers to carry out former instructions of 1683--4--5, with Letters of

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1677. Aug. 24. William Popple to William Penn.
1678. Aug. 20. Nicholson to Lords of Trade.
1697. June 10. [Title of] Address of Council of Maryland to?
1697. Sept. 1. William Penn to Markham.
1697. Sept. 2. Lords of Trade to Nicholson.
1699. Sept. 20. same to Blackiston.
1735. June 21. Brief, Bill and Answer for Defendant [Baltimore]. 43 pp., fo. Six copies.
1735.? Case of the Defendant. 15 pp., fo. Three copies.same, with memoranda. Two copies.
1735. Oct. 9. Brief on part of Plaintiffs [Penns]. 7 pp., fo.same. 3 pp., fo.? Petition of Charles, Lord Baltimore, to the King. 2 pp., fo.
1735.? Memoranda of Evidence read for the Plaintiff. 3 pp., fo. Five copies.
1748. Feb. 21. Defendant's instructions to oppose notice of motion. 8 pp., fo.
1749. Depositions on Plaintiffs. 45 pp., fo.
1749. Jan. 10. Notice to Defendant of an examination of witnesses. 1 p., fo. Two copies.
1749. Feb. 26. Petition of Lord Baltimore to Lord Chancellor to hear cause, with Lord Chancellor's order. 1 p., fo.
1749. Instructions to move on petition of Feb. 26. 2 pp., fo. Three copies.
1750.? Additional Brief of Penn. 4 pp., fo.
1750. State of the amendments made by Plaintiffs to their Bill since argument of Defendant's plea. No. 8. 15 pp., fo. Two copies.
1750. May 7. Further evidence of Plaintiffs. 3 pp., fo.
1750. May 15. Notes of Lord Chancellor on pronouncing his decree. No. 13. 7 pp., fo. Three copies.
1750. May 30. Breviate Supplemental Bill and Answer and
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Proceedings subsequent thereto. No. 3. 11 pp., fo. Three copies.
1750/1. Mch. 16. Petition of Penn on the Decree. 5 pp., fo. Two copies.
1750/1. Mch. 19. Affidavit of F. J. Paris about Commission under the Decree. 17 pp., fo.
1751. Mch. 27. Petition of Solicitor of Baltimore on same. 2 pp., fo.
1751. Mch. 29. Order of Lord Chancellor. Circle round Newcastle. 26 pp., fo.
1751. Mch. 29. same. same. 1 p., fo.
1751. Apl. Petition of Penn to the King. 3 pp., fo.
1752. Petition of Lord Baltimore, to oblige Penn to join in ascertaining the Boundary. No. 5. 3 pp., fo.
1752. Mch. 22. Affidavits of John Browning and Hugh Hammersley. 4 pp., fo. Three copies.
1752. June 30. Penn. Petition about Commissioners. 3 pp., fo.
1752. Nov. Brief on two Petitions (one of Baltimore, the other of Penn) to the King. For the Defendant in support of their petition. 22 pp., fo. Four copies.
1753. Petition of Penn to have the line run under the Decree. 3 pp., fo.
1753. Mch. 22. Instructions to oppose petition of Penn. 14 pp., fo. Two copies.
1753. May 1. Instructions for a conference with the Speaker. 1 p., fo.
1753. May 4. Instructions to attend a Conference at the Speaker's on the two petitions. 1 p., fo. Two copies.
1753. June 21. Further instructions in the affair of Penn and Baltimore. For the petitioner Baltimore. 6 pp., fo. Two copies.
1753. Nov. 28. Petition of Penn to the King to have line run under the Decree; recites agreement of 1732
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and Decree of 1750; asks for Commissioners to define Boundary. 6 pp., fo.same. 3 pp., fo.
1754. Mch. 25. Case of Frederick, Lord Baltimore. 9 pp., fo.
1754. Jan. 21. Petition of Frederick, Lord Baltimore, to House of Commons on his claims. Sm. fo., printed.
1754. Nov. 8. Penn's Bill. 637 pp., fo.same. 48 pp., fo.
1755. Mch. 17. Notice to attend Conference at Mr. Henley's. 1 p., fo.
1755. May 7. Plea on behalf of Lord Baltimore. 45 pp., fo. Two copies.
1755. July 21. Instructions to move amendments to original bill. 2 pp., fo.
1756. Aug. 14. F. J. Paris's paper on East and West line and Lord Baltimore's answer. 1 p., fo.
1757.? Short hints as drawn up by Lord Baltimore's Solicitor for better consideration of the instrument of confirmation prepared and tendered by the Solicitor of the Penns. 8 pp., fo. Three copies.
1759. May 29. Heads of matters agreed upon between Counsel on both sides. 1 p., fo.
1760.? Penn's Bill. 219 pp., fo.
1761. Brief for Defendant. 21 pp., fo. Two copies.
1761. July 23. Attorney General's and Solicitor General's opinion on the Agreement. 11 pp., fo.
1762.? Answer of Lord Baltimore to Bill of Complaint of Penns. Indenture of 1760. 2 pp., fo.
1762. Feb. 2. Brief for Defendant. 21 pp., fo. Three copies.
1768. Aug. 20. Report of Attorney General and Solicitor General on Petitions of Lord Baltimore and Messrs. Penn.

