{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3567", "width": "2189", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3494", "width": "2090", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "FINAL REPORT\\nKl\\nVIRGINIA COMMISSIONERS\\nlARyLiD AND VIRGINIA BODNDART\\nGOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA.\\n^ni OF co/yg^\\n1881\\n-RICHMOND:\\nR. F. WALKER, SUPT. PUBLIC PRINTING.\\n1874.", "height": "3628", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3587", "width": "2054", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "-*A", "height": "3628", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3494", "width": "2090", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,\\nExecutive Office, January 26th, 1874.\\nTo the Senate and House of Delegates:\\nI have the honor to transmit herewith the able and exhaustive\\nfinal report of the commissioners on behalf of this state,^upon the\\nboundaries between Maryland and Virginia, together with the accom-\\npanying papers, and to commend to your careful consideration the\\nimportant interests to which they refer.\\nJAMES L. KEMPER.", "height": "3504", "width": "1993", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3474", "width": "2007", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "REPORT.\\nRICHMOND, VA., January 15th, 1874.\\nThe undersigned, comnaissioners on the part of Virginia, submit\\ntheir final report upon the boundaries between the states of Maryland\\nand Virginia. They now condens e the propositions which they have\\nmaintained, referring to their statement heretofor^i^^ci^br the\\nauthorities, and proofs and arguments which support them* s et forth\\nthe tenders of compromise which they have made^ and the disagree-\\nment with the commissioners on the part of Maryland, which has re-\\nsulted from their acceptance of no compromise, and their extreme\\nclaim of limits, which could not be acceded to by commissioners on\\nthe part of Virginia.\\nProposition I.\\nBy the charter of James I. dated April 10th, 1606, all the terri-\\ntory claimed by Great Britain in North America, then called Virginia,\\nlying between 34\u00c2\u00b0 and 45\u00c2\u00b0 N. L., was granted to two companies, the\\nLondon and Plymouth companies. The former was authorized to\\nplant a colony between 34\u00c2\u00b0 and 41\u00c2\u00b0 N. L.; and the latter was autho-\\nrized to plant one between 38\u00c2\u00b0 and 45\u00c2\u00b0 N. L.; hut the last lolanted\\nshould not he within one hundred miles of the other first estahlished.\\nThe London company made its first settlement the 13th day of May,\\nA. D. 1607; and, before the Plymouth company made any settlement or\\nplanted a colony, the second charter was granted in May, 1609. This\\nlast charter granted to the London company two hundred miles north\\nand two hundred miles south, from Point or Cape comfort, and from\\nthe Atlantic ocean east to the Pacific ocean west. This belt of ter-\\nritory was from ocean to ocean in length, and 400 miles wide, from\\n34\u00c2\u00b0 to 40\u00c2\u00b0 N. latitude. Thus, under the first grant, the territories\\nof the two companies over-lapped each other from 38\u00c2\u00b0 to 41\u00c2\u00b0 N. L.;", "height": "3504", "width": "1993", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "three degrees, and a space between their plantations luas left unset\\ntied, except by the Indians. And this state of the grants left an open-\\ning for the grant afterwards to Lord Baltimore, who could not, being\\na Catholic, take the oath of supremacy and allegiance in the colony\\nof the London company, afterwards specially called Virginia. And\\nthe two parallels of N. latitude, 38\u00c2\u00b0 and 40\u00c2\u00b0, being thus cardinal\\nlines between the London and Plymouth companies, this formed the\\nreason why this comparatively vacant territory, as far north as 40\u00c2\u00b0\\nN. L., and as far south as Watkins point, under the parallel of 38\u00c2\u00b0\\nN. L. was chosen for the limits of the grant to Lord Baltimore. The\\nbend of the Potomac river, being a little south of the parallel of 40\u00c2\u00b0\\nN. L., was made a natural boundary on the western shore of the Ches-\\napeake bay, and Watkins point, under 38\u00c2\u00b0 N. L., was made the south-\\nern boundary of Maryland on the eastern shore of that bay.\\nThA Vas a third charter granted to the London company, the only\\npart of which material to the question of boundary is that which pro-\\nhibited Papists from settling in the limits of the colony of Virginia,\\nwhich prohibition was enforced by a series of colonial statutes.\\nIL\\nThe charters of the London company were cancelled by a judgment\\nof the Court of King s Bench, pronounced in a case of quo warranto\\ndepending in that court at its Trinity term, in the year 1G24. That\\njudgment affected the rights of the company only, but not the rights\\nof the colony. The same powers of government which the charters\\nhad vested in the company, loere revested in the Croiun; and the same\\ntitle to the land within its chartered limits, which the charters had\\nvested in the company, was revested in the Crown. At this juncture\\nof the time, 1624, when the charters of the company were revoked,\\nJames I. died; and he was succeeded by Charles I., who was at heart\\na Papist, and the particular friend of Lord George Baltimore. The\\nlatter, dissatisfied with his colony at New Foundland, petitioned the\\nking for a grant in Virginia. In 1629, he visited Jamestown, in per-\\nson. The oaths of supremacy and allegiance were tendered to him,\\nhe delined to take them, and he was thus driven to take a grant of\\nterritory hjing in the unsettled portions of the country common to Vir-\\nginia and New England, north of 38\u00c2\u00b0 N. L., and between that par-", "height": "3494", "width": "2090", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0uUel and 40\u00c2\u00b0 N. L. This history is important because it shows the\\nreason lohy the grant to him was located so as to he not north of 40*^\\nand not south of 3S\u00c2\u00b0 N. L.\\nIII.\\nGeorge, Lord Baltimore, petitioned for his patent in 1629, but be-\\nfore it was completed he died, and in 1631, the first grant of Mary-\\nland was made by Charles I. to Cecilus Calvert, Baron of Baltimore,\\nin Ireland, c.\\nThe undersigned have sought from every source in their reach, the\\nbest copies of the Charters in Latin, and the best translation thereof\\nand now present all of it which relates to boundary, to wit (the\\nLatin and English alternating.)\\nTotam illam partem peninsulas\\nAll that part of the peninsula\\nLive Chersonese, jacentis in partibus\\nor Chersonese, lying in the parts\\nAmericse, inter oceanum ex oriente et\\nof America, between the ocean on the east and\\nSinum de Chesapeake ab occidente,\\nthe bay of Chesapeake on the west,\\nA residus ejusdem per rectum lineam,\\ndivided from the residue thereof by a right line,\\na promontoris live capite terra, vocato\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2drawn from the promontory or head-land, called\\nWatkins point, juxta vinum pradictum,\\nWatkins point, situate adjoining the said bay,\\nprope fluvium de Wighco, situats ab occidente,\\nnear the river of Wighco, from the West,\\nusque ad magnum oceanum in plaga orientali,\\nas far as the main ocean on the Eastern shore,\\nductam divisam, et inter metam illam,\\nand between that bound on the south,\\na meridie usque ad partem illam oetuarii,\\nunto that part of the estuary of Delaware\\nde Delaware ab aquilone qu?e\\non the north, which lies under the", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "8\\nsubjacet quadragesimo gradui latitudinis\\nfortieth degree of north latitude from\\nSeptentrionalis ab fequinoctiali, ubi\\nthe equinoctial, where New England is\\nterminatur Nova Anglia; totum que\\nterminated; and all that tract of land\\nillius terra3 tractum infra metas subscriptas,\\nwithin the bounds underwritten, to wit:\\nvidelicet, transeundo a dicto a3stuario\\nPassing from the said estuary, called Delaware\\nvocato Delaware recta linea, per gradum\\nbay, in a right line, along the degree aforesaid,\\npra3dictum usque ad verum meridianum\\nunto the true meridian of the first fountain\\nprimi fontis fluminis de Pottowmack,\\nof the river Potomac, thence turning\\ndiende vergendo versus meridiem ad\\ntowards the south to the further bank of\\nulteriorem dicti fluminis ripam, et earn\\nsaid river, and following the same on that\\nsequendo earn qua plaga occidentalis ad meridion-\\nside where the western shore looks\\nalem spectat, usque ad locum\\ntowards the southern (shore) unto a\\nquendam appeUatum Cinquack, prope\\ncertain place called Cinquack, situate\\nejusdem fluminis ostrum situatum\\nnear the mouth of the same river,\\nubi in pra^fatum sinum de Chesapeake\\nwhere it disembogues into the aforesaid bay\\nevolitur; ac inde per lineam brevissimam\\nof Chesapeake; and thence by the shortest line\\nusque ad pra3dictum promontorium live\\nto the aforesaid promontory or place\\nlocum vocatum Watkins point; ita quod\\ncalled Watkins point; so that the whole\\ntotus tense tractus per lineam prcedictam\\ntract of land divided by the line aforesaid,\\ninter magnum oceanum et Watkins point,\\nbetween the main ocean and Watkins point.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "divisus usque ad promontorium vocatum\\nunto the promontory called Cape\\nCape Charles, et singula sua appendentia,\\nCharles, and all and singular their appurtenances,\\nnobis hteredibus et successionbus nostris\\nmay remain excepted forever to us,\\nintfegre remaneant excepta imperpetuum\\nour heirs and successors.\\nThis original charter, when closely scanned, must be held as never\\nhaving granted to Lord Baltimore the bed or isles, or south or right\\nbank of the river Potomac.\\nThe initial point of boundary between the two colonies, was Wat\\nkins point, on the Eastern shore of the Chesapeake bay.\\nThat two such colonies should have had no beginning and no ter-\\nminating point for boundaries, is not more absurd than the pretension\\nnow set up by the commissioners on the part of Maryland, that the\\npoint of beginning and of terminating the lines between the two colo-\\nnies luas never ascertained. As will be shown hereafter, the point was\\nidentified and,acknowledged by agreement of the two colonies, and the\\nvery angle of it fixed, whence to run the line on the Eastern shore,\\nand the line was run and marked in 1668, /rom that angle of Wat-\\nkins point, over the Pocomoke river, {tioo natural marks,) hy a right\\nline to Swanseagut creek, (another natural mark,) on the sea side of\\nthe Peninsula, and thence continued a right line to the main ocean.\\nNo other line but that on the Eastern sbore was run by the com-\\nmissioners who acted in 1668. The line was run between Maryland\\nand Pennsylvania afterwards. William Penn deprived Lord Balti-\\nmore of some 16 miles of territory in width, south of 40\u00c2\u00b0 N. L., leav-\\ning the western boundary of Maryland with Virginia, to be settled.\\nAnd that western boundary of Maryland with Virginia, is referred to\\nnow to aid in deciding the question: on ivhich hank of the Potomac\\ndid the line between Maryland and Virginia begin and run oji the\\nWestern shore of the Chesapeake bay This question can be deter-\\nmined only by comparing the original charter with a diagram of the\\nriver Potomac.\\nMichler states in his report upon the meridian of the first fountain\\nof the Potomac, that after beginning at the first fountain of the Po-\\ntomac and running north some tioo miles and a half, he came to the\\nriver Potomac, there running a N. west course.\\n2", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "10\\nThis at once shows that this river starts north of east from its foun-\\ntain and turns N. west to cross the meridian of its fountain, and thence\\nturns south of west again to get its general course, first east, then N.\\neast to Hancock; thence S. east to its mouth; and the map shows that\\nthe north headland at its mouth. Point Lookout is a peninsula with\\nits eastern shore on the Chesapeake hay, and its western shore on the\\nriver; that Point Lookout lies N. west from Smith s point, the south\\nheadland at the mouth of the river Potomac; that Cinquack was loca-\\nted at or near Smith s point, and that the loestern shore of the Poto-\\nmac, at Point Lookout, is the only place where the shore of the Poto-\\nmac looks towards a place then called Cinquack. With this held in\\nthe mind, we can rationally comprehend the dispute and its exact\\npoints of difference.\\n1st. Maryland claims that by the charter of Lord Baltimore, the\\nstandpoint of the grantor was on the 40th parallel of N. L. That is\\ngranted.\\n2nd. She next claims that the line turning south to t\\\\\\\\Q further\\nbank of said river, necessarily ran to the south or right hank of the\\nPotomac. Virginia, on her part, claims that this could not be so\\nfrom the course of the river, for by the survey of Micljler, the left or\\nnorth bank was the further bank of the river, at the point where it\\nwas cut hy the meridian of the first fountain thereof, traced from the\\nparallel of 40\u00c2\u00b0 N. L.\\n3rd. Maryland to this replies that whatever be the map of the river\\nat its source, the line was to he run to a place called Cinquack, and\\nthe river loas not to he crossed hy it, hut the line loas to continue on\\nthe same hank of its heginnincj to that place; and that place was at\\nor near the mouth of the Great Wicomico, near the mouth of the\\nPotomac; or, by an old map now in possession of the historical society\\nof Maryland, was located at or near Smith s point. To this Virginia\\nreplies, that the charter does not require that the line, on whichever\\nbank of the river it was to run, should run to Cinquack; but that it\\nrequired that the line should follow the same (further bank of the\\nriver on which it was to begin). On that side where the western\\nshore looks towards the southern shore unto a certain place called Cin-\\nquack, situate wear the mouth of the same (Potomac) river, near where\\nit disemhogues into the aforesaid hay (Chesapeake). This called\\nfor a line to a place on the northern or left bank of the river which\\nlooked (specktat) towards Cinquack on the south, not to Cinquack\\nbut to a place where the western shore looked to the southern shore", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "11\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2unto Cinquack. And Point Lookout is the place and only place\\nansivering this description of the grant. And the Cinquack located\\nby Smith s map could not he the Glnquack meant because it is not at\\nor near the mouth of the Potomac ivhere that river disembogues into\\nthe Chesapeake bay. Smith s point is more likely meant as the part\\nof the territory called Cinquack, the dominion of a chief whose wig-\\nwam only was located by Smith where the Big Wicomico disembogues\\ninto the bay, ten miles, at least, south of the Potomac river.\\nThus, it is contended, that by the original charter to Lord Balti-\\nmore, he was granted only to the north bank of the Potomac river.\\nBut Virginia founds her claim upon much higher grounds than that\\nof critical construction of the first charter to Lord Baltimore.\\nIV.\\nWhatever were the boundaries originally fixed by the grant to Lord\\nBaltimore, the grant itself was immediately contested by the colony\\nof Virginia, and its legality was never decided by the courts to whom\\nthe question was referred, to this day. But it was revoked by\\nthe revolution in Great Britain of 1649. On the 12th of March,\\n1651, a convention was entered into between the commissioners of the\\nParliament of England, and the governor, council and Burgesses of\\nVirginia, which surrendered the colony to the commonwealth, and\\nannihilated the royal government and prerogative in Virginia. By\\nthe articles a^ the surrender of the countree, it was solemnly agreed\\nand concluded.\\n4th. That Virginia shall have and enjoy the anchient bounds and\\nlymitts granted by the charters of the former kings, and that we shall\\nseek a new charter from the parliament to that purpose against any\\nthat have intrencht upon the rights thereof.\\nThus, the royal grant to Lord Baltimore was annulled by conven-\\ntion and treaty, made by the sovereignty of Great Britain, then gov-\\nerning in fact and of right; and by the same highest authority, the\\na7icie7it bounds and limits granted by the charters of the former\\nkings were restored to Virginia. This was by treaty made by and\\n^with a sovereignty defacto et dejure.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "12\\nV.\\nBut the limits and bounds of Virginia were not only restored hy\\nthe commonwealth of England, but all of her territory lying between\\nPotomac and Rappahannock rivers, called the Northern Neck, inclu-\\nding the river Potomac and all its isles, was regranted to her by Charles\\nII, then at St. Germains, through a grant to Henry, Lord Germains,\\nEarl of St. Albans, and Ralph, Lord Hopton, first in 1651, and after-\\nwards recited and confirmed, by a grant dated 8th May, 1667, as\\nshown by the Public Record Office of England, Chancery Patent\\nRoll 21, Charles II. These patents embraced all the territory\\nbounded by and within the head of the rivers of Tappahannock,\\nalias Rappahannock, and Quinough or Pattowmack rivers, the courses\\nof the said rivers, as they are commonly known, c., together luith\\nthe rivers themselves, and all the islands within the hanks of said\\nrivers, and all the looods, c., c., with sundry provisions.\\nThat this grant was not to infringe or make void or prejudice any\\ncontracts or grants, c., theretofore made by the governor or governors\\nand council of Virginia, c., made before the 29th day of Sept r, in\\nthe 13th year of the reign of Charles II. And these grants were pro-\\nhibited from acting or intermeddling in the military affairs, or forces,.\\nin the territory, or with the government or command of any castles or\\nforts thereof, without the order, aicthoriiij and command of the gov-\\nernor and council of Virginia for the time being, hut the same shall\\nremain, continue and he in the governor and council of Virginia;\\nand that the governor and council and assembly of Virginia, for the\\ntime being, shall have full power and authority to lay any tax and\\nimpositions in and upon the said territories hereby granted.\\nThus granting, with the reservations named, the M\\\\ pro2^rietary\\nrights to the individual pro^^rietors or grantors, and to the governor,\\ncouncil and assembly of the colony of Virginia, full military and\\ncivil 2)oiuer of government over the Northern Neck and river Potomac.\\nAnd on the petition of Francis Morryson and others, agents for the\\ngovernor, council and Burgesses, of the country of Virginia, and ter-\\nritory of Accomac, and on the report of the king s council, at White-\\nhall, confirmed by the king, present in council, on the 19th November,\\nA. D. 1675, the governor, council and commonalty of Virginia were\\nauthorized to purchase the lands contained in the grant to the Earl of", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "13\\nSt. Albans. And thus the colony of Virginia became seized of the\\nentire territorij of the Northern Neck, and of the entire river Poto-\\nmac and its waters a.nd isles in the luhole course thereof, indepe7idenf\\nof the charter to Lord Baltimore.\\nVI.\\nCarefully examined, the river Potomac named in the grant to Lord\\nBaltimore, was the Quinough; and the river of that name never em-\\nbraced the north and south branches of the Potomac, as it is now\\nknown. Those branches were respectively called by distinct names from\\nthe Quinough; the north branch was called the Cohongaroota, and the\\nsouth branch was the Wapopocomo, and the Quinough extended only\\nto the falls of what is now known as the Potomac. But the boundary\\nmark was fixed by Lord Fairfax, at the first fountain of the north\\nbranch or Cohongaroota, as found by Michler, and the stone there\\nnow is the recognized point of beginning on the Potomac river.\\nVIL\\nLord Baltimore was restored to his proprietary right in Maryland\\nby Charles II, subject to the grant made to Lord Hopton. The lat-\\nter grant was never disturbed or questioned by Lord Baltimore, by\\nany proceedings before the courts of law or at the Court of St. James.\\nHe yielded the whole Northern Neck to Lord Fairfax, and how and\\nwhen and by what authority or act did he ever regain the Potomac\\nriver.^ Both alike, the land and river, were granted, and the two\\nwere alike retained within the jurisdiction of Virginia.\\nVIII.\\nBut there was a controversy about the boundary between tiie two\\ncolonies on the Eastern Shore, the history of which is remarkably\\nwell preserved, which threatened a civil war about the territory bor-\\ndering on the Manokin and Big Annamessex rivers, and the Nanticoke\\nsound, and the bay into which the Wicomico river, on the Eastern", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "14\\nShore, empties. This caused the Grand Assembly, held at James-\\nCity, Sept r 10th, 1663, the 15th year of Charles II, to pass act 2nd,\\nan act concerning the bounds of this colony on the Eastern Shore.\\nIt commanded all his majesty s inhabitants of the Eastern Shore\\nof Virginia, from Watkins point southward, to render obedience to\\nhis majesty s government of Virginia, and make payment of his\\nmajesty s rents and all publick dues to his majesty s colony of Vir-\\nginia. It truly claimed Watkins point to be the Lord Baltimore s\\nsouthernmost bounds on the Eastern Shore; declared that five able\\nselected surveyors and two Burgesses had made due examination\\nthereof, and the grand assembly had concluded the same place of\\nWatkins point to be the north side of Wicocommico river on the\\nEastern Shore, and near unto and on the southside of the straight\\nlimbo, opposite to Patuxent river. And Edmund Scarborough, John\\nCatlett and Richard Lawrence, or any two of them, whereof the sur-\\nveyor-general (Edmund Scarborough) was to be one, to give notice\\nat Manoakin, or any other convenient place, and give a meeting to\\nthe Lord Baltimore s lieutenants or deputies, c., c., and to report\\nto his majesty s governor and council of Virginia. Edmund Scarbo-\\nrough made his report in 1663, that he had taken fourty horse for\\npomp of safety with him, and took formal possession of the country\\nas fur north as Manoakin.