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Democrat reported that after 119-years, the stone on the road from Elkton to
Glasgow had "yielded to the action of the elements and fell over." The editor urged the Cecil County Commissioners, Commissioner of the Land Office, Governor or some public minded citizen to preserve this "old time-honored, moss-covered relic of a generation, which has passed away. . . "
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Pennsylvania, five degrees from the Delaware River. Other surveyors continued west to the Ohio River. The section of the line between the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania and the river is the county line between
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Maryland's western boundary, into territory that was still in dispute between Pennsylvania and Virginia, though this was contrary to their original charter. Mason and Dixon's survey was finished on October 9, 1767, about
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Virginia (now West Virginia) portion of the line as part of its northern border, although it never exercised meaningful control that far north – especially after West Virginia separated from Virginia and joined the Union as a separate state in 1863. It is still used today
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whom they had previously employed on astronomical projects, all the way to
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where it crossed the
Maryland–Delaware border. After the president, flanked by the governors of Delaware and Maryland, cut a ribbon opening the Interstate, they moved to the grassy median strip where a replica Mason and Dixon Marker had been placed for the bicentennial. There President Kennedy and
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surveys ever conducted in North
America. The volunteers hope to get the stones listed on the National Register of Historic Places, which will help to preserve them for future generations. By 2023, the volunteers found 218 of the often-hidden 500-pound limestone stone markers quarried in England.
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recorded two sides for Columbia on May 15, 1929, titled, "Alabammy Snow" and "What A Day!" under the pseudonym, "Mason–Dixon Orchestra". It is probable that they chose this pseudonym because the catalog number of the record would be 1861-D, 1861 being the year that the American Civil War
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had already selected for his colony's capital city. Negotiations ensued after the problem was discovered in 1681. A compromise proposed by Charles II in 1682, which might have resolved the issue, was undermined by Penn receiving the additional grant of the "Three Lower Counties" along
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Glasgow, they discovered a time and weather battered original Mason Dixon Marker. It was relocated to northside of the highway and when the governors of Delaware and Maryland dedicated the highway on June 26, 1941, newspaper reporters took note of the ancient old relic.
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In April 1765, Mason and Dixon began their survey of the more famous Maryland–Pennsylvania line. They were commissioned to run it for a distance of five degrees of longitude west from the Delaware River, fixing the western boundary of Pennsylvania (see the entry for
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in 1681. The grant defined Pennsylvania's southern border as identical to Maryland's northern border, but described it differently, as Charles relied on an inaccurate map. The terms of the grant clearly indicate that Charles II and
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1 mile (1.6 km) and "crownstones" every 5 miles (8.0 km), using stone shipped from England. The Maryland side says "(M)" and the Delaware and Pennsylvania sides say "(P)". Crownstones included both coats of arms.
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in Virginia territory (in fact it would not have). With that in mind, the governor of Pennsylvania argued that, despite the agreement reached with Maryland, Pennsylvania's southern border west of Maryland was still the
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The actual locations of the stones may differ a few hundred feet east or west from the exact positions where Mason and Dixon intended to place them, still, the line drawn from stone to stone forms the legal boundary.
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Popular culture contains a multitude of references to the Mason–Dixon line as a general geographic division, or character names evoking it, although a minority of those specifically relate to the line itself.
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and the Twelve-Mile Circle around New Castle. The Pennsylvania–Maryland border was defined as the line of latitude 15 miles (24 km) south of the southernmost house in Philadelphia (on what is today
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1024:, the character of W. Dixon Mason is an African-American preacher who plays a major role in determining the next U.S. president when the elected candidate dies between the popular election and the
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The parallel (latitude line) 15 miles (24 km) south of the then southernmost point in Philadelphia, measured to be at about 39°43′ N and agreed upon as the Maryland–Pennsylvania line.
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compared to the intermediate points back to the start point would be spatially randomly distributed around the start point. Mason and Dixon found that there were larger than expected
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Should any land within the 12-mile circle fall west of the north line, it would remain part of Delaware. (This was indeed the case, and this border is the "arc line".)