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After 1760. Copy Bill in Chancery as prepared by the Attorney of the Penns and approved and signed by the Solicitor General, intended to be filed. 3 pp., fo.
After 1730. Lord Baltimore's case, with opinion of Mr. Wilbraham and Mr. Jodrell. 4 pp., fo.? Petition of the Penns to the King with answers thereto. 12 pp., fo. Two copies.? Copy of Mr. Browne's notes for his intended argument. 19 pp., fo. Two copies.
1736/7. Lancaster Co., Pa. Trials of Disturbers of the Peace. 7 pp., fo.

2. Agreements.

1732. May 10. Articles of Agreement, with copy of MSS. map annexed. 6 pp., fo.same. without map. 6 pp., fo.same. same. 3 pp., fo.
1733. Printed Title page of and the Penn Map to Agreement of 1732. Sm. fo.
1732.? Observations for Lord Baltimore on the Agreement as now adjusted and on Mr. Wilmot's proposed alteration thereon. 5 pp., fo.
1750. Mch. 16. Depositions in regard to the Agreement of 1732. 15 pp., fo.
1750. May 15. Lord Chancellor's decree on Articles of 1732. 2 pp., fo.
1750. same. 11 pp., fo.
1750. Draft of Indenture. 28 pp., fo.
1750. June 26. Penn's Solicitors' proposed alterations. 2 pp., fo.
1756. Draft of Indenture. 26 pp., fo.
1756--7. Draft of Indenture as originally prepared by the Penns, with the several alterations proposed
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therein by Lord Baltimore's Counsel. No. 1. 27 pp., fo.same. 28 pp., fo.
1757. Aug. 8. Draft of Agreement, with Penn's Solicitors' amendments to and alterations, and Letter of F. J. Paris. 3 pp., fo.
1757. Aug. 8. Same, with some short answers thereto. Nos. 2--3. 5 pp., fo.
1759. May 28. Heads for a conference between Attorney General and Solicitor General for final settlement of intended agreement. 2 pp., fo.
1759. May 29. Heads of matters agreed upon between Counsel. 1 p.
1760. June. Draft of Agreement. 33 pp., fo.
1760. Observations on the Draft prepared by the Penns.
1760. July 4. Agreement. 21 pp., fo.same, with map in margin. Two copies.[Parchment.]
1760. July 5. Penn's release to Lord Baltimore of past costs and damages. [Parchment.]
1761. July 23. Attorney General's and Solicitor General's opinion on the Agreement. 1 page, fo.
1762. Aug. 2. Petition to confirm Agreement. 36 pp., fo.
1768. Aug. 20. Report of Attorney General on the various Agreements and Indentures. 2 pp., fo.

3. Appointment of Commissioners.

Lord Baltimore's.
1750. June 28. Draft of Commission. 5 pp., fo.
1750. June 20. Alterations on above proposed by Penns. 3 pp., fo.
1750. June 28. Commission, full copy. [Parchment.]
1760. July 5. Same. Map in margin. Two copies. do.
1761. Apl. 30. Commission enlarging time. Two copies. do.

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1763. July 4. First draft of request to Governor to assist Mason and Dixon, with loose memoranda. 3 pp., fo.Same, with memoranda incorporated. 3 pp., fo.
1763. Aug. 4. same. [Parchment.]
1763. Feb. 9. Commission enlarging time. Draft. 5 pp., fo.
1763. Feb. 15. same. Draft.same. [Parchment.]
1764. June 2. same. Draft altered to Nov., 1765.
1765. Dec. 14. same. [Parchment.]
1766. Nov. 1. same. do.
1767. Nov. 2. same. Draft.same. [Parchment.]
1750. June 30. Draft of Commission. 5 pp., fo.
1763. Feb. 15. Commission to enlarge time. [Parchment.]
1763. July 4. Request to Governor to assist Mason and Dixon. Draft. 3 pp., fo.
1764. Aug. 4. same. [Parchment.]
1764. June 2. Commission enlarging time. do.
1765. Nov. 28. Same. Part missing. do.
1766. Nov. 1. Same. do.
1767. Nov. 2. Same. do.
1763. Aug. 4. Baltimore and the Penns' Agreement with Mason and Dixon. Close copy. 4 pp., fo.Same with colored wood-cut, 1732. Map in margin. [Parchment.]