\\nThis brought him into collision with the authorities of Maryland,,\\nand caused the Governor of Maryland to invoke the co-operation of\\nthe Governor of Virginia; and the result was, that the two colonies,\\nrespectively, appointed commissioners, one each, to adjust and settle\\nthe whole controversy in respect to boundary on the Eastern shore, and\\nin respect to any conflict of land titles growing out of disputed limits\\nof the two colonies.\\nPhilip Calvert, the nephew of Lord Baltimore, and the Chancellor\\nof Maryland, was appointed on the part of Maryland, and Edmund\\nScarborough, Surveyor General of Virginia, was appointed on the part\\nof Virginia. Their acts were to be final, and they were instructed\\nto meet upon the place called Watkins point, an^ thence to run a\\ndivisional line to the ocean, sea, c. This instruction they obeyed,\\nand on the 25th day of June, 1668, they made the report of their\\nagreement, under their hands and seals.\\nThis history and their report is found fully preserved in the archives\\nof Maryland, in Council Books, from 1656 to 1658, and from 1669", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "15\\nto 1673, DOW in the keeping of the Historical Society of Maryland,\\nBaltimore; and their report is as follows:\\nArticles of agreement between Philip Calvert, Esq., Chancellor of\\nMaryland, deputed by the governor of said province to treat and con-\\nclude upon the bounds of the said province, and Col. Edmond Scar-\\nborough, His Majesty s Surveyor-general of Virginia, authorized and\\ncommanded to lay out the bounds of Virginia:\\nI. Imprimis. It is agreed that all persons who have surreyed or\\npatented and seated land on the seaboard side, in the right of Virgi-\\nnia, and now fallen within the divisional line, shall enjoy their said\\nlands, they taking a patent from the lord proprietary of Maryland,\\nand within seven years entering rights in the said province, and pay-\\ning the half fees to the surveyor-general, and full fees to the secretary\\nand chancellor.\\nII. Item. All such as have already patented any lands in right\\nof Virginia, in any other place within the line aforesaid, which is not\\nalso patented in Maryland, shall have the privilege in the foregoing\\narticles, upon such terms as in the said article is expressed.\\nIII. Item. All such who have patented and seated lands in right\\nof Virginia, which do fall within the line aforesaid, and are patented\\nlikewise in Maryland, but not seated in the same right, shall enjoy the\\nsame, unless it can be proved they have seated said lands in defiance\\nand despite of the said government, after warning given, provided\\nthey take patents, enter rights, and pay fees, as in the first articles is\\nagreed.\\nIV. Item. If any land shall chance to be patented, only in ri^ht\\nof Virginia, for which there is also a patent in Maryland, the patent\\nin Maryland shall carry the land. In witness whereof, the said Philip\\nCalvert and Edmond Scarborough, have hereunto set their\\n(Signed,)\\nPHILIP CALVERT,\\nEDMOND SCARBOROUGH.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "16\\nAnd in the same record, dated the same day, is found the following;\\nWhereas his royal majestie s commission to the surveyor-general\\nof Virginia, commands, setting out the bounds of Virginia with refer-\\nence to his majestie s hon ble governor and council of Virginia, from\\ntime to time, to give advice and order for directing the said surveyor-\\ngeneral to do his duty appertaining to his office. In order thereunto\\nhis majesty s hon ble governor and council have, by letter, moved the\\nhon ble, the Lord Baltimore s lieut.-gen l of Maryland, to appoint\\nsome fitting person to meet upon the place called VVatkins point,\\nwith the surveyor-general of Virginia, and thence to run the divisional\\nline to the ocean sea, c.\\nThe Hon ble Philip Calvert, Esq., chancellor of Maryland, being\\nfully empowered by the hon ble lieut.-general of Maryland, and Ed-\\nmund Scarborough, his majesty s survej ^or-general of Virginia, after\\na full and perfect view taken of the point of land made by the north\\nside of Pocomoke bay and the southside of Annamessex bay, have\\nand do conclude the same to be Watkins point, from which said\\npoint, so called, we have run an east line agreeable with the extremest\\npart of the westernmost angle of said Watkins i^oint over Pocomoke\\nriver to the land near Robert Holston s, and there have marked certain\\ntrees, which are so continued by an east line running over Swanseagut\\ncreek into the marsh of the sea-side, with apparent marks and boun-\\ndaries, which, by our mutual agreement, according to the qualifica-\\ntions aforesaid, are to be named as the bounds of Virginia and Mary-\\nland, on the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake bay.\\nIn confirmation of which concurrence, we have set our hands and\\nseals this 25th day of June, 1668.\\n(Signed,)\\nPHILIP CALVERT. [Seal.]\\nEDMUND SCARBOROUGH. [Seal.]\\nThis settlement and adjustment was final and complete in itself\\nIt was so not only in itself by its power and appointment, but, as\\nwill be hereafter shown, it was confirmed, approved, adopted and ad-\\nhered to by Lord Baltimore; it was mapped in 1695, as the true line\\nactually run, as shown by a map in the historical society of Maryland,\\nin Baltimore; it was confirmed, recognized and adopted by Maryland\\nin laying ofi the county limits of Worcester county, Maryland, in the\\nyear 1742; has been the only line on the Eastern Shore ever since 1668;", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "17\\nand is recognized by the historians ot Maryland, especially by Kilty\\nand McMahon and Bozman, as the settlei line on the Eastern Shore\\nbetween the two states. It is a settlement of the line, on the Eastern\\nShore only, and refers only to that line, except in two particulars, to-\\nwit: it fixes the i7iitial point for the tvhole line to hegi^ at, and fixes\\nthe point for the tohole line to terminate at; the extretnest part of\\nthe loesternmost angle of Watkins point.\\nAnd that angle, then determined, is still the loesternmost angle of\\nWatkins point, and Watkins point is still defined, as it ivas then;\\nand whatever is uncertain now as to any part of the line then run,\\ncan easily be made certain by the parts which are now certain, for the\\nline was right line, hy the charter, or an east line, by the agree-\\nment, and more than sixteen miles of it are still marked. It varies\\nfrom an east line from its beginning by 5\u00c2\u00b0 15 only, and that is ac-\\ncounted for by the variation of the compass then, which is not enough\\nto disturb a long established and adopted boundary; and conformity\\nto the charter is the essence of the act of the commissioners, which\\ncannot be affected by so slight a variation from their real agreement.\\nThere is nothing else in fact or form which impairs, in the least, this\\nadjustment, and it stands confirmed for the period of over two centii-\\nlies. The north headland of Little Annamessex, on Janes island, is\\nstill the westernmost angle of Watkins point, notwithstanding all\\nthe washings of the coast, is midway between the southern shore of\\nBig Annamessex, and the northern shore of Pocomoke sound, on the\\neast coast of Tangier sound; all the marks, numbering over two hun-\\ndred, still remaining, point to it in the same line; it was easily found\\nand run to by De La Camp, in his survey, and can be identified at\\nall times, with mathematical or topographical certainty.\\nIX.\\nThe king was informed of the settlement of the initial point, and\\nof the line on the Eastern Shore, and ordered Lord Baltimore, by his\\nletter to him of 19th August, 1682, to proceed to ascertain the boun-\\ndaries of Maryland and Pennsylvania, 6?/ an admeasurement of the\\ntiuo degrees north from Watkins point, the express south hounds in\\nyour patent, and already settled hy commissioners hetioeen Virginia\\nand Maryland. This was again repeated in the letter, and the com-\\nputation was directed of sixty English miles to a degree.\\n3", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "18\\nLord Baltimore, thus instructed by the king, has left two memoirs\\nof his conferences with Wm. Penn. The first was held the 13th Dec r,\\n1682. He acknowledges Watkins point to be his southern boundary\\non the Eastern Shore. He urged, in fact, and so says, that he could\\nnot assent to the proposition of Penn, to begin from a point for his\\nsouthern boundary south of Watkins point, because his southern\\nboundary on the Eastern Shore icas already settled by commissioners,\\nand the first person of six, who certified his statement of the conference\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2with Penn, was Philip Calvert, his commissioner, who settled the very\\npart of Watkins point as the initial point of his boundary. In fact,\\nhe records himself as admitting: J/?/ southern bounds being Wat-\\nkins 2^oint, loas so determined by commissioners from his majesty\\nand others from my father. He fully claimed, as well as admitted,\\nthat the line from Watkins point was fixed, and that he was bound\\nby it.\\nAnother conference was held between him and Penn at New Castle,\\nDelaware, Tuesday, the 29th day of May, 1683. He still more\\nurgently insisted that his southern bounds had been fixed by measure-\\nment, and asked why his northern bounds could not be measured too.\\nX.\\nOn the opinion of Lord Chf. J. Holt, and for reasons assigned by\\nGeorge Tuby, att y-gen l, Maryland was seized by the king, and a\\nofov r therefor was commissioned March 12th, 1691. Lord Baltimore\\nwas deposed from that date to the period of 1715, when he was re-\\nstored to his lord lieutenancy by George I. Thus, from 1633 to 1715,\\nfor a period of 82 years, his title to Maryland was never quiet. And\\n\\\\he question arises, to what was he restored in 1715.^ Delaware, part\\nof Pennsylvania, and the grant to Lord Hopton were all dismembered\\nfrom his limits. And be accepted a restoration of his lord lieutenancy,\\nsubject to these dismemberments, the last as well as the other two.\\nXI.\\nThe colony of Maryland, as a colony, also confirmed the line run\\nby Calvert and Scarborough. Maryland Council Proceedings, Liber\\nH. H., folio 268, show that in 1666 the county of Summerset was", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "19\\nlaid off on the Eastern Shore. Its limits then described by a line on\\nthe south drawn from Watkins point, being the north point of that\\nbay, into which the river Wighco (meaning the Pocomoke) empties\\nto the ocean on the east, c. This, in effect, was a line from what is\\ncalled now Cedar Straits to the ocean on the east. But this was laid\\noff in the year 1666, tioo years he/ore the line run by the commissioners,\\nCalvert and Sca7-horough, between the tiuo colonies in The\\ncolonial line, of course, changed the exparte county line bordering on\\nVirginia. This is proved by Maryland herself. In 1742 her county\\nof Worcester was, by her, carved and laid off out of the limits of the\\nelder county of Summerset; and Worcester county was laid off exactly\\non the Calvert and Scarborough line east of the Pocomoke river. This\\ncounty was laid off after the year 1668, and, of course, observed the\\ncolonial line then run by the commissioners, Calvert and Scarborough.\\nAnd this accounts for the preservation of marks east of Pocomoke\\nriver, whilst they are obliterated west of that river.\\nThis fully confirms the state line. And this record of the boundary\\nof counties, is confirmed by the records of the county of Summerset,\\ndescribing a highway and a hundred in 166 6-7.\\nXII.\\nThis is confirmed, too, by patents recognizing the divisional line\\nbetween the two colonies. Patents can be shown for every foot of\\nland on the Eastern Shore, granted by Virginia, from Watts island\\nto near Nanticoke sound, on the bay, and to Swanseagut on the sea-\\nside north, especially embracing the southern end of Smith s island,\\nwhereon Maryland granted the north side and Virginia the southside\\nof the same tract of 2,000 acres called Pittscraft.\\nAnd patents were taken from Virginia especially by such citizens\\nof Maryland as Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, and Daniel Jenifer and\\nAnn Toft, his wife and others on the Eastern Shore. These patents\\ndate from long before 1668 down to the year 1S41, the last being to\\none of the present commissioners of Maryland. Deeds also confirm\\nthese positions on the Eastern Shore; and Ferries confirm the claims\\nof Virginia to the Potomac, besides various separate and concurrent\\nstatutes of the two colonies and states touching the regulations of\\nlights and buoys, c.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "20\\nXIII.\\nThe boundary between Maryland and Virginia was fixed by Great\\nBritain to be on the north bank of the Potomac by the treaty of Paris,\\nbetween Great Britian and France, on the 10th February, A. D. 1763.\\nXIV.\\nBut whatever the boundaries of Virginia were before the revolution\\nof 1776, they were then and afterwards fixed by her state constitution\\nof that date; by her cession of her N. west territory to the U. States,\\ninducing Maryland to join the confederation of states, on the condition\\nof recognizing her boundaries, as then claimed by her. She then\\nclaimed the Potomac river, and the boundary laid off on the Eastern\\nShore; and Maryland accepted her part of the cession made by Vir-\\nginia. This estops her claim of any other boundaries, well or ill\\nfounded now.\\nXV.\\nMaryland, by her authorities of the county of Summerset, recog-\\nnized the limits of Virginia, as claimed by her in 1776, as late as the\\n16th June, 1835. The court of Summerset county, Md., then ap-\\npointed commissioners to lay ofi* so much of Smith s island as lies\\nwithin the body of Summerset county aforesaid, into a separate and\\nadditional election district, before the 1st April, 1835. The commis-\\nsion was dated April 8th, 1835, and their report was made and con-\\nfirmed June 16th, 1835. Their report shows that they started at\\nDrum point, on the east side of the island, ran westwardly to the bay\\nto Sassafras hammock lying on the bay shore; thence by and with the\\nbay shore to Kidge s straits; thence by and with the sound to Drum\\npoint. This line runs nearly through the great thoroughfare of\\nSmith s island, and conforms nearly exactly with a right line from\\nPoint Lookout to the headland of L. Annamessex, fixed as the initial\\npoint on Watkins point, as established in 1668, and verified by De", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "21\\nLa Camj) in 1858. And now the commissioners of Maryland claim\\nthe whole of Smith s island, well knowing that if any part of Smith s\\nisland be admitted to have been in Virginia, the line running either\\nfrom Point Lookout or Smith s point could never terminate at Cedar\\nstraits as the initial of Watkins point.\\nXVL\\nThe circuit court of the 8th judicial circuit of Maryland, held the\\n3rd day of October, 1854, in effect, decided that the territory in Tan-\\ngier sound now claimed by the commissioners of Maryland, and far\\nnorth of Cedar straits, was not within the limits of the state of Mary-\\nland. This was tried in two actions one criminal, and the other\\ncivil the one arraigning John Tyler, a citizen of Va., and seizing\\nthe schooner Fashion, as forfeiture, for vfolating the laws of Mary-\\nland, to prevent the catching of oysters; and the other a suit vs. John\\nCullen, a J. P. of Md., by said Tyler, for the arrest and the seizure.\\nTyler was found dredging at Filliby s rock, north of the great rock in\\nTangier sound, far north of Cedar straits and of the south end of\\nSmith s island. He was acquitted on the trial of the prosecution, and\\nin the civil action recovered $1,000 damages against Cullen, in the\\ncircuit court of Summerset, Md. The Hon. I. D. Jones, one of the\\npresent com rs of Md., defended Cullen, and Mr. Crisfield, after whom\\nthe town of Crisfield, on Little Annamessex, and the Crisfield R. R.\\nthere are called, was the attorney for Tyler; and these two gentlemen,\\nthus informed of the true line of the two states, at that locality, were\\ntwo of the chief founders of the Crisfield R. road, the wharf of which,\\nat Crisfield, just touches the Calvert and Scarborough line.\\nThis is referred to, to note the remarkable fact that if the location\\nof the terminus of this R. road, exactly on the Calvert and Scarbo-\\nrough line, as ascertained and run by De La Camp, was a?i accident, it\\nwas one against the recurrence of tohich any insu7 ance co. ivill insure\\nat the least appreciable per cent. In other words, Maryland, her\\ncounty authorities, her courts, her commissioners, her own records and\\narchives and her leading and best informed citizens, now and formerly\\nof the Eastern Shore, identify and recognize the true boundary on the\\nEastern Shore between her limits and those of Virginia.\\nIn a word, Virginia is entitled to the river Potomac and its isles to\\nits left bank, by the original grant to Lord Baltimore, by treaty with", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "22\\nthe commonwealth of England, by the grant to Lord Hopton, by\\neviction of Lord Baltimore in the time of Wm. and Mary, by his re-\\nstricted restoration of grant in 1715, by the treaty of Paris in 1763,\\nand by the cession of her N, western territory by Virginia in 1787;\\nand she is entitled to the line established by the commissioners, Cal-\\nvert and Scarborough, in 166 8 on the E. Shore.\\nThese propositions were fully sustained by the most ample and suf-\\nficient records, histories, depositions and reports, all exhibited in a\\nstatement made by com rs on the part of Virginia to those on the\\npart of Maryland; and they made their statement on the part of Mary-\\nland; both of which have heretofore been communicated to the execu-\\ntive and gen l assembly of Va. and been printed. Having maturely\\nconsidered both statements and the evidences of titles adduced, the\\nundersigned were constrained to conclude: that the jurisdiction of\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Virginia embraces the Potomac river that the true boundary on the\\nivestern shore of the Chesapeake bay between Maryland a7id Virginia\\nis the no7ih or left bank of the river Potomac; that the boundary\\nacross the Chesapeake bay, is a right line from Point Lookout, the\\nnorth headland of the river Potomac, to the extremest part of the\\nloesternmost angle of Watkins point, lohich is on Janes island and\\nis the northern headland of Little Annamessex river on the Eastern\\nShore; and thence by a right line over Pocomoke river and over Sioan-\\nseagut creek to the Atlantic ocean, as agreed upon and fixed by the\\nsealed agreement of Philijj Calvert, com r, on the part of Md., and\\nby Edmund Scarborough, com r, on the p art of Virginia, the 25th\\nday of June, A. D. 1668.\\nBut, in consideration of the relations of amity always existing be-\\ntween the states of Maryland and Virginia in all their past history,\\nand to prevent discord for the future between them and their citizens\\nin respect to riparian rights and the fisheries in the waters embraced\\nin the issues of boundary, the effort was made to adopt such compro\\nmises as seemed reasonable and just.\\nAt the joint meeting in Baltimore, held in October, 1872, after\\nmuch conference and discussion, and after the statements on both\\nparts were heard and considered, the commissioners on the part of\\nMaryland proposed that the line of boundary between the two states\\nshould begin at loio toater mark, on the divisional line between the\\ntwo states of West Virginia and Virginia, on the southwest shore of\\nthe Potomac river, and thence follow the said shore ot low water", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "23\\nmark to all wharves and other improvements now or hen^after extended\\nby authority of Va. from the Virginia shore, into said river beyond\\nlow water mark; and following said river around said wharves, c., to\\nlow water mark on the southwestern side, down to the easternmost\\nangle of Smith s point, at the mouth of said river; thence by a right\\nline to the centre of Cedar straits on Tangier sound, near the southern\\nend of Watkins point, and thence by a right line in a southeasterly\\ndirection to the channel of Pocomoke bay or river nearest to Cedar\\nstraits; and thence up, by and with the channel of said bay and river\\nto a point therein opposite to the place on the east shore of said Po-\\ncomoke river, ascertained, by Mr. De la Camp, in 1857, as the begin-\\nning on said shore of the divisional line run and marked by Calvert\\nand Scarborough in 1668; and thence by and with said divisional line\\nas surveyed and laid down on the map made by said De la Camp for\\nthe joint commissioners of Maryland and Virginia in 18o8, to the At-\\nlantic ocean.\\nThe right of fishing and taking oysters in Pocomoke bay and river\\nto be common to the citizens of both states, subject to concurrent reg-\\nulations by the two states.\\n1.\\nThis proposition was respectfully declined by the commissioners of\\nVirginia, and they in turn proposed:\\nThat the northern boundary line of Virginia shall henceforth be\\nfixed and established at low water mark on the left or northern shore\\nof the Potomac river, for the whole extent of that shore coterminous\\nbetween Maryland and Virginia, to the extreme end of Point Lookout,\\nwhere it disembogues into the Chesapeake bay; thence by a right line\\nto the extremest part of the westernmost angle of Watkins point, it\\nbeing the northern headland of Little Annamessex river; and thence\\nby and with the line run by Philip Calvert and Edmund Scarborough\\nin the year 1668, over the Pocomoke river and Swanseagut creek, to\\nthe shore of the Atlantic ocean, on Assateague island!