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When this information got back to the Royal Society members, Henry Cavendish realised that this may have been due to the gravitational pull of the
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The largest portion of the Mason–Dixon line, along the southern Pennsylvania border, later became informally known as the boundary between the
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Many of the original stones are still visible, resting on public land and protected by iron cages; a number have gone missing or were buried.
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ceased contesting the claims on the Maryland side and accepted the earlier agreements. Maryland's border with Delaware was to be based on the
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was sent to examine various hills in England and Scotland, and to select the most suitable (32). Mason found the two hills referred to by
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who is ridiculed for having never fought a real contender, and who thus agrees to an exhibition fight against the nearly 60-year-old
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contains the lyrics "If you're from Alabama, Tennessee, or Caroline. Any place below the Mason-Dixon line. Then you're from Dixie."
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A Topographical Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina, reprinted from the original edition of 1778
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opens with the lines "Ruby said you're getting us in of world of hurt, Down below the Mason-Dumbass line the food gets worse"
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Note the comments on Cavendish's speculation in the introductory notes, and the multiple correspondences with Maskelyne in:
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The lyric "First to cross the Mason–Dixon line" featured in the opening verse of the song "I've Done it Again" (composers
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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Columbia 1861-D (10-in. double-faced)", accessed August 30, 2017,
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from the nearest neighbours to N and S by low land. Mr Mason selected for them a mountain at "the centre of Scotland",
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The Laws of Gravitation: Memoirs by Newton, Bouguer and Cavendish; together with abstracts of other important memoirs
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is sometimes called the "Munson-Nixon Line", in a (somewhat parodic) reference to the Mason–Dixon line. Credited to
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River, displaced five degrees (approximately 265 miles) to the west. And both sides thought this would place
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The conflict became more of an issue when settlement extended into the interior of the colonies. In 1732 the
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errors, that led the return survey consistently being in one direction away from the starting point.
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up to the 40th parallel. Pennsylvania's grant defined the colony's southern boundary as following a
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named "Mason and Dixon's line" as part of the boundary between slave territory and free territory.
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the governors unveiled a limestone replica. It was one of his last public appearances before his
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Benjamin Chew 1722–1810: Head of the Pennsylvania judiciary system under colony and commonwealth
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The Mason–Dixon line is made up of four segments corresponding to the terms of the settlement:
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region the author calls The Foundry. This line has moved over the years, but it's still there.
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of 1820, when drawing boundaries between slave and free territory, and resurfaced during the
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Hicks, Fredrick (1904). "Biographical Sketch of Thomas Hutchins". In Hicks, Fredrick (ed.).
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of Maryland and Pennsylvania/Delaware. Maryland had been granted the territory north of the
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includes the lyric "While you stay just fine and feel alive south of the Mason-Dixon line".
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The Mason–Dixon line has been resurveyed three times: in 1849, 1900, and in the 1960s.
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An Introduction to Error Analysis: The Study of Uncertainties in Physical Measurements
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A small group of musicians from Paul Whiteman's orchestra led by C melody saxophonist
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Ecenbarger, William (January 1, 2017). "Neglecting the Mason–Dixon boundary stones".
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In popular usage to people from the United States, the Mason–Dixon line symbolizes a
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Facsimile copy of this 1902 text available on-line at Penn State's Digital Bookshelf
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guides refused to go any further, having reached the border of their lands with the
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The dispute was peacefully resolved in 1767 when the boundary was fixed as follows:
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Mason and Dixon achieved a high level of accuracy in the survey due to the work of
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stretches from Pennsylvania to Delaware and is a popular attraction to tourists.
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The Maryland–Pennsylvania boundary is an east–west line with an approximate mean
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Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America
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Giratikanon, Tom; Katz, Josh; Leonhardt, David; Quealy, Kevin (April 24, 2014).
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Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America
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Drawing the Line How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America
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Boundaries: How the Mason-Dixon Line Settled a Family Feud and Divided a Nation
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of the new road were later designated as the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway.
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and the approximately north–south portion of the boundary between Delaware and
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31 miles (50 km) east of what is now Pennsylvania's southwest corner.
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Double run in straight line by helicopter between control spaced at 80 km.
