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Mason-Dixon Line
1761
Proprietors of Pennsylvania and Maryland asked the Royal Astronomer to recommend surveyors to fix their common boundary, resulting in Mason-Dixon Line
1763
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon arrived in America from England
1765
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon began the east-west line separating Pennsylvania from Maryland and (West) Virginia
1767
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon were halted by hostile Indians in present Monongalia County
1786
The U.S. started dividing the western territories into rectangular townships View Articles by Existing Key Dates or Specify Your Own Date Range |
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