\\nThe commissioners of Maryland respectfully declined tliis proposi-\\ntion, and proposed, by way of compromise, their second proposition:\\nTo begin at the point as described in their first offer of compro-\\nmise, and to run, as therein described, to Smith s point; and thence\\nby a line, across Smith s island, to the place on Jane s island bar", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "24\\nwhere the light-house stands; thence by a right line to the centre of\\nCedar straits; thence to the channel of Pocomoke bay; and thence\\nup, by and with said channel, said bay and river, and by and\\nwith the Scarborough and Calvert line, to the ocean, as described in\\ntheir first offer of compromise.\\ny.\\nThis proposition was declined by the commissioners of Virginia,\\nand they then offered their second compromise\\nTo establish the part of the Calvert Scarborough line now marked\\nbetween the right bank of the Pocomoke river and the ocean; and\\nfrom the terminus of said line on the right bank of the Pocomoke\\nriver, to follow said river thence down the same to the eastern head-\\nland of East creek on said river; thence by a right line, to the middle\\nof the channel of Cedar straits, and through said straits, northwest-\\nwardly, to a point due south from the western headland of said straits;\\nthence to low-water mark of the shore of said headland; thence north\\nto low- water mark on the shore of the north headland of Little Anna-\\nmessex river; thence to the j)oint where the 38th degree of N. latitude\\ncuts across the Tangier sound and Smith s island, at or near Barnes\\npoint thereon; thence along the shores of the north end of Smith s\\nisland at low-water mark, on Kedge s straits, until it reaches the\\nshore of that island on the Chesapeake bay; thence following that\\nshore at low-water mark, until it reaches the said parallel of 38\u00c2\u00b0 N. L.,\\nat or near the great thoroughfare of Smith s island; thence to run on\\nsaid parallel to the point whert^ the said parallel is cut by a meridianal\\nline drawn through the extreme southern angle of Point Lookout, at\\nthe mouth of the Potomac river; and thence up that river, on the\\nmain channel thereof, to the point in that river at or opposite to where\\nthe divisional line between Ya. and W. Va. touches said river Potomac.\\nThis proi)o8iiion wus respectfully declined by the commissioners of\\nMaryland, and then the commissioners of Virginia offered their third\\nproposition of compromise\\nThat the line between Md. and Va, shall run by and with the main\\nchinnel of the Potomac river until it descends to the point where the\\nmeridianal line drawn through the extreme southeastern angle of\\nPoint Lookout cuts the parallel of the 38th degree of N. L.; thence\\nin a right line to the westernmost angle of Watkins point, it being", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "25\\nthe northern headland of the mouth of Little Annamessex river;\\nthence by a right line to the southwestern angle of the land and marsh\\nat Cedar straits, north of these straits; thence to the main channel of\\nthese straits, north of the most northern of the Fox islands; thence\\ndue east to the channel of the Pocomoke sound or river; thence up\\nthe main channel of said sound and river to the place where the Cal-\\nvert and Scarborough line was run over that river in the year 1668;\\nand thence by the marks and monuments on that line, to the shore of\\nthe Atlantic ocean on the Assateagip island.\\nThe commissioners on the part of Maryland respectfully declined\\nthis proposition, and then offered the following compromise:\\nTo begin at the point on the Potomac river and run down the same\\nto Smith s point, as described in their first offer of compromise; thence\\nby a right line to the centre of the great thoroughfare of Smith s\\nisland, called Mister s thoroughfare; thence by and with the middle\\nof said thoroughfare to the mouth thereof at Tangier sound, at a\\nplace called Big island; thence by a right line through the centre of\\nCedar straits, to the channel of the Pocomoke sound or bay; and\\nthence up, by and with the channel of said sound and Pocomoke\\nriver, to the point opposite to the Calvert-Scarborough line, as de-\\nscribed in their first offer and thence by and with the Calvert-Scar-\\nborough line to the Atlantic ocean.\\nThey announced that this was their last offer of compromise, and,\\nif accepted, it must be with the understanding that all existing titles,\\nrights, and liens upon the land south of that thoroughfare, granted\\nby Lord Baltimore, shall continue in force and be held valid in law\\nas if granted by Virginia, c.\\nThis proposition was respectfully declined by the commissioners of\\nVa., and they announced that they had no other proposition of com-\\npromise to submit on their part.\\nThe com rs thereupon adjourned, to meet at Richmond, Va., on\\nThursday, the 7th of November, 1872. Failing to meet, owing to\\nunforseen and unavoidable causes, according to this appointment,^\\nand other causes intervening to postpone their assembling, the\\ncommissioners of the two states held their last joint meeting in\\nNovember last; at Baltimore, commencing on the 18th of that\\n4", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "26\\nmonth. After considering various maps, papers, patents, deeds^\\nand especially a map preserved by the historical society of Maryland,\\nsaid to be dated in the year 1695, which shows that the Scarhorou^h\\nand Calvert line ivas run and marked, though it don t lay the line\\ndown accurately in any particular corresponding with the com rs re-\\nport in 1668, and especially also a paper signed James Boyle in\\nrelation to the western boundary of Maryland; and after three days\\nof conference, the commissions on the part of Virginia oifered as a\\ncompromise the following proposition in substance:\\nTo divide by the channel of Potomac, on the western shore. The\\ncom rs on the part of Maryland stated that they preferred to leave\\nthe boundary on the Potomac as it was left by the constitution of\\nVirginia in 1776, and by the compact of the two states in 1785; and\\nthey proposed to consider the adjustment of the boundary from Smith s\\npoint, across the Chesapeake bay and the Eastern Shore to the ocean.\\nThe com rs of Virginia thereupon called for any proposition of com-\\npromise of the line over the Chesapeake bay and across the Eastern\\nShore which the com rs of Maryland had to submit.\\n6,\\nAnd the com rs of Maryland proposed:\\nThe boundary from Smith s point to be a right line across the\\nChesapeake bay, to the centre of Cedar straits upon the Tangier\\nsound, near the southern end of Watkins point; thence by a right\\nline in a southeasterly direction to the channel of Pocomoke bay or\\nriver nearest to Cedar straits; thence up, by and with the channel of\\nPocomoke bay and river, to a point therein opposite to the place on\\nthe east shore of said river ascertained by Mr. De la Camp in 1857,\\nto be the beginning, on said shore, of the divisional line said to have\\nbeen run and marked by Calvert and Scarborough in 1668; and thence\\nby and with said divisional line, as surveyed and laid down on the\\nmap made by said De la Camp for the joint commission of Virginia\\nand Maryland in 1858, to the Atlantic ocean. The right of fishing\\nand taking oysters in Pocomoke sound or bay and river, and in Tan-\\ngier sound from the southern end of Watt s island and Tangier islands\\n.to the north end of Deal s island, and west to the Chesapeake bay,\\nto be common to the citizens of both states, subject to concurrent\\nregulations by the two states.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "27\\nThis proposition was respectf ally declined by the com rs of Virginia,\\nand the commissioners on the part of Maryland announced that they\\nhad no other proposition of compromise to offtr. The commissioners\\non the part of Virginia then oflfered the following:\\nQ,\\nTo commence at the point in the mouth of Potomac river where\\nthe meridian of Point Lookout cuts the 38th parallel of N. L., and\\nthence to run a right line to the low water mark of the north head-\\nland of Little Annamessex river; thence a right line to low water\\nmark at the end of Watkins point at Cedar straits; thence to the\\nchannel of said straits; thence a right line to the mouth of East creek\\nat the head of Pocomoke sound; and thence on and by the right bank\\nof Pocomoke river to the point where the line run by Philip Calvert,\\non the part of Maryland, and Edmund Scarborough, on the part of\\nVirginia, in the year 1668, crosses said river Pocomoke; and thence\\nby said Calvert and Scarborough line to the ocean.\\nThis proposition was declined by the com rs of Maryland; and those\\non the part of Virginia offered the following:\\n\\\\0.\\nTo commence as by the last proposition, and to run on the 38th\\nparallel of N. L. until said parallel reaches low water mark on the\\neastern coast of Smith s island; thence to run a right line to the for-\\nmer location of a light boat as described in the maps reported by\\nMichler and De la Camp, in the years 1857-8-9, near the north head-\\nland of Little Annamessex river on Janes island; and thence a right\\nline to the channel of Cedar straits; and thence a right line to the head\\nof Pocomoke sound and up the Pocomoke river to the Scarborough\\nand Calvert line; and thence across the same by the Scarborough and\\nCalvert line of 1668, to the ocean.\\nThis proposition was respectfully declined by the com rs of Mary-\\nland, and the commissioners of Virginia announced that they had no\\nother proposition of compromise to submit. And with these proceed-\\nings the joint commission concluded its labors, which were conducted\\nthroughout with the utmost fairness, with the most faithful regard to\\nduty and their very important trust, and with the kindest feelings of\\npersonal respect. _", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "28\\nNo one can regret this disagreement more than the undersigned.\\nAfter patient research, study and labor for three years to ascertain the\\ntruth of history, to find the original muniments of title; and to vouch\\nthe proof and test the evidence of boundary, and to construct the fair\\narguments and conclusions upon the issues in controversy, and after\\nproposing every form of compromise which seemed reasonable and lib-\\neral as well as just, they cannot but profoundly regret that their la-\\nbors have been in vain; but, at the same time, must add that, in their\\nhumble opinions, the state of Virginia must continue to claim more\\nthan the com rs of 3Iar7jland consented to yield. The territory and\\neminent domain in dispute involves a very large amount in value\\nno less than all the luater poiver, all the isles, all the alhcvium, and\\nall the raparian rights and rights of jurisdiction of the river Poto-\\nmac bounding the tioo states on the luestern shore of the Chesajjieake\\nhay and forty square miles of territory hetioeen Little Annamessex\\nriver and the head of Pocomoke sound and on Smith s island, and\\none hundred and fifty square miles of loaters in the Chesapeake hay\\nand in Tangier and Pocomoke sounds, emhracing the main seed-heds\\nof oysters in the loaters of the Chesapeake hay and on the Eastern\\nShore.\\nThe water-power on both banks of the Potomac at the falls above\\nGeorgetown and Washington city, and the alluvium between George-\\ntown and the Long Bridge, in front of the public grounds of the gov-\\nernment, and the fisheries and lands on the isles of the Potomac, and\\nthe territory and the oyster beds on the Eastern Shore, cannot be of\\nless value than twenty millions of dollars. Virginia has about 1700\\nsquare miles, and Maryland only about 700 square miles in the Ches-\\napeake, and yet, if Maryland acquires the seed-beds of Tangier and\\nPocomoke sounds, her lesser domain will be as valuable as the greater\\nowned by Virginia.\\nWhenever the lines are established they should be fixed by monu-\\nments the most permanent. The undersigned are informed that the\\nmarks of trees and posts east of the Pocomoke river, on the Eastern\\nShore, already begin to be obliterated; that some of them are in heavy\\nforests where wood-cutters are at work and where large fires are fre-\\nquent. This ought to be attended to at once.\\nAnother fiict needs immediate attention The terminus of boundary\\non the shore of Assateague island is now uncertain because it has\\nbeen obliterated by the winds and blowing sounds of the beach, and\\ncommon humanity requires that there should be no uncertainty as to", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "29\\nwhich wreck-masters those of Virginia or of Maryland shall take\\ncharge of shipwrecks on that part of the coast. In a word the sub-\\nject is of the utmost concern in point of magnitude and in all of its\\ndetails.\\nHaving fully performed their duties, and developed the data for in-\\nvestigation and the issues to be determined, they submit to the exec-\\nutive and general assembly to decide what other and further steps\\nshall be taken to maintain and establish the rights of this common-\\nwealth to her true bounds and limits.\\nThey have omitted to notice in this report what is called the Com-\\npact between the two states in the year 1785, because it was a joint\\nact which did not pretend even to fix boundaries; because it expressly\\nassumed certain boundaries to be in dispute and unsettled; because\\nit was but a temporary expedient to regulate commerce and naviga-\\ntion between the two states, and because^ in that respect, if not in all\\nrespects, it has been superseded by the adoption of the constitution of\\nthe United States.\\nRespectfully,\\nHENRY A. WISE,\\nD. C. DeJARNETTE,\\nWM. WATTS.\\nTo His Excellency James L. Kemper,\\nGovernor of Virginia.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "MEMORANDA\\nOF A\\nJOURNAL OF THE VIR IMIA C011SSI0NER8\\nMATTER OF BOUNDARY\\nMARYLAND AND VIRGINIA.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "CORRESPONDENCE.\\nCOMMONWEALTH OF VIEGINIA,\\nOffice of the Secretary of the Commonwealth,\\nRichmond, Decemher 1st, 1870.\\nHon. Henry A. Wise,\\nRicJimond, Va.:\\nDear Sir\\nIn commuaicating to you the enclosed letter of appointment,\\nI am directed by his excellency, the governor, to apprise you that the\\ngentlemen associated with you are Hon. D. U. DeJarnett, of Caroline,\\nand Col. William Watts, of Roanoke, and to suggest that you invite\\nthem to meet you at some early day for a conference, and with a view\\nof opening correspondence with the Maryland commissioners and ap-\\npointing a time for beginning the work assigned you.\\nThe governor also directs me to say that in conformity with the\\njoint resolution of the legislature, he has made application to the su-\\nperintendent of the United States coast survey for the assignment of\\na corps of surveyors, to aid you in the ascertainment and location of\\nthe line, and for the loan of any maps, charts, c., that may be of\\nuse to you, and that he will acquaint you with the response of that\\nofficer.\\nI have the honor to be.\\nWith great respect,\\nY r ob. s v t,\\nJAMES McDonald.\\nNote. The contents of this were communicated to Mr. Dejarnett\\nand Col. Watts, by a letter addressed to each of them, naming Rich-\\nmond, and the 8th inst. as the day of meeting.\\nH. A. WISE.\\nDecern. 3d, 1870.\\n5", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "34\\nCOMMISSION.\\nThe Commonwealth of Virginia,\\nTo all to whom these Presents shall Come Greeting r\\nKnow ye, That our governor, in pursuance of authority vested in\\nthe executive by law, hath constituted and appointed Hon. Henry A.\\nWise, one of the commissioners to ascertain and locate the true boun-\\ndary line between the states of Virginia and Maryland, in accordance\\nwith the provisions of a joint resolution of the legislature of Virginia,\\napproved June 27, 1870.\\nIn testimony whereof, these our letters are sealed with the less, seal\\nof the commonwealth and made patent.\\nWitness Gilbert C. Walker, Esquire, our said governor, at\\n[seal.] Richmond, this 30th day of November, in the year\\n1870, and in the 95th year of the Commonwealths\\nG. C. WALKER.\\nBy the governor\\nJames McDonald,\\nSecretary of the Commonwealth.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "35\\nWASHINGTON, December eth, 1870.\\nHon. G. C. Walker,\\nGovernor of Virginia:\\nSir:\\nI have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of youT letter of\\n28th ulto.j informing me that you had been instructed by the general\\nassembly of the state of Virginia^ to apply to the superintendent of\\nthe coast survey for the assignment of a competent corps of surveyors\\nto the duty of ascertaining and locating the true boundary lines be-\\ntween the state of Virginia and the state of Maryland, North Caro-\\nlina and Tennessee, and requesting to be informed as early as con-\\nvenient, whether under the laws and instructions controlling the U.\\nS. coast survey, such an assignment of a corps of competent surveyors\\nas referred to, can be made for this duty, and if so upon what terms\\nand conditions; and at what time they can meet the joint commissioners-\\nof the states of Virginia and Maryland, and proceed with the work/*\\nThe req^uest made in your letter, was duly referred to the hon. sec-\\nretary of the treasury, with the recommendation that the superintendent\\nof the coast survey be authorized to act in compliance therewith, and\\nthe necessary authority will be given so soon as a similar application\\nshall be made by the governor of Maryland, or by the joint commission\\nin its official capacity, as is usual in such cases,\\nThe conditions upon which the assignment referred to can be made,\\nare that the expenses of the corps, with the exception of the salaries\\nof the assistants or surveyors, who may be detailed for the duty, be\\npaid jointly by the two states.\\nThese expenses will comprise the usual allowances, traveling ex-\\npenses, and the cost of outfit and pay and subsistence of employees\\nfor such surveys and field operations as may be necessary for ascer-\\ntaining and locating the true boundary lines. The instruments will\\nbe supplied by the coast survey.\\nI have the honor to be.\\nVery respectfully,\\nYour ob t servant,\\nRICH D D. CUTTS,\\nAssist. U. S. O. Sr.ffor the Superintendent", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "36\\nCOMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,\\nExecutive Chamber, Richmond, December 8th, 1870.\\nHis Excellency Oden G. Bowie,\\nGovernor of Maryland, Annapolis:\\nSir I have the honor to inform you that in compliance with the\\njoint resolution adopted by the general assembly of Virginia, approved\\nJune 27th, 1870 (a copy of which has been sent you), I have appointed\\nand commissioned Messrs, Henry A. Wise, D. C. DeJarnett and Wm.\\nWatts, commissioners on the part of Virginia, to meet the commis-\\nsioners of Maryland, and with a competent corps of surveyors to be\\nassigned to this duty by the proper officer of the United States govern-\\nment, to ascertain and locate the true boundary line between the two\\nstates.\\nI have also made formal application to the superintendent of the\\nUnited States coast survey for the assignment of a competent corps\\nof surveyors to this duty, as contemplated by our legislative resolu-\\ntion, and have received a favorable reply thereto. I enclose herewith\\na copy of this reply. The hon. sec y of the treasury directs that the\\nnecessary authority for the assignment asked for be given so soon as\\na similar application shall be made by the governor of Maryland, or\\nby the joint commission in its ofiicial capacity, and I would respect-\\nfully suggest that the application be made by the joint commission as\\nsoon as organized.\\nAs soon as the Virginia commissioners above named, shall have been\\napprised of the readiness of the Maryland commissioners, they will at\\nonce proceed lo agree upon a time and place of meeting, and organize\\nthe joint commission and to perform the duties assigned them.\\nRenewing my assurances of my high appreciation of the honorable\\nand conciliatory course pursued by you in our late oyster difficulties,\\nand the high estimation in which yoii are held by the people of Vir-\\nginia, as well as myself.\\nI am very respectfully, your Excellency s obedient servant,\\nG. C. WALKER.\\nEndorsement on foregoing letter.\\nExecutive Chamber, Richmond, Dec. 32, 1870.\\nRespectfully forwarded to Gen l H. A. Wise, for the information of\\nthe within named Virginia commissioners.\\nBy order of Gov. Walker.\\nW. D. COLEMAN, Executive clerk.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "37\\nRICHMOND, VIEGINIA,\\nDecember I6th, 1870.\\nTo His Excellency Oden G. Bowie^\\nGovernor of 3Iaryland:\\nSir:\\nHis Excellency Gov. Walker, of Virginia, informs me that you\\nare already apprised by him, that Messrs, Wm. Watts, D. C. DeJar-\\nnett and myself have been appointed commissioners on the part of\\nVirginia, to meet the commissioners on the part of Maryland, to as-\\ncertain and locate the true boundary line between the two states.\\nAVe are not informed whether the commissioners of Maryland have\\nbeen appointed, or if so, what their names and residence are; and we\\ndesire to be informed of their wishes and convenience as to the time\\nand place of meeting for a conference.\\nMy co-commissioners desire me to ascertain who are the commis-\\nsioners of Maryland, and their address, in order that I may correspond\\nwith them. The three commissioners of Virginia will confer with\\neach other here at Richmond, on Wednesday next, the 21st instant.\\nYou will oblige me by giving me the desired information by that time.\\nWith highest considerations and respect,\\nHENRY A. WISE.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "38\\nSTATE OF MARYLAND,\\nExecutive Department,\\nAnnapolis, December 20th, 1870.\\nHon. Henry A. Wise:\\nMy Dear Governor:\\nThe commissioners appointed by the state of Maryland are the\\nHon, Isaac D. Jones, Att y-Gen l, Baltimore; L. L. Waters, Esq.,\\nPrincess Ann, Md., and William Aydelotte, Newtown, Worcester\\ncounty, Md.\\nI will notify them of your desired interview, and a letter from you\\nto Att y-Gren l Jones, Baltimore, will probably facilitate the meeting.