4. Commissioners' Reports.

1732--1733. Copys of several papers exchanged and delivered between the Commissioners appointed for executing the Articles of Agreement between the Proprietarys of Maryland and Pennsylvania. No. 8. 24 pp., large fo.Another copy called "A State of the Commissioners' Proceedings." 80 pp., folio.

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1750. State of the Commissioners' Proceedings under the decree of 1750. 12 pp., fo.
1750. Nov. 15--24. Proceedings of the Joint Commissioners. Attested copy. 23 pp., sm. fo.
1751. Apl. 22--June 17. Same. 9 pp., fo.
1751. Apl. 22--29. Same. Attested copy. 20 pp., fo.
1760. Sept. 19--Nov. 18. Same. Maryland Commissioners. 12 pp., sm. fo.
1760. Nov. 19--Dec. 11. Same. Joint do 16 pp., fo.
1760. Dec. 11--18. Same. Maryland do 2 pp., fo.
1761. Mch. 25--June 25. Same. Joint. 10 pp., fo.
1761--1762. Oct. 19--Apl. 30. Same. 7 pp., fo.
1762. Apl. 29--30. Same. 4 pp., fo.
1762. Sept. 14--15. Same. 4 pp., fo. Two copies.
1762. " " Two Propositions of the Maryland Commissioners.
1763. July 15--21. Proceedings of Joint Commissioners. 17 pp., fo.
1763. Oct. 20--Dec. 10. same. 8 pp., fo.

5. Surveyor's Reports.

1751. Apl. 26--June 15. Emory and Jones' Journal. 20 pp., fo.
1752. Apl. 16--June 15. same. 9 pp., fo.
1760. Dec. 12--18. Copy of Instructions and Journal. 8 pp., fo. Two copies.
1760--1762. Journal, No. 1, Dec. 13--June 15, with diagrams. 88 pp., sm. fo.
1762--1763. Same, No. 2, July 31--Aug. 30. 56 pp., sm. fo.1762. May 24--June 15. Journal. 4 pp., "" July 31--Aug. 16. same. 4 pp., "" Aug. 17--Sept. 1. same. 4 pp., "" Sept. 2--9. same. 3 pp., "" Sept. 18--Oct. 23. same. 4 pp., "" Oct. 25. same. 1 p., "" Oct. 6--25. same. 3 pp., "1763. Mch. 30. same. 1 p., two copies.

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1764. Dec. 4. Mason and Dixon to? 4 pp.
1768. Jan. 29. same to H. Hammersley. 3 pp.
1768. Penns and Baltimore in account with Mason and Dixon.
1769. Feb. 24. Same with Receipt in full of Lord Baltimore's moiety.

6. Maps.

1732. Map of Proposed Boundary. Printed by B. Franklin, and usually found with the printed Articles of Agreement of 1732. Wood-cut. Two copies.Same. Colored.Same. Copper-plate.Same. MS. on parchment.
1749. Lewis Evans' Printed Map of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Three Delaware Counties. L. Hebert, Sculp.Same. Colored.
1751. Emory and Kitten's MS. Map of Taylor's and James' Island, Dorchester Co., Md., June 15, 1751.? MS. Parchment Map of the Circle around Newcastle, showing property touched by the tangent.
1768. Engraved Map of the final award of the Joint Commissioners with their report on parchment. Two copies.

7. Letters.

1681. Apl. 10. William Penn to Lord Baltimore.
" Sept. 16. Same to Frisby, Lloyd and others.
1682. June 5. Charles, Lord Baltimore, to Capt. Wm. Markham.

