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Preliminary Statement 1
SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT
BACKGROUND
The River 6
Conflicting Charters and Colonial Claims 7
Virginia's Constitution of 1776 9
Preliminary Efforts to Resolve the Jurisdiction of the Potomac River 9
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The Mt. Vernon Compact of 1785 ..
June 1784: Virginia Appoints Commissioners 11
1784 to 1785: Virginia and Maryland Charter the Potomac Company 12
Origins of the Project 12
Resurgence of Interest in the Potomac Route to the West
Concurrent Legislation: December 1784-January 1785
The Unresolved Boundary Disputes ............................................................................ ....
The Black-Jenkins Award of 1877 ............................................................................ ........
Wharton v. Wise: the Supreme Court Affirms the Validity of the Compact .....................
Maryland v. West Virginia 36
Concurrent Legislation, Virginia v. Maryland (1957) and
the Potomac River Compact of 1958 ..
The Mount Vernon Conference: March 178 22
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