\\nHeartily desiring a prompt and permanent settlement of these boun-\\ndary troubles,\\nI am very truly and respectfully.\\nYour ob t s v t,\\nODEN G. BOWIE.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "39\\nNEWTOWN, MD.,\\nDecern. 22, 1870.\\nHon. Henry A. Wise,\\nRichmond, Va.:\\nDear Sir\\nI received yesterday a letter from Gov. Bowie, informing me\\nhe had written to Gov. Walker and yourself saying the commissioners\\non the part of Maryland were ready to confer with those on the part\\nof Virginia, relative to defining the line between the two states.\\nWhile I do not think we should enter upon our field duties, during\\nthe rigors of winter, the exigencies of the case seem to require\\nsome early action on the part of the two commissions; and I respect-\\nfully suggest a meeting at some central place say Baltimore city at\\nas early a day as may suit yourself and colleagues for organization\\nand free exchange of views, and probably entering upon the historical\\npart of our labors, preparatory to our field duties in early spring.\\nWould the second Tuesday in January, and the office of the att y-\\ngen l of Maryland, in Baltimore, suit.^ or is there a more convenient\\nand suitable place, and a more opportune time.^ I will be pleased to\\nhear from you, and will endeavor to make it suit us, to meet you at\\nsuch time and place as may meet your approbation, but desire time to\\nconfer with my colleagues upon the subject after hearing from you.\\nI am, dear sir,\\nWith profound respect.\\nTruly and obediently y rs,\\nWM. J. AYDELOTTE.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "40\\nRICHM.ONU, VA.,\\nDecern. 2eth, 1870.\\nTo Wm. J. Aydelotte, Esq.:\\nMy Dear Sir\\nI was about commencing a letter to the gentlemen commis-\\nsioners of Maryland, when I received yours of the 22d instant this\\nmorning.\\nI fully concur with you that we should not enter upon any field\\nduties until after the rigors of winter and high winds of spring have\\nceased. I would say, not until the last of April or first of May, but\\nthat is my individual opinion only. I agree with you also that we\\nshould have a central conference somewhere for the organization of the\\njoint commission, and to ascertain and discuss any difference as to\\nboundary before we move upon the survey.\\nA successful conference may relieve us from any field work whatever.\\nI pray that may be the result. But as yet, I am not authorized to\\nagree upon any time or place of meeting.\\nThe Virginia commissioners have not yet had a full meeting, Col.\\nWatts, of Roanoke co., being absent. I have met Mr. DeJarnett two\\nor three times, and he proposes Washington city as the most central\\nplace. I have suggested Annapolis as the place most convenient to\\nexamine the archives of Maryland. The time, I am sure, cannot be\\nas soon as the second Tuesday in January.\\nFirst. For the reason that the legislature of Virginia has not made\\nan appropriation, and will not probably before the middle of January;\\nand\\nSecondly. The former reports upon the boundary of the two states\\nhave been so mutilated during the fall of Richmond, they must be\\nsupplied; how, is not determined.\\nIt is my purpose to proceed as promptly as we can, and it will be\\nmy care and choice to confer with the commissioners of Maryland, as\\nwell as with my own colleagues, as to the mutual convenience of ally\\nAs soon as I can obtain the views of Messrs. Watts and DeJarnett,\\nI will address you again.\\nA deliberate preparation, in my opinion, will hasten our work, and\\ntend to make it successful, or to make up the best excuse for a failure,\\nif fail we must. The study of the muniments of titles of both states", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "41\\nis a large one, and the time of winter will not be lost if devoted to that\\nalone. I therefore suggest that we postpone a conference until such\\ntime as each commission shall notify the other of readiness to confer.\\nPlease communicate these views to your colleagues, as I will to\\nmine and let me hear from you again.\\nMost respectfully and\\nTruly yours,\\nHENRY A. WISE.\\nEndorsements on the foregoing letter.\\nSame day\\nNotified Messrs. Watts and DeJarnett of Mr. Aydelotte s letter,\\nsaying I was not authorized to fix time or place, and that we will pro-\\nbably be compelled to ask for a later day.\\nI informed Mr. DeJarnett that I would write to Col. Watts, and\\nenquire when he can meet us here, and wrote to Col. Watts to that\\neffect.\\nHENRY A. WISE.\\nSecond endorsement.\\nDecem. 21th, 1870.\\nWrote to G. W. Gillett, clerk of Accomack, for Scarborough s re-\\nport, and other records.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "42\\nOAKLAND, Decern. 2Sth, 1870.\\nDear Sir:\\nI have just received yours of 26th. I heard nothing of the\\nmeeting you refer to on Wednesday, the 21st, or I would certainly\\nhave been present, though I had given you plenary authority to act\\nfor me in arranging the time for the first meeting of the boundary\\ncommission, as I thought when I met you in Richmond a short time\\nsince.\\nIt is very inconvenient for me to leave home during the Christmas\\nholydays, my presence being necessary, not to take Christmas myself,\\nbut to keep order on my place, and arrange my labor for another year.\\nUnless detained by some accident, I will be in Richmond on Tuesday\\nevening, the 2d January. If I am unexpectedly detained, I hope\\nyourself and Mr. DeJarnett will arrange the time for the first meet-\\ning, to suit yourselves. My only objection to the time suggested by\\nMr. Aydelotte is, that I am a director in the Atlantic, Mississippi\\nand Ohio railroad company, and there is to be a meeting of some im-\\nportance of the board of directors in Lynchburg, on the second Wed-\\nnesday. The succeeding Friday would suit me very well, and I have\\nno choice as to place. I could reach Washington, Baltimore, or I\\npresume Annapolis, Thursday night.\\nHas it occurred to you that there may he a hitch in our proceedings\\nfrom the fact that the joint resolution of our general assembly only\\nauthorized the appointment of two commissioners, whereas Governor\\nWalker has appointed three. See his message, pages 16 and 17. I\\ndo not know that any mischief can result from it, but it occurred to\\nme that we had better consider the matter before proceeding any\\nfurther.\\nVery respectfully and\\nTruly yours,\\nWM. WATTS.\\nGov. H. A. Wise, Richmond, Va.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "43\\nNote to the foregoing letter hy E. A. Wise.\\nBy note of December 30th replied, explaining my understanding of\\nthe appointment for the Wednesday week after parting from Col.\\nWatts. I informed him that I did not see necessity of meeting again\\nfor a month or more for reasons\\nFirst. Three commissioners have to be appointed.\\nSecond. Appropriation has to be made.\\nThird. No survey can be made until after March.\\nFourth. Time required to prepare and agree ourselves, and time to\\nconfer and discuss with Maryland commissioners; j)ropose, therefore,\\nlast of February or 1st March, for oar meeting. March for conference\\nwith Maryland commissioners, and April for survey.\\nFifth. Messenger probably will have to be sent to LondoL if legis-\\nlature approve.\\nH. A. WISE.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "44\\nSPRING GROVE, CAROLINE, VA.,\\nDecember 29th, 1870.\\nDear Sir\\nYours of 26th inst. is to hand. Should Col. Watts come to\\nRichmond, as you suggest, I do not see that we could accomplish\\nmore than you have done, which is in exact harmony with our under-\\nstanding at our last meeting.\\nWe regarded as. indispensable to a clear vindication of Virginia s\\nright to her claim, a copy of the official record, of our colonial history\\nfrom the colonial office of England.\\nShould we meet I could suggest nothing better than your reply to\\nMr. Aydelotte s letter. A meeting of the commissioners to consider\\nMr. Aydelotte s letter, could alone result in adopting your answer.\\nIf, in your opinion, Col. Watts s presence and my own could aid in\\nobtaining prompt action from our legislature in regard to the mission\\nto England, I will come immediately and add my efforts to yours in\\nsecuring that on which the success of our mission depends.\\nApproving all you have done, and with sentiments of high regard\\nand esteem,\\nI am sir, yours,\\nMost respectfully,\\nD. C. DeJARNETT.\\nTo Gov. H. A. Wise.\\nNote hy H. A. Wise.\\nAnswered Jan y 2d, 1871, informing him of my letter to Governor\\nWalker, of December 31st, 1870, and saying he had better come to-\\naid in getting through the appropriation.\\nH. A. WISE.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "45\\nRICHMOND, VA.,\\nDecember Slst, 1870.\\nTo His Excellency Gilbert C. Walker,\\nGovernor of Virginia:\\nSir:\\nThe commissioners on the part of Virginia, to ascertain and\\nlocate the true boundary line between the states of Virginia and\\nMaryland, have entered partially on their duties. One of them has\\nbeen engaged in assiduously examining Hening s Statutes at Large\\nfor all the known published papers relating to the subject; and an-\\nother has been engaged in looking up the reports and vouchers of the\\nlate joint commissions, which failed to agree upon a line. At the\\nvery outset, it is found that one of the reports of A. J. McDonald,\\nEsq., is missing, and the vouchers or authenticated copies referred to\\nin his other report have been so mutilated and destroyed, that what is\\nleft of them is useless to support the just claims of Virginia to her\\ntrue line of the Potomac on the western shore, and of Watkins\\npoint, at 38\u00c2\u00b0, on the eastern shore.\\nOf these manuscripts, copied from various offices in London, there\\nwere nine volumes, embracing forty-six copies of maps, and other in-\\ndispensable vouchers and evidences of Virginia s title. Six out of the\\nnine volumes have been taken away; and the three only remaining\\nvolumes the second, sixth and seventh have been so mutilated by\\ncutting out their leaves, that they are now wholly deficient in the\\nvery materials which they were meant to supply. c J\\nThis indescribable oifence against the state this extraordinary at-\\ntempt to commit the larceny of a line of latitude this mutihition of\\nhistorical materials this destruction of muniments of chartered\\nrights and of boundary monuments this felony upon the folios of\\nstate archives is obviously not the work of the vandalism of war;\\nbut it shows that it was done with the felonious intent of some inte-\\nrested party, who knew the meaning and effect of the memorials spe-\\ncially destroyed, and their application to the question of interest\\nwhich suggested the motive for their destruction. This motive is too\\napparent for the act to be mistaken, and it is so effectual to prevent\\nor obstruct a correct investigation of the boundary on the Eastern\\nShore, involving not only the oyster fisheries of the Tangier sound,", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "46\\nbut the terminus of the railroad at Crisfield, that the present com-\\nmissioners, who have examined the records, concur in the conviction\\nthat these missing papers must be recopied in England and be restored,\\nbefore it will be safe to meet the Maryland commissioners, or to try\\nthe title of boundary.\\nI am, therefore, authorized to ask of your excellency the recom-\\nmendation to the general assembly to pass an act making a suflScient\\nappropriation for obtaining a renewal of these destroyed copies, in-\\nsuch mode as you may deem most expedient. They are invaluable,\\nnot only for present use, either to prevail with the joint commission\\nof boundary, or to prepare for a trial before the judicial tribunals, but\\nfor the state s history in all time. Whilst they are being obtained^\\nsay in two months, every preparation of documents in our possession\\nmay be made, and the rigors of winter and the high winds of March\\nwill have ceased, before a survey is commenced. The survey of the\\nwidest part of the Chesapeake bay, and of the bays and islands on\\nthe sea-shore, must not only enter upon field, but upon flood,\\nand cannot be done in cold and windy weather with any accuracy.\\nThe commissioners also ask for the legislative sanction of three, in-\\nstead of two commissioners, and for an appropriation of some advance\\nto them of compensation, and for the pay of a clerk to their board.\\nI am, for myself and the commissioners,\\nYour Excellency s obedient servant,\\nHENRY A. WISE.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "47\\nOAKLAND, FehWy 2d, 1871.\\nDear Sir\\nI have just received yours of yesterday s date. I have been\\nconfined to my house and yard for the last two (or ten) days by indis-\\nposition, and cannot venture to Richmond earlier than some day next\\nweek. I will telegraph you as to the day I will be in Richmond, so\\nthat you may inform Mr. DeJarnett.\\nI have seen nothing of the passage of the bill you refer to, except\\nthrough the lower house. The newspapers are almost worthless in so\\nfar as they pretend to report the proceedings of the general assembly.\\nVery respectfully and\\nTruly yours, c.,\\nWM. WATTS.\\nGov. H. A. Wise, Richmond, Va.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "48\\nLEXINGTON, VA., FehWy 20th, 1871.\\nD R Sir:\\nI received your letter of the 16th inst., this morning.\\nI recommended the report of Col. McDonald should be kept se-\\ncret; as I did not wish the other party to be in possession of the in-\\nformation Col. McDonald had collected. Having examined it care-\\nfully, in connection with the Col., I was greatly impressed with its\\nvalue and importance, and considered it would settle the question.\\nHence my recommendation, in which he concurred.\\nMy impression now is (my recollection is not distinct) that, at his\\nsuggestion, the report and accompanying papers, were deposited in\\nthe office of the secretary of state. Col. Munford can perhaps fur-\\nnish some information in resrard to it.\\nTruly, yours,\\nHon. H. A. Wise, Richmond, Va.\\nJOHN LETCHER.\\nMemorandum hij Gen l H. A. Wise.\\nMarch \\\\st, 1871.\\nWrote to Col. Watts to come on, also to Angus McDonald to get\\nwhat he could from his brother. Received letter from G. W. Mun-\\nford, which I have handed to Mr. DeJarnett to obtain certain orders.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "49\\nOAKLAND, March 3, 1871.\\nDear Sir\\nYours of 1st March is just received. I left Eicbmond under\\nthe full belief that it was settled that Mr. DeJarnett should proceed\\nat once to England and obtain all the documentary evidence which\\nhe could find relating to the boundary between Virginia, Maryland\\nand North Carolina.\\nHe had shown me a note from yourself to him approving this\\ncourse, and while I did not in any direct words also approve it, I made\\nno objection, and considered the matter settled.\\nPrevious to seeing Mr. DeJarnett and conversing with him, and\\nlooking over some of the papers which his industry had collected, I\\nhad, in private conversation with some gentlemen, expressed the opin-\\nion that such a mission was unnecessary, as it would, I thought, avail\\nus nothing. About this my opinion has been somewhat modified,\\npartly in deference to the better judgment of yourself and Mr. De--\\nJarnett, and partly for other reasons. While I still do not see how\\nwe are to get rid of the Scarborough Survey or Commission, and of\\nthe Compact of 1785, recognizing Smith s point, yet, to meet the\\nMaryland commissioners views, would be simply to surrender the\\ncontest.\\nWe have nothing upon which to base even a jury argument, and I\\nconsider it our duty to fortify ourselves with all the evidence we can\\nprocure, let the result be what it may.\\nThat the Maryland commissioners will not yield Smith s point, I\\nsuppose is certain, no matter what testimony we may procure, and I\\nam afraid it is almost equally certain that the courts will not help us.\\nWe are bound by compacts, and even if those compacts are founded\\non fraud, we have slept too long upon our rights. But in this I may\\nbe mistaken, and, at any rate, no reliable judgment can be formed\\nuntil we see the testimony.\\nThe fact that the McDonald papers have been stolen and mutilated\\nshows that somebody interested against us regarded them as impor-\\ntant, and we ought to have them again if possible before we attempt\\nto do anything else.\\nI therefore give my full and explicit concurrence in Mr. DeJarnett s\\nmission, and think that the sooner he starts the better. We ought to\\nbe in the field by May,\\n7", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "50\\nThis is, I suppose, all that is necessary from myself.\\nI cannot well leave home at this time, my son being quite sick, but\\nif my presence in Richmond is needed or necessary, telegraph me at\\nBig Lick.\\nVery respectfully and\\nTruly yours, c.,\\nWM. WATTS.\\nGov. H. A. Wise, Richmond, Va.\\nI hope Mr. DeJarnett will not forget the North Carolina boundary.\\nMy impression is we have been cheated there, and I should like to see\\ntheir charters.\\nGen l McDonald made a mistake in bringing home only translated\\ncopies of the Maryland charter. We ought to have the original Latin\\nas well as the translation. Such Latin as it is, I have no doubt can\\nbe better and more accurately translated in England than in this\\ncountry, but the Maryland commissioners may make a point upon\\nour procuring merely a translation, and so with North Carolina.\\nIf Mr. DeJarnett could find Col. McDonald s son who accompanied\\nhis father to England, and take him along as secretary, he could possibly\\naid him very materially in his investigations. I merely throw this\\nout as a susjgestion.\\nWM. WATTS.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "51\\nBERRYVILLE, March M, 1871.\\nGen l H. A. Wise:\\nMy Dear Gen l\\nYours received yesterday, I will write to-day to William. He\\nresides in Louisville, Ky, and ask him to communicate to you\\nwhatever he may possess which can forward your purpose. It is pos-\\nsible that these copies of which you speak may be in Lexington with\\nmy mother. If they are, allow me to suggest, that the best mode of\\nfinding out what is there, would be to communicate with some gentle-\\nman of your acquaintance, a resident, and get him to confer with my\\nmother, and he might be of service to her in making the necessary\\nsearch. I would refer you to my brother Marshall, who is an assist-\\nant professor at the Institute, but I think it doubtful whether he can\\nspare the time from his duties, which press heavily upon him. I can\\nassure you, however, of his disposition to serve you. William can\\nprobably tell you where these copies are to be found.\\nYours truly,\\nA. w. McDonald.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "52\\nNEWTOWN, MD., March 6th, 1871.\\nHon. H. A. Wise:\\nMy Dear Sir\\nIn your esteemed favor of 26th December last, you expressed\\nviews relative to the preliminary duties of the joint commission on\\nthe boundary line question of our states, that met the approbation of\\nthe Maryland commissioners. But you remarked they were your in-\\ndividual views, and that you would confer with your colleages, and\\nwrite me again. Since which I have not had the honor of hearing\\nfrom you.\\nThe Maryland commissioners have not as yet held a formal meet-\\ning, Mr. Jones being much engaged in our supreme courts. We will\\nbe happy to meet you and your colleagues, at Annapolis or Baltimore,\\nany time of which you may give us timely notice.\\nI have seen in the public print an indication of a commissioner be-\\ning sent by the governor of Virginia to England in order to replace\\nlost or demolished records. If such a course is adopted by your au-\\nthorities, of course much time will be spent, but our commission will\\ncheerfully await the result, as our only aim is a speedy, equitable and\\nfinal settlement of the vexed question.\\nMay I hear from you, at length, at your earliest convenience,\\nI am, dear sir,\\nWith profound respect,\\nObediently yours,\\nWM. J. AYDELOTTE.", "height": "3494", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "53\\nEICHMOND, VA., March 8th, 1871.\\nTo W. J. Aydelotfe:\\nMy Dear Sir\\nYours of 6th inst. was received by me this evening, and I take\\npleasure in replying to its kind intimations by saying, that to-day is\\nthe first moment when I could further communicate with you satis-\\nfactorily.\\nMy colleagues have just concurred in the necessity of sending to\\nEngland to repair damage done to the archives of Virginia, by the\\nmutilation of her records relating to the boundary of the two states.\\nOur messenger will start very soon, and will require some two months\\nfor his work.\\nI hope (that) not more than that time will be consumed, and that\\nby the first or middle of May, we will be able to meet your commis-\\nsioners at Baltimore or Annapolis, and confer as to our action in the\\nfield. I do fondly hope for a speedy, equitable and final settlement\\nof the boundary. The legal and historical work, to prepare for an\\nintelligent conference of the joint commission is great.\\nI think no time will be lost in that preparation which will teach us\\nto agree or disagree very promptly. My desire is to make our work\\ndecisive and conclusive, and I am happy to recognize a kind disposi-\\ntion on your part.\\nVery truly and\\nRespectfully yours,\\nHENRY A. WISE.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "54\\nLOUISVILLE, March 7th, 187L\\nGe7i l H. A. Wise:\\nMy Dear General:\\nI received to-day a letter from my brother, enclosing one from\\nyou. to him in regard to the boundary question. You ask if my father\\ndid not have copies made of the papers he brought from England, and\\nbearing upon this subject. He intended to do so, but never did as far\\nas I know. It is quite probable that he kept a copy of the report\\nmade to the legislature in the winter of 1861. But I have never been\\nable to find it, or anything else relating to the boundary question\\nsince the war.