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1682/3. Mch. 12. William Penn to Lord Baltimore.
1683. May 30. Same to same.
1683. June 6. Same to same.
1713. June 9. Charles, Lord Baltimore, to Deputies of Pa.
1722. July 14. Philemon Lloyd to Lord Baltimore.
1722. Sept. 11. Same to same.
1732. Aug. 18. Same to same.
1732.? Same to same. Pp. 9--15.
1732/3. Feb. 17. P. Gordon to same.
1725. Mch. 22. Charles Lowe to P. Lloyd.
1749/50. Jan. 31. P. Gregory to Lord Baltimore.
1750. July 27. Same to same.
" Aug. 4. Same to same.
1750/1. Feb. 23. John Sharpe to Edmund Jennings.
1752. May 28. Same to F. J. Paris.
1752. Sept. 14. Edmund Jennings to C. Calvert.
1753. May 5. C. Calvert to Thomas Penn.
1753. Aug. 18. Same to John Sharpe.
1755. Apl. 27. E. Jennings to C. Calvert.
1756. May 3. John Penn to Lord Baltimore.
1756. June 19. William Sharpe to?
1760. Nov. 29. Stephen Bordley to C. Calvert.
1760. Dec. Gov. Sharpe to Charles Goldsborough.
? Queries submitted to C. Goldsborough and his answers. Two copies.
1760. Same to D. Dulany.
1760. Gov. Sharpe to S. Bordley. Two copies.Additional Queries submitted to S. Bordley. Two copies.
1761. Feb. 24. S. Bordley to H. Sharpe.? Same. Answer to Queries.
1761. Apl. 22. Charles Wilmot to C. Calvert.
1761. June 19. C. Calvert to Hugh Hammersley.
1763. Sept. 25. Same to Lord Baltimore.

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8. Miscellaneous.

1680. Mch. 4. The Charter of Pennsylvania. 2 pp., sm. fo. Copy made early in 18th century.
168? Col. Talbot's Conference with William Penn. 10 pp., fo.
1682. Dec. 13. Conference between Lord Baltimore and William Penn at Col. Tailler's on the Ridge in Anne Arundel Co. 7 pp., fo.
1683. May 31. The sum and substance of what was agreed and spoken by Charles, Lord Baltimore, and William Penn at that private conference at Newcastle. 3 pp., fo.Same. Attested by Lord Baltimore. 2 pp., fo.The state of the Lower Counties in relation to Penn. 2 pp., fo.
1715. The Claims of the Proprietors of Maryland and Pennsylvania stated. 16 pp., fo.
1720. Aug. 29. [Logan's] A plain view of all that has been said or publickly talked for these twenty years last past concerning the boundaries of Maryland and Pennsylvania. 3 pp., fo.Sundry observations relating to Lord Baltimore's claims. 4 pp., fo.
1722. Jan. 19. Proclamation of Governor reciting order of Privy Council, Nov. 13, 1685.
1736. Oct. 21. Resolution of Governor and Council on Cresap affair.
1737. Apl. 20. Depositions about burning Cresap's house, and of Cresap's house being in Maryland. 35 pp., fo.? MS. Map of headwaters of the Potomac and adjacent country, showing Indian towns. Two copies, one with memoranda.
A letter from a gentleman in Pennsylvania to his friend in Maryland, with some reasons why the Northern Boundary of
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Maryland is limited to 39 degrees, together with an answer to the foregoing letter.
Mch. 27, 1749, May 1, 1749, Apl. 12, 1751, with five MS. Maps on three sheets, and a wood-cut of Smith's Map of 1606; engraved by J. Senex, 1735. 43 pp., sm. fo.
Same. Three other copies without maps. Each 17 pp., large fo.
Some short observations upon the Penselvanian Map and groundless objections against the undoubted rights and bounds of Maryland. 9 pp., fo.
Gov. Ogle's observations on the demands of the Penns. 4 pp., large fo. Five copies.
175? An account of the question in dispute between Baltimore and Penn, with a draught (map) of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and New Jersey.
1751. Apl. 12. Agreement between Lord Baltimore and Abraham Taylor in reference to evidence to be furnished. [Parchment.]
The Case of the Province of Maryland, touching the outrageous riots which have been committed in the Borders of that Province by inhabitants of Pennsylvania. To be heard before the Lords of the Council, 23d Feb., 1737. 3 pp., fo.
Remarks on a Message of the Upper House to the Lower House of Assembly in 1762.
[Philadelphia: B. Franklin,] 1764. pp., sm. 8o.
[In a contemporary letter of D. Dulany, this pamphlet is said to have been written and printed by Franklin.]
Justice of taxing the American Colonies demonstrated.
London, 1766. 8o.
Treaty of 1794. London, 1795. 8o.
Case of the British Merchants trading to America.
London, 1804. 8o.
Extracts from Long's Astronomy to shew that a parallel of Latitude is a due East and West line. 21/2 pp., fo.

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1763. Aug. 4 Dr. Bevis' and Mr. Harris' Hints on running the Tangent Line.Signed by Cecilius Calvert, John Penn, and Richard Penn.
Opinion of Robt. Henley on the Tangent Line.
Reasons by Lord Baltimore's Mathematician for a superficial measure. 2 pp., fo.
Proposals of Mr. Caecilius Calvert on the tangent.

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