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Brad Paisley, LL Cool J, and Lee Thomas Miller's controversial 2013 song "
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Four surveyors were appointed by each of the states: Virginia appointed
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sings about the Mason–Dixon Line in "Cincinnati, Ohio", with lyrics by
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Walkin' the Line: A Journey from Past to Present Along the Mason–Dixon
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Davies, R.D (1985). "A Commemoration of Maskelyne at Schiehallion".
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American Boundaries: the Nation, the States, the Rectangular Survey
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references the Mason-Dixon Line multiple times throughout the song.
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sings about the Mason–Dixon line in "I Still Sing the Old Songs".
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How much longer will it be 'til we cross that Mason-Dixon line?
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and west to what was then the boundary with western Virginia.
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Diagram of the survey lines creating the Mason–Dixon line and
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this work between 1763 and 1767. This actually left a small
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Mason and Dixon's actual survey line began to the south of
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Mason, A. Hughlett; Swindler, William F. (February 1964).
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The disputants engaged an expert British team, astronomer
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
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in dispute between Delaware and Pennsylvania until 1921.
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Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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Systematic errors and experiments to weigh the Earth
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family is shown; on the other side, are the arms of
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Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society
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3146:The Mason and Dixon Line Preservation Partnership
2861:"Are You from Dixie? ('Cause I'm from Dixie Too)"
1767:"A Plan of the West Line or Parallel of Latitude"
947:Mason "The Line" Dixon is a leading character in
540:, the largest city in Pennsylvania, in Maryland.
327:in 1781, the east–west part of this line and the
2224:"List of Fellows of the Royal Society 1660–2007"
2183:"List of Fellows of the Royal Society 1660–2007"
1052:, and – perhaps –
3230:Mason-Dixon Line Marker, Zora, Adams County, PA
3222:; The Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1855)
2045:"President Kennedy Unveiled Mason Dixon Marker"
1950:. New York: The Grafton Press. pp. 17–19.
1661:. Random House Digital, Inc. pp. 215–216.
1567:. University of Chicago Press. pp. 20–29.
992:The line makes several appearances in the 1953
228:believed the 40th parallel would intersect the
3148:Collection of historical articles and pictures
2859:Yellen, Jack; Cobb, George (January 1, 1915).
2295:. University Science Books. p. 94, §4.1.
1853:"Mason & Dixon: their Line and its Legend"
1231:Are You from Dixie ('Cause I'm from Dixie Too)
1186:and the song symbolically references the line.
385:The surveyors also fixed the boundary between
131:Southern slave states and Northern free states
3215:University of North Carolina: Southern Things
2524:in Perthshire as offering the best situation.
2498:. New York: American Book Company. p. 53
1344:, the line is named for famed Yankee catcher
1216:references the Mason–Dixon line in his song "
1196:in the closing words of his feature verse on
785:at which to conduct what became known as the
722:In 2020, 30 volunteers, at the behest of the
304:the newly established boundaries between the
43:Map of the original Mason–Dixon line (in red)
8:
3283:1767 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies
1004:, who thinks the Civil War is still ongoing.
797:and determine the average density of Earth.
335:, with Delaware retaining slavery until the
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1328:the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox
1142:by British singer-songwriter and guitarist
566:, as far as its midpoint from the Atlantic.
2485:
2483:
2455:The Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow
2128:
2126:
3343:History of the Northeastern United States
3323:Historical geography of the United States
3152:The Evolution of the Mason and Dixon Line
2708:Sheet music (copyright 1918) viewable at
2538:"A brief history of the Mason–Dixon Line"
2449:Sillitto, Richard M. (October 31, 1990).
2419:
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1919:. John Wiley and Sons. pp. 178–179.
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1326:In the regional baseball rivalry between
868:United States leading up to the Civil War
3211:, Friends of White Clay Creek State Park
1994:The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia
1068:Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody
1886:U.S. Coast And Geodetic Survey (1895).