\\nHis papers were scattered and most of them lost, by being carried\\nabout from one place to another during the war. There may, perhaps, be\\nsomething upon the subject, in the possession of my mother who lives\\nin Lexington, Virginia, but I think there is nothing. My father car-\\nried with him in a wagon from Lexington his most valuable papers..\\nAt his capture by the Yankees these were destroyed.\\nAll I can do, then, is to give some hints about the points taken in-\\nmy father s last report to the legislature (June, 1862):\\nFirst. The chief one was, that the charter (in Latin), as found, I\\nthink Maryland Statutes at Large, under which she claims her pre-\\nsent boundary, difiers from the original charter granted to Baltimore,\\nand difiers, too, just where the line of division between the (two)\\nstates is described.\\nMy father had the original charter, translated by one of the best\\nscholars in London, and also his opinion, given as to the difierence\\nmade by the change as appears from the present copy in possession of\\nMaryland; and the conclusion was, that there had been foul play, and\\nthat Virginia had been thereby robbed of her rights.\\nSecond. The maps of Smith and other cotemporary geographers^\\nshow that the king, in granting the charter, had not the slightest\\nknowledge of the real course of the Potomac, and from his probable\\nidea of it, then, the conclusion followed that he never intended to\\ngive the Potomac to Baltimore.\\nThird. That Maryland s prescriptive right to the Potomac, arising\\nfrom the fact that patents for the lands of the islands of the same", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "55\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0were first obtained from Maryland, is explained by the fact that Lord\\nCulpeper was, during the period of the first settlement of the Poto-\\nmac, contending with the state or colony of Virginia as to the right\\nto grant patents for land in the Northern Neck; hence arose conflicts\\nand confusion; and hence first settlers preferred to take out patents\\nfor lands in Maryland, where land tenures were more determined.\\nThere is no doubt but that Cumberland and the Maryland coalfield\\nwere not included in the original charter to Baltimore. Even the lan-\\nguage of the charter, now in possession of Maryland, shews this.\\nMy father got most of his information from documents found in the\\nroll office, and her majesty s state paper office in London. I believe,\\nhowever, that all was obtained from the latter, except the original\\ncharter.\\nIf you desire it, I will answer any number of questions you may\\nchoose to ask me on this subject, or do anything in my power to serve\\nyou. My father loved you dearly, and all his children still do.\\nI remain, dear General,\\nYour sincere friend,\\nw. N. McDonald.\\nDirect to Principal Male High School, Louisville, Ky.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "56\\nRICHMOND, VA., March 8th, 1871.\\nTo His Excellency Gilbert C. Walkek,\\nGovernor of Virginia:\\nSir\\nThe commissioners appointed on the part of Virginia, to as-\\ncertain and adjust her boundary with Maryland, unanimously concur\\nin the opinion that they cannot proceed with their work without the\\nvouchers once obtained from England, and now lost, and that they\\nmust be sent for by a special messenger. They respectfully ask your\\napproval of this step, as they regard it indispensable.\\nThey have, therefore, named the Hon. D. C. DeJarnett as the most\\nproper messenger to procure these important papers, taking the report\\nof A. W. McDonald, of Feb ry 2d, 1861 (2), as a guide or index of\\nsearch for what is now wanted, but with instructions to search for\\nother muniments of Virginia s title to the line of 38\u00c2\u00b0 N. latitude on\\nthe E:istern Shore; to examine particularly the records of the general\\nquarter court in England. The Plymouth and London companies\\nwere governed by two supreme councils first, the council of state;\\nsecond, the gen l assembly and their laws had to be ratified by the\\ngeneral quarter court in England.\\nI do not find that McDonald examined these. His copies were\\nchiefly from the British museum; from the state paper office, and from\\nthe roll office of British archives.\\nAgain, after the rights of Lord Baltimore had been contested by\\nVirginia grantees for nearly half a century, in the latter end of the\\n17th century, the proprietary rights of the Calverts was taken away,\\nand -Maryland was made a royal province, and so remained until the\\nyear 1715. Then, in 1715, the proprietary right was restored to the\\nCalverts and continued undisputed until the revolution of 1776.\\nIt is important that the original of this re-grant should be copied\\nand vouched.\\nWith these special instructions he ought to be given general powers\\nto seek for and copy any other papers of muniments, or maps pertain-\\ning to the boundary of the state.\\nWith the highest respect.\\nYour ob t servant,\\nH. A. WISE.\\n(Following this communication there appears to have been a letter\\nfrom Gen l Wise to Mr, DeJarnett, of 9 th March.)", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "57\\nSPRING GROVE, CAROLINE, VIRGINIA,\\nMarch 19th, 1871.\\nGeji l Henry A. Wise:\\nMy Dear Sir\\nI had the honor to present yours of 9th inst. to his excellency\\n-Gov. Walker, who promptly worte to the sec t of state at Washing-\\nton the object of my mission, and requesting such assistance as the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2department might properly give me.\\nI reached Washington on the 10th inst., but not until the 13th\\ncould the secretary be seen, he being engaged during office hours in\\nattendance on the joint high commission, now in session in Washing-\\nton.\\nHe very obligingly furnished me with a letter to Mr. Horan, in\\ncharge of the legation at London; and I also obtained from Sir Ed-\\nward Thornton, the British minister, c., c., resident at Washing-\\nton, another letter to Mr. Hammond, the under secretary of state, in\\nvcharge of the colonial office, London.\\nThese letters were deemed sufficient to secure my admission into all\\nthe depositories of official records necessary for us to examine.\\nI left Washington on the 15th inst., and shall only remain at home\\nto make hurried preparations for my leaving for London.\\nMay I ask that you make full notes of all papers, evidence, c.,\\nnecessary to be procured, and have them in readiness when I call, be-\\nfore leaving for England, as well as my commission.\\nMost respectfully, yours, c.,\\nD. C. DeJARNETT.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "58\\nWASHINGTON, D. C, April m, 1871.\\nGen l H. A. Wise:\\nDear Gen l\\nThe enclosed letter from Mr. HoUaday will explain the reason\\nwhy I have not left for England, and also why it is that I cannot fix\\nthe day for ray departure.\\nMy commission bears the authentication of the state department as\\nwell as that of the minister of England. Thus my arrangements are\\ncomplete.\\nI have seen Mr. Thos. Green, of this city, who anticipates large re-\\nsults should my mission be successful. I shall write you from New\\nYork before I sail.\\nVery respectfully, yours, c.,\\nD. C. DeJARNETT.\\nP. S. I have written to Holladay that 1 will postpone my depar-\\nture until the 15th, provided he cannot possibly be ready sooner.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "59\\nCOMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,\\nOffice of Sec ty of Commonwealth,\\nBichmond, April 1st, 1871.\\nGen l E. A. Wise:\\nDear Sir:\\nIf you have the time, and don t mind the weather, I would be\\nglad if you would come to the state library to examine some maps\\nwe have found bearing upon the boundary question, and made from\\ndata obtained by Col. McDonald. I venture to give you this trouble,\\nbecause the maps cannot be sent to you without injury from the rain,\\nand because I suppose you may desire to communicate with Col. De-\\nJarnett, after seeing them.\\nVery respectfully,\\nJAS. McDonald,\\nSec ty of commonwealth.\\nNote by Gen l Wise.\\nSaw the maps referred to the next day, and found them to be sec-\\ntions of Michler s survey.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "60\\nBALTIMORE, April 17th, 1871.\\nHon. If. A. Wise:\\nMy Dear Sir\\nYears ago, whilst in the law practice ia Washington, I was of\\ncounsel in a litigation there involving the Potomac riparian of Virgi-\\nnia and Maryland,\\nThe parties litigant were the Greaj, Jails (Potomac) Co. and the\\nU. S. Aqueduct Co. Hall Wilson of Richmond formerly, was presi-\\ndent of the Falls Co. At the instance of his counsel (of whom Chil-\\nton Magruder were a part), he procured the opinion of Reverdy\\nJohnson, then, as now, Maryland s great lawyer. This paper I have\\nlately unearthed from debris of old documents, and as it bears mate-\\nrially and impressively on the pending boundary question between\\nMaryland and Virginia, which are now in charge of the commission,\\nof which you are a member. I beg to send it to you, and to my friend\\nCol. DeJarnett, your colleague, as a small, but perhaps valuable, con-\\ntribution to the historical and legal literature which pertains to the\\nsubject, and which strongly sustains the rights of our beloved com-\\nmonwealth. In the hope that you may find it of some service, and\\nthat its references and authorities may prove valuable to the Virginia\\ncommission,\\nI beg to remain,\\nWith great respect.\\nYours very truly.\\nALLAN B. MAGRUDER.\\nLetter received from Mr. DeJarnett, dated London, May 2Sth, 1871,\\nto Governor Walker.\\nReports his arrival on the 27th inst. (should be ulto.)\\nDelay in gaining access to the departments.\\nDifficulty in procuring information from the rolls office, in conse-\\nquence of its removal. Reluctant permission given to make partial\\nexamination.\\nCommenced work the 24th inst.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "61\\nRICHMOND, VIRGINIA,\\nJune 23d, 1871-\\nSon. D. G. DeJarnett, ComW, dc, c.\\nDear Sir:\\nHis Excellency Governor Walker, was kind enough to refer\\nyour letter to him to me, and allow me to confer with him upon its\\ncontents.\\nI could not but regret the inopportune event of the removal of the\\narchives of the state paper office, for the reason that we cannot wait\\nthe time required for their arrangement so as to admit your access to\\nthem. It was from that office that your predecessor, McDonald, ob-\\ntained much, if not the most, of the valuable matter of his report.\\nBut I know that from the museum, and the rolls, and other sources,\\nwe may expect to supply many of McDonald s vouchers. The maps\\nare very important. A copy of the first English edition of Smith s\\nhistory of Virginia, with best maps, is very important. The Latin\\noriginal of the grant to Lord Baltimore Cecilius Baltimore and an\\nauthorized translation of it; and, if not the original, the best verified\\ncopy of it, with the authorized translation.\\nBaltimore s proprietary grant having been previously taken away, it\\nwas restored as late as 1715, and it is important to know the exact\\nterms of its restoration. A copy of that is important. These and\\nmany more records may be got at and copied and vouched such as\\nshow the boundaries of parishes, for example to ascertain where,\\ngeographically. Catholics and Quakers were excluded to a line, as be-\\ntween the Catholic colony and the colony enforcing the oaths of Al-\\nlegiance and Conformity. These, all you can, obtained, you might\\nleave memoranda for other copies not now accessible to you, and re-\\nturn with what you have. This is necessary, not only to give time for\\nfield work this year, but to prevent the exhaustion of our very small\\nappropriation. Don t, if avoidable, I advise, draw any more upon it\\nnow; leave enough for our surveyors, clerks and field work. When\\nthe legislature meets, we can apply for more if necessary. I send this\\nenclosed through the governor s communication to you.\\nWith the highest respect,\\nHENRY A. WISE.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "62\\n52 ADDISON ROAD, KENSINGTON,\\nLondon, June 20th, 1871.\\nTo Gen l Henrij A. Wise:\\nMy Dear Gen l:\\nI hdkVQJust cause of comiilaint against you for not writing to\\nme. Suggestions from you would have thrown light on the narrow\\nand misty path I have to pursue in the wilderness which I have been\\nexploring since I reached here.\\nIn my reply to a communication from Gov. Walker, I requested\\nhim to send the letter to you, which would have advised you of my\\nprogress to date. Up to that time my progress was slow necessarily,\\nand the great labor with that was achieved, rendered it still more un-\\nsatisfactorily. I have now the honor ^o report, that I have obtained\\nall developed in McDonald s report, and much more, in a more satis-\\nfactory connection.\\nI commenced with the discovery and attempted settlement by Sir\\nW.. Raleigh, in 1590. I have the charter with all its amendments\\ngiven the London company in 1607, under which Virginia was settled,\\nand the order of revoking that charter of date 1623, and at the same\\ntime a proclation from the king to the colony securing to it every right\\nderived from the first charter, changing only their form of government.\\nLord Baltimore and his Brother Peasley (his brother-in-law), ap-\\npear in 1626. In 1628 they obtain a charter to settle a colony in\\nCanada, where Lord Baltimore goes, leaving Peasley sec ry to the king.\\nTheir expectations in Canada not being realized. Lord Baltimore visits\\nVirginia in 1630, returns the same year to England, and in 1632 he\\nand his Brother Peasley obtain their charter for Maryland. Of this\\ncharter I have obtained six copies, one which I am sure has not seen\\nthe light for more than a century. This is enrolled on parchment,\\nand was not with the colonial papers of Maryland or Virginia. It\\npurports to bu the original, it is in Latin, and the whole I have had\\ncopied by the keeper of the rolls, and whose charge for official copies\\nis exorbitant, and for the official stamps on this paper the charge was\\n12\\nMr. Tomlin s translation of the Latin charter, and which I have,\\ndoes NOT warrant the conclusion arrived at by Mr. McDonald, wheu\\nhe says in his report (referring to Mr. T. s translation) cannot be so", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "63\\ninterpreted as to permit the Maryland boundary along the Potomac\\nto be on the Va. shore, c., c. The four copies of this charter, I\\nobtained from the museum, and in printed pamphlets liave the\\npamphlets entire), and also two, printed, which I found in the rolls\\noffice among the loose papers of Maryland, read as the one you have\\nin the land office in Virginia, a copy of which you have in Mr. Mc-\\nDonald s report.\\nThe care taken by Mr, Peasley (who from the records it is apparent\\nivas a Jesuit) to have so many of these charters printed, and in differ-\\nent books or pamphlets, and carefully concealing the original, has\\nimpressed the conviction on my mind, that he had altered it to please\\nthe fancy of Lord Baltimore, who had spent much time on the Ches-\\napeake and its tributaries, and fully appreciated the importance of the\\nPotomac river.\\nIn the loose papers of Maryland, I found a slip loithout signature,\\nbut in the handwriting of Lord Baltimore, referring to the original\\ncharter in the possession of Mr. Peasley. I have an agent looking\\nover the files of Mr. Peasley s department to which I cannot get access.\\nI have the king s assurance that Lord Baltimore s grant applies only\\nto the unsettled and uninhahited of the Va. colony. I have also re-\\ncords to show that Clairborn s settlement, the Isle of Kent, was not\\nonly settled, but at the date of Lord Baltimore s grant, was repre-\\nsented by a burgess in the Virginia house of burgesses.\\nI have been fortunate in finding what Mr. McDonald failed to dis-\\ncover, but to which he alludes, the original grant to Lord Culpeper\\nand others, with the amendments made by the king after his exile.\\nThis confirms to Virginia the Potomac river, and all the islands within\\nits banks. The date of the amended grant is 1663, of the first when\\nin exile in 1651. I have traced Mr. Peasley, on whom Lord Balti-\\nmore depended in his absence to the grant of Penn, to Wm. Penn, in\\n1681, he again becomes conspicuous. The controversy in regard to\\nMr. Penn s boundaries throws much light on our Eastern Shore line,\\nwhich is thereby defined to be on the 38th lat.\\nI have the letter of the king to Lord Baltimore (referred to by Mr.\\nMcDonald) so defining it, and Lord B. s admission of it. Systematic\\nefforts have been made by those in authority at the time, to obscure\\nthe boundary. That the department could furnish all we want, I have\\nno doubt, but the work is greater than you can conceive. For eight\\nhours each day since I obtained admission, I have been in this wil-", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "64\\nderness of old manuscripts, and not unfrequently the case, that I do-\\nnot find a line for my reward during the day.\\nThere are many missing linljs yet in our chain, often I have sup-\\nposed them found, but they miss it; and I turn again to the mountain\\nfor 2i. i^articular grain. They are here, and if health and money per-\\nmit, I will get them.\\nIn the museum I daily spend tioo hours, from 4 to 6; the rolls of-\\nfice, where alone official records are kept, closes at 4 o clock; here I\\nobtain corroborative evidence of my discoveries in the rolls office. In\\nthe map department of the museum, after much worry and vexation\\nof spirit, and bribery, I have all the maps. I want to have them\\ntraced on linen, as taken by McDonald might satisfy us. In so deli-\\ncate a controvers7j they would be embarrassing, as errors of omis-\\nsion or commission would destroy or make at pleasure; I have there-\\nfore a written contract (the second I have made) with a Litho- topo-\\ngrapher, and a fac simile guaranteed. From this process there is no\\nappeal as to fidelity. It is, however, very expensive, each map cost-\\ning from 5 to 20 guineas. These maps, many of them, dot the Mary-\\nland line to the Potomac on the north bank, and run the line across\\nthe bay from Point Lookout.\\nThere is a part of the Museum known as the Greenville Library,\\ncreated by private funds and contributions. So large have been the\\ncontributions, of private libraries, c., c., that it is now larger than\\nthe United States Library at Washington. No one who is not a mem-\\nber is admitted. It is a sort of depository of papers of extinct fami-\\nlies. From this intimation, I conceived the idea that Brother Peas-\\nley s papers might be there. To get it was the next thing; but only into\\nthe book departments could I obtain admission. My labor here was re-\\nwarded by finding Augustus Herman s map of Maryland, also a printed\\npamplet, containing a copy of the charter of Maryland the pamphlet,\\nthe same as found in the museum and rolls office. Peasley s and Lord\\nBaltimore s papers I therefore judged to be in this library. My faith\\nis such that I have employed an agent to thoroughly examine the\\nsame. Much depends on his fidelity, but as his reward is mainly hy-\\npothical, I hope for success; but much time must elapse before the\\ninvestigation is thoroughly made. This is the map alluded to Ijy Lord\\nBaltimore in answering the questions of the board of trade. This A.\\nHerman was a pensioner on the bounty of Lord Baltimore, and carried\\nto Maryland to do that work. This map was hunted for by McDonald\\nin every depository of public records in London in vain.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "65\\nIt was at the house of this Herman, in Maryland, that Lord Balti-\\nmore met William Penn, in 1683, to adjust their boundaries. I have\\nall that occurred at that interview, which throws much light on the\\nEastern Shore boundary.\\nI have thus given you a synopsis of what I have been doing and\\nwhat I hope to accomplish, I am sick nigh unto death of London.\\nNothing could induce me to remain another day, but my sense of\\nduty.\\nI could, if my agent in the Greenville Library succeeds, leave here\\nin ten days, but for the maps. The shortest time that I could con-\\ntract for their delivery was six weeks. Some artists required three\\nmonths; by udditional compensation I am to receive them in six weeks\\nfrom 6th June.\\nThere is more red tape here, and it is more expensive I am sure\\nthan anywhere else, so that if I can leave here by the 1st August, I\\nshall be fortunate. No one who has not been in the departments here,\\ncan form any conception of the systematic robbery of time and money\\nto which I am subjected. All make something out of you, and there-\\nfore keep you as long as possible.\\nThese papers, when copied, I have again to examine with the origi-\\nnals, which again will have to be hunted up, as you are not allowed,\\nto mark or put aside any paper. This takes time and money. Liv-\\ning here being so expensive, not a moment I loose, though my pro-\\ngress doubtless seems slow; still, under the circumstances, and in\\nview of all the obstacles, I am satisfied with it. I miss Holladay\\nvery much, who, for domestic reasons, was unable to meet me in New\\nYork, though I expected him to have done so when I left home. Had\\nhe been with me here greater dispatch would, have attended, doubtless,\\nour enterprise. The records of quarter courts, to which in your note\\nyou refer me, and alluded to by McDonald, are non est inventus.\\nA letter from Mr. Tomlin, now before me, that no such records\\nexist, as there had never been any such court.\\nFrom this long letter you will be able, if you read it to the end, to\\nsee what I have been about. It may seem from your standpoint, that\\nmy task was simple and easy of accomplishment, but when you re-\\nmember that all papers (except those relating to England proper) are\\nplaced in the colonial department, and, which contains the history of\\nall the colonies of England, among these you find in no regular order\\nthose of Maryland and Virginia. Every petition, all grievances, all\\narrests and trials in other words, the private history of every fam-\\n9", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "ee\\nily were required to be sent to E d. All these you have to read to-\\nfind what you want, and then you don t find it. There is yet much\\nto do. Indeed years would be required to perfect this case and get all\\nthat relates to it. Will you write, on rec t of this, synopsis of the\\npoints in the case, supplying my omissions? With my mind on the\\nrecords, I cannot review it in all its bearings.