1795:"The men who drew the Mason–Dixon Line"
1493:
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207:land north of the entire length of the
18:North–South divide in the United States
3388:Pre-statehood history of West Virginia
3368:Pennsylvania in the American Civil War
2974:"Kathy Mattea - Leaving West Virginia"
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1529:"Maryland Geological Survey, Volume 7"
281:Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore
264:, signed a provisional agreement with
158:culturally, politically, and socially
3378:Pre-statehood history of Pennsylvania
3348:History of United States expansionism
3338:History of the Southern United States
3220:The history of Mason and Dixon's line
2985:
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1947:Andrew Ellicott, His Life and Letters
1689:Ecenbarger, William (June 24, 2021).
1405:Mason and Dixon Survey Terminal Point
7:
3333:Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks
2325:"How Mason and Dixon Ran Their Line"
695:opened a newly completed section of
262:Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore
2676:"Book review – Mason & Dixon".
2575:Thirty-sixth United States Congress
2189:. 2007. p. 238. Archived from
2070:Simpson, Ashley (January 2, 2024).
1306:The 2008 song "Ruby and Carlos" by
1166:'s "Paper Cup Exit" from the album
1160:, a novel about their relationship.
547:Between Pennsylvania and Maryland:
3363:Maryland in the American Civil War
3318:Delaware in the American Civil War
3226:Historic American Buildings Survey
2735:"Grace Jones – I've Done It Again"
2520:were not suitable; and fixed upon
2230:. 2007. p. 66. Archived from
1703:from the original on June 24, 2021
1146:, the title track (also featuring
908:by removing the content or adding
520:The line was established to end a
25:
3383:Pre-statehood history of Virginia
3373:Pre-statehood history of Maryland
3080:The Nine Nations of North America
2542:APEC/CANR, University of Delaware
1355:The Nine Nations of North America
967:World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
3199:The New Student's Reference Work
3084:. Houghton Mifflin. p. 17.
2992:"Up Close on Baseball's Borders"
1373:
882:
640:). However, in October 1767, at
67:The Mason–Dixon line, where the
3288:1767 in international relations
2865:Historic Sheet Music Collection
2019:"A Fallen Mason Dixon Monument"
1888:"Annual Report of the Director"
904:Please help Knowledge (XXG) to
555:Between Delaware and Maryland:
405:rather than follow a meridian.
3353:Surveying of the United States
3192:"Mason and Dixon's Line"
3166:New International Encyclopedia
3160:"Mason and Dixon's Line"
2490:Mackenzie, A. Stanley (1900).
1892:U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
1658:The Mapmakers: Revised Edition
953:(2006), the sixth film in the
862:The Missouri Compromise line (
841:Pennsylvania abolished slavery
1:
3209:Mason and Dixon in Mill Creek
2049:Window on Cecil County's Past
2023:Window on Cecil County's Past
1594:E. Parker. pp. 282–283.
1472:(surveyor general of Penn.),
1400:Penn–Calvert boundary dispute
979:Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
658:made their final observations
473:were placed where necessary.
323:After Pennsylvania abolished
176:Penn–Calvert boundary dispute
147:Confederate States of America
3393:Slavery in the United States
3176:"Mason and Dixon Line"
2629:Dean, Sam (August 8, 2013).
2289:Taylor, John Robert (1999).
1740:Konkle, Burton Alva (1932).
1655:Wilford, John Noble (2001).
961:. Played by real-life boxer
2601:The Internet Movie Database
2451:"Maskelyne on Schiehallion"
1427:, a similar border line in
957:, directed by and starring
452:marked by stones every mile
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145:also coming into play. The
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3413:Northeastern United States
3026:"Reconcilable Differences"
2813:"I Wanna Go Back to Dixie"
1563:Hubbard, Bill Jr. (2009).
1348:and Red Sox right fielder
1204:from his debut 1995 album
724:Maryland Geological Survey
646:Mount Morris, Pennsylvania
275:Progress was made after a
173:
73:York County Heritage Trail
69:Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail
29:
3228:(HABS) No. PA-349, "
2377:American Physical Society
1820:Linklater, Andro (2003).
1696:The Philadelphia Inquirer
1644:. John Wiley. p. 54.