\\nI have obtained also the revocation of the charter of Maryland by\\nWm. of Orange, and when yesterday I desired to follow this through\\nhis reign, I was told it could not be allowed. Earl Granville s per-\\nmission for me to examine the records, extended to the reign of Queen\\nAnn. I desired to embrace her reign, but this he refused and limited\\nme to that of Wm, Prince of Orange. I shall obtain his writtea\\norder accordingly, which I doubt not will take me a week.\\nWith sentiments of the highest regard,\\nI am general.\\nYours, most respectfully,\\nD. C. DeJARNETT.\\nP. S. I omitted to state that I have all that is required in regard\\nto North Carolina.\\nPlease let Gov. Walker see this.\\nD. C. DeJARNETT.\\nNote by Gen l Wise.\\nPresented to Gov. Walker, as he will see by Mr. DeJ. s request.\\nPlease read and return.\\nHENRY A. WISE.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "67\\nSPRING GROVE, August 8th, 1871.\\nDear Gen^lj\\nI returned to Virginia on Friday last, and intended to have\\nreported to you on Monday, 7tli inst., but am prevented from leaving\\nhome by the illness of one of my children.\\nThere is a change this morning for the better, and soon I hope to\\nhave the pleasure of meeting you.\\nMost respectfully, c.,\\nD. C. DeJARNETT.\\nTo Gen l H. A. Wise, Bichmond, Va.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "6S\\nRICHMOND, VA., Augicst Uth, 1871.\\nTo Col Win. Watts:\\nDear Sir\\nMr. DeJarnette arrived here yesterday and deposited with m\\nthe documentSj c., he obtained in England, for our inspection ani\\nstudy. To examine them will require sometime, and they are her\\nfor your use whenever your convenience will permit you to come oi\\nand examine them.\\nWe must now promptly make the most of the vouchers which w\\nhave, and prepare for field work at the earliest practicable period.\\nVery respectfully and\\nTruly yours,\\nHENRY A. WISE.\\nCol. Wm. Watts, Big Lick, Va.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "69\\nBia LICK, August 10th, 1871.\\nDear Sir:\\nI received a day or two since yours of the 11th, informing me\\nif the return of Mr. DeJarnett with the documents and records re-\\nating to our boundary question.\\nMy engagements are such that I cannot possibly go to Kichmond\\narlier than next week, j^i obably about AVednesday or Thursday. I\\nmagine it cannot take very long to examine and understand these\\necords, especially with the assistance of yourself and Mr. DeJarnett.\\nI do not fancy the idea of taking the field, or water either upon our\\nlurveying expedition before frost, having a very strong up-country\\nepugnance to fevers of all sorts.\\nBut we will talk about this.\\nVery respectfally and\\nTruly y r ob t s v t,\\nWM. WATTS.\\nGov. H. A. Wise, Richmond, Va.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "70\\nEXCHANGE HOTEL, RICHMOND, VA.,\\nAugust 2eth, 1871.\\nDear Sir\\nI arrived here to-day by the Danville train, and went imme-\\ndiately to your office, but missed you by a short time.\\nI should be very glad to get the documents and records brought\\nfrom England by Mr. DeJarnett ^7i{s evening, so that 1 may commence\\ntheir examination. How shall I get them.?^\\nVery respectfully and truly,\\nWM. WATTS.\\nGov. H. A. Wise, Richmond, Va.\\nNote hy Gen l Wise.\\nReceived (the above) at 10 minutes after 6, P. M., Saturday, August\\n26th, 1871.\\nHe arrived here the 2d September, and left the morning of the 6th\\nof same month.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "71\\nNEWTOWN, MD.,\\nSeptW Zd, 1871.\\nHon, Henry A. Wise,\\nDear Sir\\nYour esteemed favor, in reply to a note from me in March, was\\nduly received, in which you informed me of a messenger to London to\\nprocure documents relating to our state boundary question.\\nSeveral weeks ago, I saw in the newspapers a notice of the success-\\nful mission and safe return of one of your colleagues, Hon. Mr. De-\\nJarnett. Since which I have expected a communication from you on\\nthe subject, but have heard nothing.\\nThe season is passing, and the time for action fully at hand. Though\\nI write without the instructions of my colleagues, I venture to sug-\\ngest that our commission will be pleased to meet you at such time as\\nmay suit your convenience for organization, either at Richmond, Wash-\\nington, Annapolis or Baltimore, or even at Horntown or Newtown,\\nbut I suggest Annapolis or Baltimore for the convenience of docu-\\nmentary reference.\\nWhen your commission have fixed upon a time and place for such\\nmeeting, I must ask of you the favor to inform I. D. Jones, att y-gen I\\nof Mary., at Balto.j and Leven L. Walters, Esq., of Princess Ann,\\nMd., of the same, and give me notice thereof as many days in advance\\n.as you conveniently can.\\nI am, dear sir.\\nWith profound respect,\\nObediently and truly yours,\\nWM. J. AYDELOTTE.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "72\\nTo Wm. Aydelotte, Com r, dec:\\nMy Dear Sir\\nEICHMOND, VA.,\\nJSept. 6th, 1871.\\nAs you suggest Mr. DeJarnett has returned from LondoD,\\nbringing with him much valuable historical matter as to the boundary\\nof Virginia and Maryland, but he has not yet made his official report\\nto the governor of this state, and sometime must be allowed to the\\ncolleagues of this commission to examine the matter which he brings\\nwith him. I am assured that the Virginia commissioners will not\\ndelay in examining his report, and that as soon as they can proceed\\non the joint commission they will have you duly informed.\\nBoth of my colleagues, too, are from the upper country of Virginia,\\nand object to visiting the Eastern Shore, until the malarious and\\nequinoctial seasons are over. We desire to be able to report to the\\nlegislature of this state at the commencement of the approaching ses-\\nsion, and will not unnecessarily delay a conference and joint action\\nwith you. When the time and place of meeting for the joint com-\\nmission is fixed, you shall be promptly advised. I think you may\\nexpect our aj^pointment or suggestion, rather of the time and place\\nto be at Washington city or at Annapolis, sometime about the first\\nweek in next month.\\nWill you please give this information to Mr, Jones and Mr, Waters^\\nyour colleagues.\\nVery truly and respectfully.\\nYour obedient servant,\\nH. A, WISE.\\nMe77i. hy Gen I Wise.\\nSept 6th, 1871.\\nNotified Mr. DeJarnett to make his report to the governor of his\\nmessage to London, and requesting him to confer as to the time and\\nplace of the joint com n with Maryland,\\nH. A. WISE.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "73\\nKICHMOND, VA., Sept r 16th, 1871.\\nDear Sir\\nMr. DeJarnett and myself have agreed to meet in Washington\\ncity, on the boundary commission, during the first week of October\\nnext, and to write the Maryland commissioners, to meet those of Vir-\\nginia at that city, on the 9th of October next.\\nWe hope this will suit your convenience, and that you will attend\\nat the time named.\\nVery respectfully and\\nTruly yours,\\nHENRY A. WISE.\\nCol. Wm. Watts, Big Lick, BoanoJce Co y, Va.\\n10", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "74\\nRICHMOND, Sept. ISth, 1871.\\nDear Sir:\\nThe commissioners on the part of Virginia, to settle and adjust\\nthe boundary of the states of Maryland and Virginia, have agreed to\\nmeet each other in Washington city during the first week in October\\nnext; and they [propose, if agreeable to them, to meet the commis-\\nsioners on the part of Maryland at that city, o)i the 9th daj/ of Octo-\\nber next. Will you please inform me whether this will be convenient\\nto you and your colleagues; and, if not, please say what time and\\nplace will suit you and them. It will give us pleasure to endeavor to\\nconform to your wishes.\\nMost respectfully and truly,\\nHENRY A. WISE.\\nTo Hon. Isaac D. Jones, Att y-Gen l, Baltimore, Md.; L. L. Waters,\\nEsq., Princess Anne, Md.; W. J. Aydelotte, Esq., Neivtown, Md.\\n[A copy of the above was sent to each of the gentlemen to whom it\\nis addressed. C. E. S.]", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "75\\nBALTIMORE, Sept. 18th, 1871.\\nHon. Henry A. Wise:\\nDear Sir\\nIn reply to yours of the 16th inst.j proposing a meeting of the\\nVirginia and Maiyland commissioners upon the boundary question,\\nat Washington city, on the 9th October (if that day will be convenient\\nto the Maryland commissioners), I regret to state that engagements\\nof at least two of the Maryland commissioners for that, and several\\nsucceeding days, will prevent them from meeting the Virginia com-\\nmissioners at that time.\\nI will confer with my colleagues, and ascertain the time when they\\ncan meet the commissioners of Virginia, and will write you again upon\\nthe subject.\\nVery respectfully and truly,\\nISAAC D. JONES.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "76\\nEICHMOND, Sept 20th, 1871.\\nDear Sir:\\nHon. I. D. Jones, of Baltimore, informs me that the Maryland\\ncommissioners on the boundary question, cannot meet those on the\\njmrt of Virginia on the 9th October as proposed; that he will confer\\nwith his colleagues, and communicate further with me.\\nYou will be duly informed of any appointment they may propose.\\nVery respectfully,\\nHENKY A. WISE,\\nPer Snodgrass.\\nCopies sent to Col. Wm. Watts, Big Lick, Roanoke Co., Va.; Hon.\\nD. C. DeJarnett, Milford, Va.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "77\\nNEWTOWN, MD., Sept 19th, 1871.\\nEon. Henry A. Wise, Richmo7id, Va.:\\nMy Dear Sir\\nYour esteemed favor of 16th inst. for Virginia commissioners\\nis at hand. In reply to your suggestion, of Washington city as the\\nplace, and the 9th October next as the time, for the commissioners on\\nthe part of Virginia, and those on the part of Maryland to meet, I\\nhave the honor to say, the Maryland commissioners have for several\\nmonths, held themselves in readiness to meet your commissioners, at\\nsuch time and place as you might be pleased to propose in order to a\\npreliminary organization for the important work before us. But on\\nSaturday, the 7th of that month, I have to be in my county to execute\\na fiduciary trust, that under our laws cannot be delegated to another.\\nMonday morning, 9th, our boat leaves here, and is due in Baltimore\\nthe following day.\\nMay I therefore ask you to make it agreeable to your commission,\\nto join us two days later than the day you name, to-wit: in Washing-\\nton city, on Wednesday, 11th October next. I will mail to each of\\nmy colleagues, simultaneously with this, a communication informing\\nthem of our agreement, and pledge for them a cheerful acquiescence\\ntherein, if no unavoidable engagement prevents.\\nI am, dear sir,\\nWith profound respect.\\nObediently yours,\\nW. J. AYDELOTTE.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "78\\nKICHMOND, Sept. 22, 1871.\\nW. J. Aydelotte, Esq., Newtown, Md.:\\nD R Sir:\\nYour valued favor of 19tli inst., is to hand and noted. The\\nVirginia commissioners will meet those of Maryland in Washington\\ncity, on the 11th day of October next.\\nVery respectfully,\\nHENRY A. WISE,\\nPer C. E. Snodgrass.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "79\\nRICHMOND, Sept. 22, 1871.\\nDear Sir\\nReferring to my letter of 20th inst., I now have to inform you\\nthat the 11^^ day of October next, and- Washington city, is the time\\nand place agreed upon for the meeting of the joint commission on the^\\nboundary question. I hope it may suit your convenience entirely.\\nVery respectfully,\\nHENRY A. WISE,\\nPer C. E. Snodgrass.\\nEon. D. C. DeJarnett, Milford, Va.; Col. Wm. Watts, Big Lick,\\nBoanoke Co., Va.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "80\\nRICHMOND, VA., Octo. 2d, 1871.\\nHon. I. D. Jones, Com r, c.:\\nDear Sir\\nWith a view to convenience, I shall proceed to Washingtoi\\ncity, on Saturday next, to receive any communication from the bound\\nary commissioners on the part of Maryland as to the time and plac\\nvirhich they may suggest arranging the meeting of the joint commis\\nsion. I trust it may be agreeable to meet at Washington or Annapoli;\\nsome day next week. I have so notified my colleagues; and any no\\nlice from you will reach me at the house of Doct. A. Y. P. Garnett\\nNo. 1328 N. York avenue, Washington city, after Saturday next.\\nVery truly yours,\\nHENRY A. WISE.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "81\\nRICHMOND, VA., Octo. 2d, 1871.\\nDear Sir:\\nOn Saturday next I shall proceed to Washington, on the cona-\\nmission of the boundary between Virginia and Maryland, and so noti-\\nfied the commissioners of Maryland, in order that they may notify\\nme there of their wishes as to the time and place of the meeting of\\nthe joint commission.\\nI will be very much gratified to have you meet me there some day\\nnext week, at your pleasure and convenience.\\nI will be at Doct. A. Y. P. Garnett s, No. 1328, New York avenue,\\nW. city.\\nVery respectfully and\\nTruly yours,\\nHENRY A. WISE.\\nCol. W. Watts, Big Lick, Roanoke Co., Va.\\n11", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "82\\nPRINCESS ANNE, MD.,\\nSept. 20th, 1871.\\nHon. Henry A. Wise:\\nD r Sir\\nYour letter of the 16th inst., inviting me to attend a meeting\\nof the Maryland and Virginia boundary commissioners, in the city of\\nWashington, on the 9th of Octo. next, reached me by our last mail.\\nIn reply, I have to say, that I deeply regret my inability to attend\\nthe meeting at the time and place suggested.\\nOur court, of which I am clerk, convenes on the 9th prox., and my\\npresence here is absolutely necessary. Our court will probably be in\\nsession about two weeks, and from that, the time of its adjournment,\\nuntil the 7th of November (our election), I shall be engaged in can-\\nvassing, and will not be able to make or accept any appointment for\\na meeting before the 7th of November, unless such meeting can be\\nheld before the 9 th of October, the day you suggest.\\nIt is possible that both Mr, Jones and. Mr. Aydelotte may be able\\nto accept your appointment, and if this is so (as my presence is not\\nindispensable), the meeting may be held as you desire.\\nI presume you have written to both these gentlemen, who will an-\\nswer for themselves.\\nVery respect,, c,,\\nLEVEN L. WATERS.\\nP. S, I have written to Messrs. Jones and Aydelotte, requesting\\ntheir attention to the matter.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "83\\nRICHMOND, VA., Oct 2d, 1871.\\nDear Sir:\\nOn Saturday next I shall proceed to Washington, on the com-\\nmission of boundary between Va, and Maryland, and so notify the\\ncommissioners of Maryland, in order that they may notify me there\\nof their wishes as to the time and place of the meeting of the joint\\ncommission.\\nI will be very gratified to have you meet me there some day next\\nweek, at your pleasure and convenience.\\nI will be at Doct. A. Y. P. Garnett s, 1328 N. York avenue, W.\\ncity.\\nVery respectfully and truly yours,\\nHENRY A. WISE.\\nHon. D. G. DeJarnett,\\nMilford Depot, Caroline Co., Va.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "84\\nWASHINGTON CITY, Ocio 8th, 1871.\\nDear Sir\\nI am here at No. 1328 New York avenue, Dr. Garnett s. I\\nwill to-morrow look to the det il of surveyors. Michler is not here,\\nhe is in California, and De la Camp is where no one can tell me.\\nIf you have Michler s report please bring it with you, and let me\\nknow where to find you immediately on your arrival.\\nYours truly,\\nHENRY A. WISK\\nEon. D. C. DeJarnett.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "85\\nWASHINGTON CITY, Octo. 8th, 1871.\\nDear Sir\\nI arrived here last evening, and will be glad to hear from you\\nat this place.\\nI am authorized to unite with you in obtaining a detail of surveyors\\nfrom the superintendent or the coast survey. I will see what can be\\ndone in that behalf to-morrow. May I have the concurrence of the\\nMaryland commissioners in making that arrangement in time for our\\njoint meeting? I am awaiting your communication as to the time\\nand place of that meeting, and am expecting my colleagues daily.\\nAddress me at Washington city, No. 1328 New York avenue, care\\nDoct. A. Y. P. Garnett.\\nYours, very truly,\\nHENRY A. WISE.\\nEon Isaac D. Jones, Baltimore, Md.\\nMemo.\\nWASHINGTON CITY, Octo. lOth, 1871.\\nWrote to Messrs. Jones, Waters, and Aydelotte, commissioners of\\nMaryland: That I will leave here Friday next for Crisfield, and will\\nbe there on the 17th inst.; requesting to meet them; hoping they will\\nunite in running the lines; and notifying them that I had requested\\nthe attendance of a surveyor from the coast surveyor s office.\\nH. A. W.\\nAlso wrote to same effect to Mr. DeJarnett and Col. Watts.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "86\\nELLISDALE P. 0., NEW JERSEY,\\nOcto. 14th, 1871v\\nHon. Henry A. Wise, c., c.\\nDr. Sir:\\nI received information two days ago, from the office of the\\ncoast survey at Washington, that the joint commiss. appointed by\\nVirginia and Maryland to settle and adjust the boundary line between\\nthe two states on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake, would meet\\nat Crisfield on the 17th inst,, and that it was expected that I or the\\nsurveyor would then be present and prepared to proceed to the field.\\nI regret to say, that owing to the shortness of the notice, it will be\\nimpossible to make the detail and the arrangements to commence any\\nsurvey before the close of the present mo.\\nI propose to leave here on the 16th, with the intention of meeting\\nthe commission at Crisfield on the 17th, the day specified by you in\\ncommunication with Mr. Hilgard.\\nI am, respectfully,\\nY r obt. svt.,\\nEICH D D. CUTTS.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "87\\nBALTO., Oct. 9th, 187L\\nEon. H. A. Wise:\\nDr. Sir:\\nYour favor of yesterday is recv d. I regret that the engage-\\nments of Mr. Waters and myself precludes our meeting your comm rs\\nbefore Tuesday, the 17th inst. Mr. Waters will not be able to meet\\nus until after Nov. 7th, but desires Mr. Aydelotte and myself to meet\\nyou at any time before then that might suit the convenience of your\\ncommissioners and ours. I shall be unable to devote more than a\\nday or two to a joint meeting for a month to come; but I am desi-\\nrous that we shall meet and confer as to what surveys, if any, are\\nnecessary. No appropriation has been made by the Maryland gen l\\nassembly for surveys, and no authority to incur any expense therefor,\\nexcept it be implied from the power to settle and adjust the bound-\\nary line, their work to be reported to the gen l assembly to be ap-\\nproved or rejected. The surveys by Col. McDonald and Col. Lee,\\nin 58, and by the commission of the two states in 1867, are probably\\nin your possession, and may aid us so far as they went. I am going\\nto Princess Anne to-morrow, and will confer with my colleagues, if\\npossible, while there, and fix upon a day when two of us at least can\\nmeet you in Washington. I hope to return by Saturday next, and\\nwill then write you again.\\nVery truly y rs,\\nISAAC D. JONES.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "Telegram.\\nPHILA., PA., l^th Octo., 1871.\\nBoundary Commission, Crisjield, Md.:\\nWill meet the commission at Crisfield to-morrow afternoon.\\nK. D. CUTTS.\\nHon. H. A. Wise.\\nTelegram.\\nPHIL., PA., nth Octo., 1871.\\n\u00c2\u00a3[,on HA Wise.\\nI find it impossible to meet commission to-day. Please give\\nme notice, at Washington, of the time and place of next meeting.\\nRICH D D. CUTTS.\\nTelegram.\\nWASHINGTON, D. C, ISth Oct, 1871.\\nHon. H. A. Wise, Boundary Commission:\\nWill be at Crisfield on next Saturday morning.\\nRICH D D. CUTTS.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "89\\nPRINCESS ANNE, MD., Octo. -]2th, 1871.\\nHon. H. A. Wise:\\nDear Sir\\nYour favor of the 10th inst., suggesting a meeting of the Vir-\\nginia and Maryland boundary commissioners, at Crisfield, on the 7th\\ninst., was duly received. In reply I regret to say that it will be im-\\npossible for me to attend any meeting of the boundary commissioners\\nuntil after the 7th prox.\\nOur court is now in session, and is likely to continue so through the\\ngreater part of next week, and as I am clerk of the court my presence\\nthere is indispensable. And after the adjournment of our court, I\\nexpect to be engaged in canvassing until the election, which occurs on\\nthe 7th of November prox.\\nI saw Mr. Jones, who is attending our court, shortly after the re-\\nceipt of your favor, and handed it to him.\\nHe desires me to say, that he has an engagement in Washington,\\non the 17th inst., the day suggested for the meeting at Crisfield, and\\nthat he and Mr. Aydelotte have arranged to meet you there. He\\nwill leave here to-morrow, the 13th, and expects to go to Washington\\non Wednesday next to meet his engagement there and says that it\\nwill not be possible for him to be at Crisfield on the day you suggest.\\nRegretting sincerely my inability to be present, at your preliminary\\nmeeting, but believing the interests of my people will be safe in the\\nhands of Messrs. Jones and Aydelotte, I have consented that the\\nmeeting shall be held without my presence, and hope there will be no\\ndelay or disappointment.\\nVery respectfully, c.,\\nLEVIN L. WATERS,\\n12", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "90\\nCRISFIELD, MD.,\\nSaturday, Octo. 21stj 1871.\\nW. J. Aydelotte, JEJsq.k\\nDear Sir\\nMr. Cutts, of the coast survey, carrived this morning, without\\nany detail or instruments for survey, and Cajit. Brown, of the steamer\\nTredegar, has not, up to this hour, 1 o clock, P. M., arrived. After\\nconference and consulting with Mr. Cutts, the commissioners for Vir-\\nginia have concluded to return home, as there is no opportunity at\\njDresent, at least, of having a meeting with the Maryland commissioners.\\nWe do not, of course, propose now to run the line, as understood when\\nyou separated from us. You will please communicate this result of\\nour attempt to confer and act with the Maryland commissioners to\\nyour colleagues. Any communication from them will reach me at\\nRichmond, Va.\\nY rs, very respect, and truly,\\nHENRY A. WISE.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "91\\nBALTO., Novem. 25th, 1871.\\nHon. H. A. Wise:\\nMy Db. Sir:\\nI was very sorry that my engagements precluded the pleasure\\nof meeting you at Crisfield. I was at Princess Anne court when your\\nletter reached here, and received it after my return to this city too\\nlate to reply. 1 saw Mr. Waters a few days ago, and am authorized\\nby him to say that the Maryland commissioners will meet the Vir-\\nginia commissioners at Washington, or in this city, on any day of\\nthe week following Monday, 4th Decern, next. Tuesday, 5th Decem.,\\nwill be convenient to us, if your commissioners can meet us.\\nThere are two maps of ancient date in this city, showing the\\nboundary between Va. and Maryland, on the Eastern Shore one in\\nthe Maryland historical society s room, the other in the library of the\\nPeabody inst te. If your commission will meet us in this city, we\\ncan have opportunity of examining them. My official duties as att y\\ngen l will probably terminate by the 1st Decem., and I design to\\nunite with my colleagues immediately thereafter, in the hope of meet-\\ning our Virginia friends at their earliest convenience. Please let me\\nhear from you.\\nVery truly y rs,\\nISAAC D. JONES.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "92\\nRICHMOND, VA., Nov. 27th, 1871.\\nHo7i. Isaac D. Jones:\\nMy Dear Sir:\\nI concur with you fully in the regret that the joint commission\\nof Maryland and Virginia could not meet at Crisfield, in the month\\nof October, when the weather was so fine for field work and for travel-\\ning. Mr. Aydelotte, one of your colleagues, met me promptly. He\\nand I at first met alone. Mr. Waters, your other colleague, did me\\nthe kindness to visit me at Crisfield Siud give me his reasons in per-\\nson, saying he could not meet the appointment owing to his profes-\\nsional engagements, and I had no conference with him except in the\\nmost general way. With Mr. Aydelotte I had a most gratifying con-\\nference, and we visited the location of two ancient monuments of\\nboundary on Smith s island corresponding with the monuments and\\nmarks east of the Pocomoke, and with the line of Michler east, con-\\ntinued by De la Camp, west of that river. My two colleagues then\\njoined us, and the three commissioners of Virginia and Mr, Aydelotte\\nagreed to run and rectify the whole line of Calvert and Scarborough\\nin 1868, to ascertain its exact location, for the consideration of the\\njoint commission when it should.\\nBut delay was necessary to obtain a detail for the survey from the\\ndepartment at Washington. Mr. Aydelotte left us at Crisfield to make\\narrano-ements on the Pocomoke for running the line. On conference\\nwith Mr. Cutis, of the coast survey, after Mr. Aydelotte left, the com-\\nmissioners of Virginia found that the work proposed could not be\\ndone before the next spring, and that the lines already run by Michler\\nand De la Camp, and the monuments found on Smith s island, were\\nsufficient for all the purposes of an experimental line in ascertaining\\nthe ancient marks and monuments fixed by Calvert and Scarborough\\nin 1668. Thus, there being no necessity for running the experimental\\nline anew, they concurred in adjourning and reporting upon the data\\nalready in hand; and they immediately informed Mr. Aydelotte of\\ntheir conclusion. I received from him a very proper note, regretting\\nthis result, and have heard nothing further from the commissioners of\\nMaryland, or either of them until the receipt of yours of 25th inst.\\nthis morning. The Virginia commissioners have had no meeting since\\nthat at Crisfield. One of my colleagues resides in the county of Car-", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "93\\noline, and the other far distant ih the county of Eoanoke, and both,\\nlike myselfj are busy; but I will at once communicate the contents of\\nyour letter to each of them, and inform you of their reply as soon as\\nreceived by me. I fear that neither of us will be able to meet you as\\nsoon as you propose, if at all during the winter months. Certainly\\nthe running of a line should not be attempted during the winter sea-\\nson, and not until after the high winds of spring cease.\\nIf the joint commission can meet at all, I myself prefer Baltimore\\nas the place, not only on account of the maps you mention, but for\\nmany reasons which endear Baltimore to me, and from the fact that\\nit is most convenient and accessible to the place of our labors. Cannot\\nthe two maps of the Maryland historical society and of the library of\\nthe Peabody institute be photographed If so, at what cost.^ I have\\nwritten at such length to inform you fully of our action at Crisfield;\\nand to submit that the commissioners from each state shall delay dur-\\ning the winter and await further action of the respective legislatures\\nof the two states.\\nVery respectfully and\\nTruly yours,\\nHENKY A. WISE.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "94\\nKICHMOND, Nov. 28th, 1871.\\nMy Dear Sir\\nYesterday I received a letter from the Hon. Isaac D. Jones,\\nproposing for the commissioners of Maryland to meet those of Vir-\\nginia, on any day of the week following the 4th of December next,\\nnaming Tuesday, the 5th, as most convenient to them. He names\\nBaltimore as the place of meeting, for reason of certain ancient maps\\nthere. I have replied that I would coYifer with my colleagues; that\\nI feared there was no probability of a compliance with his request;\\ninformed him of the result of our meeting at Crisfield; that we had\\ndetermined to report upon the date already in hand; and submitting\\nthat, if further action is to be taken by a joint commission, it should\\nbe postponed until spring. I hope this meets your approbation.\\nY rs truly,\\nHENRY A. WISE.\\nHon. D. C. DeJarnett, Mil/ord, Caroline Co., Va.; Col. Wm. Watts,\\nBig Lick, Roanoke Co., Va.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "95\\nBALTIMORE, Nov. 28th, 1871.\\nMon. E. A. Wise:\\nMy Dear Sir:\\nI this morning received your favor of yesterday, while Mr. Ayde-\\nlotte was with me. We were not aware that your colleagues resided\\nso far apart and so distant from you. We agree with you that it is\\nnot probable they could meet us on the day suggested in my letter of\\n23d inst. Mr. Aydelotte and myself suggest, that you and your col-\\nleagues meet us in this city on Wednesday, the 20th December next\\nsay at Barnum s hotel, at 10 o clock A. M. This is the most central\\nor the St. Clair hotel, formerly the Gilmer house, on Monument\\nsquare, near Barnum s. Both are equally convenient, and are first-\\nclass hotels I mean convenient of access to the two maps of which\\nI made mention in my last letter.\\nI had a surveyor to examine them, with a view to having them\\ncopied or photographed. He replied that they could not be photo-\\ngraphed, but might be accurately copied. The one in the Peabody\\ninstitute is in an atlas, and the map occupies two sheets. It was\\npresented to the Institute by the late Jno. P. Kennedy, and formerly\\nbelonged to the Duke of Sussex, by whom it was presented to Mr.\\nKennedy. It was the atlas used in adjusting the N. E. boundary\\nbetween the United States and the British American colonies. I\\nhave seen it only once, and then only for a few minutes, intending to\\nexamine it more closely at a more convenient season, which has not\\nsince occurred. The surveyor reported that it would cost $200 to\\nmake an exact copy of the two maps, and as my colleagues had not\\nseen the maps, I did not deem it proper to incur that expense at\\npresent.\\nI have bestowed a good deal of labor upon the investigation of the\\nsubject, and am frank to say that it seems to me that the only alterna-\\ntive to a resort to the Supreme Court of the U. States, as suggested\\nin one of your letters to Mr. Aydelotte, is an agreement upon a com-\\npromise line. I am more strongly confirmed in this view because of\\nyour letter now before me, and the statement of Mr*. Aydelotte as to\\nthe result of your visit to Smith s island.\\nYour letter states, we visited the localities of two ancient monu-\\nments of boundary on Smith s island. On reading this, Mr. Ayde-", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "96\\nlotte remarked, the government is mistaken we visited one, and\\ntwo men undertook to look for another, but could not find it, But\\nthe most singular fact is, that about 4th December, 1867, the (3) three\\nVirginia commissioners and the three Maryland commissioners, Ayde-\\nlotte, Waters and myself, with Mr. De la Camp, visited Horse Ham-\\nmock, staid all night with Capt. Johnson Evans, made every possible\\nenquiry for monuments, traditions, c., c., of boundary, without\\nbeing able to find out anything about a line or boundary. Captain\\nEvans did not then profess to know anything of any boundary, but\\njust the contrary, and we reported to the Maryland Tegislature, there\\nis no certain tradition so far as the commissioners could ascertain to\\nfix the location of any divisional line between Maryland and Virginia\\nacross Smith s island, There is a tradition that a divisional line\\nfrom Smith s point passed across the lower part of Smith s island be-\\nlow Horse Hammock (which has for many years been under the juris-\\ndiction of Maryland, although the present proprietor stated to the\\ncommissioners, that a former occupant, many years ago, paid taxes,\\nand took out a store license in Virginia,) But where the divisional\\nline was run, or whether any such line across Smith s island ever was\\nrun under the joint authority of the two states, there is no record or\\ntradition.\\nThat was the extent of the information given in the presence of all\\nsix of the commissioners. But the foregoing extracts are copied from\\nthe Maryland report, made in a few weeks afterwards, from memo-\\nranda written down on the spot, I think all this goes to show how\\nexceedingly uncertain will be the result of judicial proceedings, unless\\nsome documentary evidence shall be discovered of which I have hith-\\nerto been unable to learn anything.\\nBut let us meet like Virginians and Marylanders ever ought to\\nmeet, in the most fraternal spirit, and try to agree upon a compro-\\nmise line.\\nHoping to hear from you at your earliest convenience, and that the\\nday named may suit you and your colleagues,\\nI rtmain, my dear gen l.\\nVery truly yours,\\nISAAC D, JONES.\\nP. S, I must apologize for this incoherent letter, I have been so\\nfrequently interrupted in writing it.\\nI. D. J.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "97\\nKICHMOND, Ya., Nov r 30th, 1871.\\nHon. Isaac D. Jones:\\nMy Dear Sir In reply to yours of the 28th inst., I take\\npleasure in saying that I will submit your proposal to my colleagues,\\nto meet the commissioners of Maryland at Baltimore, on Wednesday,\\nthe 20th December next. If they accept it, it will be agreeable to me;\\nbut, I repeat, I fear they will not be prepared to accede to your ap-\\npointment, for reasons stated in my last letter.\\nMaps, such as you describe, would take time and cost to have them\\ncopied. They had better be inspected. By whom were they executed?\\nWhen.^ For whom.^ If they are copied, I will propose to my col-\\nleagues to assume half the expense for Virginia.\\nI am gratified at your frank declaration, that the only alternative\\nto a resort to the Supreme Court of the United States, is an agree-\\nment upon a compromise line. The differences between the two\\nstates, as heretofore expressed by several joint commissioners, show\\nthat there is something to be given and taken by both sides, if they\\nwould avoid litigation. The delay of judicial proceedings would ob-\\nviously be worse than the cost of them, and should, by all reasonable\\nmeans, be avoided. I say this, whilst, at the same time, I am confi-\\ndent that Virginia can make good her case, before the courts, the ex-\\ntent of her claim. The commissioners of Virginia will gladly consi-\\nder any proposition from those of Maryland, for an amicable and\\nliberal adjustment.\\nI regret that I am obliged to except to the comment which you\\nstate was made by Mr. Aydelotte on a part of my letter to you. You\\nsay, your letter states we visited ^/le localities of two ancient\\n7?20wwwewfs of boundary on Smith s Island. You then add: On\\nreading this, Mr. Aydelotte remarked, the Governor is mistaken, loe\\nvisited one, and tivo men undertook to look for another, but could not\\nfind it. Mr. Aydelotte certainly could not have marked the words\\nof the sentence of my letter which you say he read, and which you\\nhave quoted. I was precise in my general statement, and accurate,\\ntoo, without going into particulars. I will now state, particularly, the\\nfacts, in which I am sure he will concur: Mr. Aydelotte accompanied\\nme on board the steamtug Tredegar, Capt. Brown, from Crisfield\\nduring the time that he and I were there, without the presence of any\\n13", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "98\\nother commissioner from either state, to the east side of Smith s\\nisland. The tug anchored just abreast the house of Johnson Evans,\\nnear Horse hammock. Johnson Evans, an aged man, was on board\\nthe tug, and on anchoring, we were immediately met by another aged\\nresident ot the island, John Marshall. I had long known both of\\nthese men, both having been voters and friends of mine during my\\neleven years service in the house of representatives of the congress of\\nthe U. S., from 1833 to 1844, and I had requested both of them to\\nmeet me, and to show me the ancient stones which I had known, by\\ninformation, to exist from my early manhood.\\nThis I had positively known, that the voting population of all the\\nsouth end of Smith s island had ever, during my remembrance, voted\\nat the polls of Virginia. I desired to see the exact line by which the\\nvoters of Virginia and Maryland had been ever separated in my day;\\nand in days long before I was born; and I was curious to see whether\\nthe location of the monuments on Smith s island corresponded or not\\nwith the line of marks and monuments east of the Pocomoke river.\\nTo visit the stones then, Capt. 0. Brown, Mr. Drummond, his mate,\\nMr. Aydelotte, Johnson Evans, John Marshall and myself took a\\ncanoe, and we were piloted straight, unhesitatingly, and directly, to\\na large stone, a few feet from the edge of the marsh, under water about\\neio-hteen inches, and about a mile north of Horse hammock; that this\\nstone was shown to Mr. Aydelotte; that he saw it; that Capt. Brown\\nbared his arms and touched it with both hands, stating at the time,\\nunder the view of all, that its upper end was in dimension about 1x2\\nfeet, projecting from the muddy bottom, how far could not be seen;\\nand how deep it was sunk in the bottom could not be seen; that it\\nwas full tide, and Evans and Marshall both said they had seen, and\\nknown of it all their lives; that we then landed abreast of the stone,\\non the marsh, and cited its bearing by the compass, and it corres-\\nponded remarkably with the line of Michler, continued by De la Camp,\\ncoming out at Crisfield, by James Taw s house, and cutting the ter-\\nminus of the Crisfield railroad at the end of its wharf. The line from\\nit eastward cuts over Great island. Both Evans and Marshall rela-\\nted their traditions of the stone; the ancestors of the one had been\\nducked, and the ancestors of the other had been whipped to fix this\\nas a mark of boundary between Maryland and Virginia in their mem-\\nories, and to make them deliver down the traditions.\\nFor an historical reason, not necessary to be named now, I expected\\nto find another monument somewhere in the thoroughfare at the north", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "99\\nend of Smith s island. I enquired if there was any such monument\\nat or near the south end of Troy island, in the thoroughfare, and was\\ninformed by both Evans and Marshall that there was and from the\\nstone first reached we went north about two miles up to and into the\\nthoroughfare to the locality where Evans and Marshall said the stone\\nwas to be found in the water, gome seventy yards, or thereabouts, from\\nthe shore. By the time we arrived there the tide had risen consider-\\nably, and the water of the thoroughfare was very muddy and thick.\\nBoth of our guides were confident that we were at the locality, and\\nwithin a few yards of the stone; they searched for it without a drag,\\nwith nothing but the ends of their oars and paddles, and though they\\nstruck a number of stumps at the bottom, showing that once there\\nwas marsh or high land there^ they did not find the stone itself; and\\nafter about only a half hour s search, it being then late in the evening,\\nwe desisted from further search on being told that it could always be\\nfound at low tide, and that then it was always projecting out of the\\nwater, and was a stone of much larger size than the first, weighing\\nperhaps more than a ton. Mr. Aydelotte and myself at the time too\\nboth expected that the joint commission would meet, and that a line\\nwould be run; and we engaged Evans and Marshall to mark the stone\\nnot found by the time we would return to it. I expected to find and\\nvisit another stone also on the west side of the island; and I am very\\nsure I can and will find it.\\nNow, on this statement, I claim that I made no mistake in saying:\\nWe, meaning Mr. Aydelotte and myself, visited the localities of\\ntwo ancient monuments of boundary on Smith s island, and Mr.\\nAydelotte s remark was incorrect in saying, t^e visited one, and two\\nmen undertook to look for another, but could not find it. We vis-\\nited two \u00e2\u0096\u00a0^localities, I said. I did not say that we found two stones.\\nWe visited one locality and found one stone; we visited the locality\\nof another monument, but did not find the stone. Not two men\\nonly undertook it, as Mr. Aydelotte says; but as I say, six men,\\nMr. Aydelotte among them, did visit the locality of another monu-\\nment, and under the guidance of Evans and Marshall were shown the\\nlocality, though for the reasons stated it could not then be seen. It\\ncan and shall be found to your full conviction. Not only that but\\nanother also on Smith s island.\\nAs to the traditions which you say the three Virginia commission-\\ners and the three Maryland commissioners never heard of after every\\npossible enquiry, on the 4th December, 1867, I can only say that there", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "100\\nhas not been a day since the year 1830, when I could not have found\\nmany credible witnesses not only to repeat the traditions but to show\\nyou the monuments of boundary fixed on Smith s island; and I could\\nhave proved their testimony to be true by ancient records, and by poll\\nbooks and deed books. But now is not the time, and this is not the\\nplace in which to discuss these issues of fact. Certain it is, that both\\nMr. Evans and Mr. Marshall stated their traditions to Mr. Aydelotte,\\nin my presence, in October last past, and neither was challenged by\\nhim at the time for stating just the contrary of there being mon-\\numents, traditions, c., c., of boundary in December, 1867. I\\nam aware of the report of the commissioners of Maryland and Vir-\\nginia, and I trust that you and I will fully concur in correcting any\\nerrors which may be found in them. I am very sure none was in-\\ntended.\\nI venture for my colleagues, as I cordially do for myself, to accept\\nyour generous tender, to meet like Virginians and Marylanders ever\\nought to meet, in the most fraternal spirit, and try to agree upon a\\ncompromise line. Ask my friend, Mr. Aydelotte, whose temper and\\ntone of adjustment made me respect and greet him, how earnest a dis-\\nposition was manifested on ray part to be generous, even as well as\\njust. I took pains to assure him that I would not meet him on the\\ncommission as I would in a court. My duty was to be informed of\\nthe rights of my state, and to insist upon them but after knowing\\nexactly what I might take, or what surrender I was ready and willing\\nto weigh, equitably^ every circumstance attending the question of\\nboundary, and to sacrifice even some considerable interests to foster\\nthe welfare of the people of either state. I was urgent that the peo-\\nple south of the Calvert and Scarbrough line, and north of the Poco-\\nmoke, should not be cut off from the fishery of the Pocomoke sound.\\nWe informally but fully discussed various suggestions of compromise^\\nand he and I, if we had been the sole commissioner!?, could, I believe,\\nhave agreed. But all our views are now in abeyance. I cannot con-\\nclude without saying that it is not reputable to the two states to keep\\nthis issue an open one, and it will be the most dignified course to set-\\ntle their territorial difierences for themselves. I was and am most\\nanxious to make the trial.\\nAs soon as I hear from my colleagues, you shall hear from me.\\nI am, very respectfully and truly, yours, c.,\\nHENRY A. WISE.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "101\\nRICHMOND, Dec r 1st, 1871.\\nDear Sib:\\n1 am to-day in receipt of a letter from the Hon, Isaac D. Jones,\\none of the Maryland commissioners, on the boundary question, pro-\\nposing that the Virginia commissioners meet those on the part of Ma-\\nryland, at Barnum s hotel in Baltimore, on the 20th day of December\\nnext, at 10 o clock, A. M. What say you to it?\\nRespectfully, c.,\\nTo Hon. D. C. DeJarnett,\\nMilford, Va.\\nCol. Wm. Watts,\\nBig Lick, Va.\\nHENRY A. WISE.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": ":02\\nBALTIMORE, Dec r 15th, 1871.