1534:. Maryland State Archives
1395:Delaware Boundary Markers
1271:and recorded by American
1233:" originally recorded by
680:counties, West Virginia.
450:The Mason–Dixon line was
249:, which later became the
114:between 1763 and 1767 by
77:New Freedom, Pennsylvania
3313:Borders of West Virginia
2261:Natural Resources Canada
1988:Strang, Cameron (2014).
1588:Barton, William (1818).
1501:Sally M. Walker (2014).
1218:I Wanna Go Back to Dixie
496:Province of Pennsylvania
331:became a border between
306:Province of Pennsylvania
221:charter for Pennsylvania
196:, where the survey began
3308:Borders of Pennsylvania
3182:Encyclopædia Britannica
2930:"Mason Dixon biography"
2737:– via genius.com.
2180:on April 27, 1758; see
1207:Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
1139:Sailing to Philadelphia
965:, Dixon is the current
787:Schiehallion experiment
571:12-mile (radius) circle
534:12-mile (radius) circle
215:. A problem arose when
184:A historical marker at
51:A 1910 illustration of
3408:Eponymous border lines
3398:Borders of U.S. states
3185:(11th ed.). 1911.
3055:The American Spectator
2421:10.1098/rstl.1775.0050
1913:Danson, Edwin (2001).
1640:Danson, Edwin (2001).
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3403:Meridians (geography)
3076:Joel Garreau (1981).
1772:World Digital Library
1616:"Slavery in Delaware"
1439:areas of the country.
1202:"Guillotine (Swords)"
998:Southern Fried Rabbit
864:Parallel 36°30′ north
623:the 39°43′ N parallel
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3051:"Baseball's Borders"
2237:on November 30, 2010
2221:on May 1, 1760; see
2219:Royal Society Fellow
2196:on November 30, 2010
2178:Royal Society Fellow
2155:on December 30, 2017
1996:. Rutgers University
1620:Slavery in the North
1507:. Candlewick Press.
1136:From the 2000 album
906:improve this article
795:Cavendish experiment
747:in Britain, notably
410:Transpeninsular Line
364:Province of Maryland
310:Province of Maryland
285:Transpeninsular Line
258:Proprietary Governor
240:, the site of which
234:New Castle, Delaware
30:For other uses, see
3358:Circles of latitude
3303:Borders of Maryland
3298:Borders of Delaware
3293:Cultural boundaries
3250: /
2905:"Dixieland Delight"
2692:"Mason & Dixon"
2577:. February 28, 1861
2414:. London: 500–542.
2400:(January 1, 1775).
2117:1985QJRAS..26..289D
2051:. November 17, 2018
2025:. December 22, 2019
1940:Mathews, Catherine
1867:on December 5, 2008
1863:(2). Archived from
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1801:. September 2, 2017
1727:The Washington Post
1420:49th parallel north
1381:Philadelphia portal
1042:hollow earth theory
918:independent sources
813:Missouri Compromise
768:Allegheny Mountains
663:In 1784, surveyors
135:Missouri Compromise
3123:Ecenbarger, Bill.
2996:The New York Times
2770:"Mason Dixon Line"
2678:The New York Times
1990:"Mason–Dixon Line"
1460:, Robert Andrews,
1410:Star Gazers' Stone
1341:Sports Illustrated
1267:by country singer
1194:"Mason-Dixon Line"
1184:"Mason Dixon line"
1103:Marianne Faithfull
959:Sylvester Stallone
874:In popular culture
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201:Maryland's charter
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2840:on March 18, 2020
2696:ThomasPynchon.com
2665:. September 1995.
2649:yosemite-sam.net/
2536:Mackenzie, John.
2371:Tretkoff, Ernie.
2323:Mentzer, Robert.
2077:Popular Mechanics
1857:American Heritage
1823:Measuring America
1478:David Rittenhouse
1458:Dr. James Madison
1282:The country band
1265:Dixieland Delight
1242:Accidental Racist
1153:Mason & Dixon
1082:, popularized by
1033:Mason & Dixon
1026:Electoral College
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793:to carry out the
757:systematic errors
710:Delaware Turnpike
665:David Rittenhouse
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