\\nHon. H. A. Wise:\\nMy Dear Sir I duly received yours of the 30th ult o,\\nand 13th inst. I am obliged to you for your very full explanation of\\nthe result of your and Mr. Aydelotte s visit to Smith s island. It\\nsatisfactoiily shows that Mr. A. did not mark the words of the sen-\\ntence of your letter, I now regret still more that I was not with\\nyou on that visit and I am not sure that I have not done Mr. John-\\nson Evans injustice in confounding him with Steuart Evans, as I find\\nthe latter name on Mr. De la Camp s map. The Mr. Evans I re-\\nmember to have seen in 1867, was not an aged man. I shall be\\nglad to ascertain every fact, of which any record or authentic tradi-\\ntion can be produced. Mr. Aydelotte did full justice to your liberal\\ndisposition in agreeing upon a compromise line. I regret that the\\n20th instant did not suit the convenience of your colleagues to meet\\nin this city. Early in January, I am sure, will not suit Mr. Waters\\nor myself. Summerset court, of which W. is clerk, will be in sessioQ\\nuntil near the middle of January. But I hope that in the latter part\\nof that month, you will be able to meet us in this city. There are\\nsome ancient MS. records in the MS. Hist. Society s Rooms, of\\nwhich I learned the place of their deposite a few days ago, but which\\nI have not yet had time to examine. These, and the maps which I\\nmentioned, may be found of service in our investigations. The Atlas,\\nin the Peabody Institute, as I recollect, purports to have been made\\nfrom surveys by Peter Jefferson of Virginia. I will confer with my\\ncolleagues as to a future meeting, and inform you as early as practi-\\ncable.\\nI remain, very respectfully and truly,\\nISAAC D. JONES.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "103\\nWASHINGTON CITY, Decern. 8th, 1871.\\nEon. H. A. Wise, c., q., c.:\\nDear Sir\\nPlease inform me if it is true, as stated in the public journals,\\nthat the question of the boundary line on the eastern shore of the\\nChesapeake, between Virginia and Maryland, will be referred for set-\\ntlement to the Supreme Court of the United States, and that no fur-\\nther action in the matter will be taken by the joint commission ap-\\npointed for the purpose.\\nI have prepared an estimate of the expenses to be incurred in mak-\\ning the survey, opening the line, c., which I will forward if you\\nthink it desirable.\\nI am, very respectfully.\\nYours truly,\\nRICH D D. CUTTS.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "104\\nRICHMOND, VA., Dec. 9th, 1871.\\nTo Rich d D. Cutts, Esq.:\\nDear Sir:\\nla reply to yours of 8th inst., I. promptly say that it is not\\nconcluded to refer the question of boundary between the stales of\\nVirginia and Maryland to the Supreme Court of the United States;\\nand I trust such may not be a necessity of the case. It is still before\\ncommissioners and they will probably take further action.\\nPlease forward to me your estimate of expenses, c. I desire to\\nhave them, and remind you of your promise, to send me the coast\\nsurvey charts of the Chesapeake bay, and any duplicates your office\\ncan furnish of the surveys of Michler s and De la Camp on the east-\\nern shore of the Chesapeake. I expect we will be on the survey to-\\ngether in the spring.\\nWith great respect.\\nYour ob t s v t,\\nHENRY A. WISE.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "105\\nOAKLAND, Dec r 11th, 1871.\\nMy Dear Sir:\\nI received on yesterday your letters, dated November 28th, and\\nDecember 1st, 1871, and post-marked December 8th.\\nI am at a loss to know what reply should be made to the proposi-\\ntion of Mr. Isaac D. Jones, for a meeting at Barnura s hotel, at 10\\no clock, A. M., on the 20th of this month. I have never been satis-\\nfied with the discourteous treatment we received at the hands of Mr.\\nJones and Mr. Waters, on our recent trip to Crisfield, and do not relish\\nthe idea of being summoned by him to Barnum s hotel, at 10 o clock,\\nA. M., on the 20th, which it seems to me is a mere effort on his part\\nto put himself in a better position before his own people and the legis-\\nlature of Maryland, by making a slioiu of an effort to adjust this\\nboundary dispute. If such be the fact, I am not disposed to gratify\\nhim. It is an inconvenient period for me, at least, to leave home, and\\nmoreover I am already several hundred dollars out of pocket by rea-\\nson of this commission, while the $5,000 appropriated is exhausted,\\nand I am not disposed to make much farther investment in that line,\\nunless there is some definite and tangible result to be obtained. If\\nany such result will probably be attained by this 10 o clock, A. M.,\\ntrip to Baltimore, then I suppose we ought to accept the proposition\\nand go, otherwise I see no reason for the meeting. Mr. Jones s an-\\ncient maps, can have no weight in settling this dispute, or against a\\nparallel of latitude and a marked line made a hundred years ago by a\\njoint commission of the two colonies of Virginia and Maryland, cor-\\nresponding almost perfectly to the parallel. Why can t he bring his\\nancient maps to Richmond, where our maps and records are I\\nwill only add, that I am not in the least disposed to accommodate Mr.\\nJones but, nevertheless, if any definite and desirable result will pro-\\nbably be attained by the trip, I am willing to acquiesce, and this I\\nleave you to determine^ in so far as I am concerned. I would greatly\\nprefer going to Richmond.\\nOne other matter ought we not to make a report to Governor\\nWalker of what has been done so far in this business of the Maryland\\nline, and also of the fact that no commissioners have been authorized\\nor appointed on the part of North Carolina and Tennessee, so that 7ie\\nmay submit our report to the general assembly, with such recommen-\\n14", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "106\\ndations as he may think proper to make? It seems to me that this\\nis not only proper, but absolutely necessary, in view of the fact that\\nthe appropriation of 5,000 is expended, and we can do nothing far-\\nther without additional means, not even run and mark a boundary\\nline, should we agree upon the true one.\\nVery truly yours,\\nWM. WATTS.\\nGov. H. A. Wise,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0t Richmond, Va.\\nCopy.\\nWASHING^rON CITY, D. C,\\nDecem. 13th, 1871.\\nEon. H. A. Wise, c., c., c.:\\nDear Sir:\\nYour prompt reply to my enquiry of the 8th was duly received,\\nfor which accept my thanks. The charts of the Chesapeake bay will\\nbe forwarded by next mail. Please retain the report made by the\\nMaryland commissioner in 1860, which you now have, and I will send\\nsuch additional copies as I may be able to obtain. There are none at\\nthe coast survey office.\\nThe report of Col. McDonald is herewith returned.\\nThe accompanying estimate is based on the supposition that the\\nmaps of Lieut. Michler, 17 in number, can be made available as a part\\nof the record, but to what extent must depend upon the action and\\ndecision of the commission. It is believed, however, that the sum\\nnamed will be sufficient for every possible contingency. The whole\\namount appropriated by Maryland for the last commission was about\\n$16,000. How much by Virginia I do not know. It should be added,\\nhowever, that a part of this appropriation was devoted to the surveys\\nand marking of the western boundary of Maryland.\\nThe coast survey will pay the salaries of the surveyors, provide the\\ninstruments, and also the tents, c., should any be required.\\nI am, very respectfully.\\nYour ob t serv t,\\nRICH D D. CUTTS,\\nAssist, in charge, c.\\nOriginal filed with report.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "107\\nEstimate.\\nEstimate of the expenses to be incurred in surveys preparatory to\\nthe final establishment of the boundary line between Virginia and\\nMaryland on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake bay; in opening\\nsuch portions of the line as the survey and marking may require; in\\nthe purchase and erection of suitable monuments; and in drawing\\nsuch additional maps, including a descriptive memoirs of the position\\nof each monument, as may be deemed necessary for the future secu-\\nrity and identification of the line, $5,000.\\nOriginal filed with report.\\nRICHMOND, Va., Dec. 14th, 1871.\\nRich d D. Cutts, Esq., Assist, in Chargef c:\\nDear Sir\\nYour two communications of 13th inst,, returning McDonald s\\nreport, giving estimate of cost of preliminary survey, c., and advis-\\ning me of matters touching boundary between Maryland and yirginia,\\nwere received this morning, and I thank you for them.\\nI desire the complete chart of the Chesapeake bay by the coast\\nsurvey, and will be grateful for any and all charts you may have to\\nspare, touching the matter in my hands.\\nI am, with the wish for another chance at the oysters next spring,\\nVery respectfully and\\nTruly yours,\\nHENRY A. WISE.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "108\\nRICHMOND, Va., Dec r 13th, 1871.\\nDear Sir\\nSince writing to you, I have seen Mr. DeJarnett in person. We\\nconcluded to wait until we could receive the reply of Col. Watts, and\\nthis morning I am in receipt of a note from him, dated the 11th inst.,\\nsaying It is an inconvenient season for me at least to leave home\\nand intimates that he cannot do so unless assured of some definite\\nand tangible result. He suggests Richmond, as the place preferred\\nby him. I therefore submit to you and your colleagues, whether the\\njoint commissioners cannot meet here in Richmond, sometime early in\\nJanuary next.\\nYours, very truly,\\nHENRY A. WISE.\\nEon. Isaac D. Jones,\\nCity of Baltimore.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "109\\nRICHMOND, Va., Decern. 13tb, 1871.\\nMy Dear Sir:\\nYours of 11th inst. reached me this morning, I have written\\nto Mr. Jones, immediately informing him that you say it is an in-\\nconvenient season for you to leave home, and that you cannot do so,\\nunless assured of some definite and tangible result; and that you pre-\\nfer Richmond as the place preferred by you. And I have submitted\\nto him and his colleagues whether the joint commission cannot meet\\nhere, in Richmond, early in January next.\\nMr. DeJarnette has prepared his report of his commission in Eng-\\nland, and I have it in hand for review and correction. I have con-\\nferred with Gov. Walker about sending in our joint report. He de-\\nsires it to be postponed until he can make it the subject of a special\\nmessage. And I am of the opinion that it ought not to be made\\nuntil after we have seen what the Maryland commissioners have to\\npropose. I can prepare the report in a week, if necessary; but it\\nwould not be politic to reveal our grounds just now. I shall try to get\\nan additional appropriation. The mission to England absorbed the\\nlarger ^lortion of what was appropriated. I drew myself .^1,050 and\\nwas not aware that Mr. DeJarnette had drawn more than about $2,500\\nuntil the auditor s account was shown me. Then there was a balance\\non hand of some four of five hundred dollars. I agree wi th you fully\\nas to wbat must be done; but circumstances require a short postpone-\\nment.\\nVery truly, yours,\\nHENRY A. WISE.\\nCol. Wm. Watts,\\nBig Lick, Va.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "110\\nRICHMOND, Va., Dep r 1st, 1871.\\nTo his Excellency Gilbert C. Walker,\\nGovernor of Virginia:\\nSir In pursuance of your appointment of the undersigned,\\nas commissioners on the part of this state, to meet and confer with\\ncommissioners on the part of the state of Maryland, to settle and ad-\\njust the boundary co-terminous to the two states, they have promptly\\nand diligently proceeded to the discharge of their duty, and now sub-\\nmit a partial report.\\nAfter ascertaining the names and residences of the gentlemen ap-\\npointed on the part of Maryland, the Hon. Isaac D. Jones, Wm. J.\\nAydelotte and Levin J, Waters, Esquires, the first residing in the city\\nof Baltimore, and the other two on the Eastern shore of Maryland, the\\nundersigned met and conferred as to the best time and place of hold-\\ning a meeting of the joint commission.\\nAt once they found that they were not prepared for holding a joint\\nconference. The very valuable and indispensable report last made by\\nthe previous commissioner, Angus W. McDonald, Esq., could not be\\nfound, and of the nine volumes of the manuscript vouchers of his re-\\nport, consisting of archives procured in England, at considerable cost\\nand trouble, but three remained, and they are much mutilated, and\\nall of his copies of his maps were missing. The leaves have been cut\\nout, and in such a manner as to show evident design of destroying\\nimportant evidence upon the question of boundary.\\nThe undersigned could not prudently proceed without that evidence.\\nIf they met the Maryland commissioners they would be without the\\nvouchers of title, and the absence of the proof would probably tend\\nto cause a disagreement. If there should be an agreement, a perma-\\nnent line would have to be run and, if not, experimental lines, one\\nor more, would be required to show the exact difierence between the\\nconflicting claims and to run any line would have necessarily to be\\npostponed until the season of spring.\\nIn this state of the case, the undersigned requested your excellency\\nto ask for an appropriation to send a commissioner to England, with\\na view to supply the lost files of the McDonald report, which was\\ngranted, and Mr. DeJarnette was sent, under instructions, of which\\nyou were fully informed.", "height": "3484", "width": "1966", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "Ill\\nIn the meantime the other two commissioners have been assiduously\\nemj^loyed in obtaining materials for the commission at home. They\\nhave succeeded in finding newly developed and important information\\nfrom the records of counties, from the land office, from private papers,\\nand from a close examination of the ancient statutes, and the best\\nhistories of the state.\\nBy the time Mr. DeJarnette returned from England, much mate-\\nrial was procured here. He was detained longer than he expected,\\nbut returned in good time for a meeting of the joint commission in\\nthe fall, and his report is before you.\\nIt shows that his mission was not in vain, and that whilst he was\\nnot allowed to replace all the papers lost in the McDonald report, yet\\nhe obtained many of them and some of great importance which the\\nMcDonald report did not embrace.\\nTwo of the undersigned being from the upper country preferred not\\nto go on the work before frost set in, and, accordingly, after the return\\nof Mr. DeJarnette, proposed to meet the commissioners of Maryland\\nin the month of October last. Unfortunately, but one of them was\\nable to make an appointment in the early part of that month, and\\nthe other two could owing to their engagements, make an appointment\\nearlier than some time in November. But for special, reasons, the\\nundersigned determined to assemble at Crisfield, on the Eastern shore\\nof Maryland, where two of her commissioners resided, in the month\\nof October, and they gave notice thereof to Messrs, Jones, Waters\\nand Aydelotte. The latter alone met the undersigned at the time\\nand place appointed. This visit to Crisfield was important and not\\nfruitless. Valuable statistics and local information were obtained,\\nshowing the importance of the boundary line on the eastern shore of\\nthe Chesapeake; and the localities of two monuments were found and\\nidentified, not only west of the Pocomoke river, but west of Watkins\\npoint, at Smith s island in the Chesapeake bay and Tangier sound.\\nTwo of these monuments were visited by one commissioner from\\nMaryland and one from Virginia, and the locality of another ascertained.\\nDirections were given to have all these marked for the future.\\nAll that the undersigned could do then, was to confer upon a re-\\nport, and to await any further action on the part of the commissioners\\nof Maryland. Since, these commissioners have requested a meeting\\nof the joint commission at Baltimore in December, but at so early a\\nday that the commissioners of Virginia could not be notified in time,\\nand a further correspondence as to an appointment is now pending.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "112\\nBut, it is proper to observe, that, though the joint commission may-\\nmeet and confer, they cannot do any field work, or run any line, ex-\\nperimental or permanent, before as late as the month of May next.\\nSeveral causes prevent the running of a line during either the win-\\nter or summer months. The line passes over large sheets of water on\\nthe bay and sea coasts, and requires calm and clear weather in which\\nto run it and it passes also over large bodies of both salt marsh and\\nfresh water swamp, most accessible in spring or fall, when they are\\nfree of musquitoes and froudage, and wh en working parties may pene-\\ntrate them with least danger to health, and can accomplish their work\\nwith most exactness and dispatch.\\nTwo lines are essential to be run first, the exact parallel of 38\u00c2\u00b0\\nN. latitude and second, the line run by Scarbrough Calvert, A. D.\\n1668, on which are numerous monuments. Accompanying this re-\\nport, is a copy of a letter from Mr. Cutts, as superintendent of the\\ncoast survey, showing the probable expenses.\\nThe whole or nearly all of the appropriation made by the last\\ngeneral assembly, ($5,000,) has been expended, by the necessary-\\ndrafts made upon it by the commissioners during the year. The mis-\\nsion to England cost one half of that amount, and the advances re-\\nquired, individually, by the commissioners, have consumed the bal-\\nance.\\nThe undersigned cannot but urge the great importance of this set-\\ntlement of boundary between Maryland and Virginia, embracing as it\\ndoes riparian rights for the whole length of the Potomac river, and\\nthe oyster fisheries for a large portion of the Chesapeake bay, included\\nin the Tangier and Pocomoke sounds, and their estuaries, creeks and\\nbays and liberal appropriation should be made to obtain the best\\nresearches and information, the most exact surve3 s, and the most du-\\nrable monuments. Appropriation for the expense of permanent monu-\\nments, may well be postponed until a settlement is agreed upon by\\nthe joint commission, and approved by the respective legislatures of\\nthe two states but Virginia should not neglect her interest in pre-\\nserving whatever ancient marks and monuments remain, until a set-\\ntlement is obtained.\\nThe estimate of Mr. Cutts is for surveys and monuments only, other\\nexpenses will require as much more, say, in all $10,000.\\nThe undersigned confine themselves, for the present, to this partial\\nreport, not entering, for obvious reasons, upon the question of the\\ntrue line. They concur in their views, and are confident in their con-", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2113\\nvictions upon that question, and have in their possession, and in their\\nreach, such material and such data as will assuredly fortify the title\\nof Virginia to her ancient bounds but they submit, that it is not\\nnow prudent to present the history of the proofs of that title, o.r its\\nlocation.\\nAll which is respectfully reported for your consideration, and that\\nof the general assembly.\\nHENRY A. WISE,\\nD. C. DeJARNETT,\\nWM. WATTS,\\nCommissioners.\\n15", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "114\\nCORRESPONDENCE\\nFrom January \\\\st, 1872, to January \\\\st, 1873, the time at which\\nreport of Commissioners was made to the Virginia Legisla-\\nture, and statement of the case of Virginia sent to\\nthe MarTfland Commissioners, including\\nletter from Gov. H. A. Wise to\\nGov r G. C. Walker.\\nRICHMOND, Va., Jan y 5th, 1872.\\nHon. Isaac D. Jones\\nDear Sir\\nThe commissioners of Virginia request you to inform then\\nwhether the commissioners of Maryland can meet them at Washing-\\nton city, as early as Wednesday, the 17th of January instant? If\\nnot then and there, when and where will it suit their convenience to\\nmeet us at the earliest time?\\nVery truly and respectfully,\\nHENRY A. WISE.\\nBALTIMORE, Jan y 12th, 1872.\\nHon. H. A. Wise:\\nMy Dear Sir:\\nI duly received yours of 5th inst. proposing a joint meeting of\\nthe boundary commissioners of Maryland and Virginia, on the 17th\\ninst., and forthwith notified Messrs. Waters and Aydelotte to know\\nif that day would be convenient to them, and if not if the 24th or\\n31st inst. would suit them. I have this morning received their reply", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "115\\ntoo late. I am sure for the 17th, but they both state that they will\\nmeet your commissioners (at Washington city if you prefer it) on the\\n24th or 31st inst.\\nPlease inform me as early as practicable which of those clays will\\nbest suit the convenience of the Virginia commissioners.\\nVery respectfully and\\nTruly yours,\\nISAAC JONES.\\nMemo.\\nReceived the above letter on the 13th. Wrote immediately to\\nMessrs. DeJarnette and Watts to say whether they would accept ap-\\npointment for either day; if so, for which? and so informed Mr. Jones.\\nH. A. W.\\nJan y 13th, 1872.\\nOAK LANDS, Jan y 17th, 1872.\\nDear Sir:\\nI cannot go to Washington city on the 24th, but if agreeable\\nto yourself and Mr. DeJarnette, will meet the Maryland commission-\\ners at that place on the 31st as Mr. Jones proposes.\\nI do not consider them entitled to any courtesy at our hands, but\\nthink our duty requires us to meet them.\\nI see that Gov. Walker is corresponding with the governor of North\\nCarolina. Why does he not do so with the governor of Tennessee?\\nWe are entitled to some territory from the latter state but not from\\nthe former.\\nLet me know what is determined on as to the meeting in Washinfy-\\nton, and oblige\\nVery truly, yours,\\nWM. WATTS.\\nGov. H. A. Wise,\\nRichmond, Va.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "116\\nNote.\\nThe above letter of Col. Watts of 17th Jan y mailed the 18th, was\\nreceived on the 20th and answered at once, notifying him as well as\\nMr. DeJarnette, that I had written to Mr. Jones a letter of which I\\nenclosed each a copy.\\nH. A. WISE.\\nThe following is the letter referred to in above note\\nRICHMOND, Jan y 20, 1872.\\nMy Dear Sir:\\nI am just now enabled to inform you that my colleagues and\\nmyself will with pleasure meet the commissioners from Maryland, in\\nWashington city, at the Ebbitt house, at the hour of 12 M. on the\\nSlst inst. I hope this is in time to notify your colleagues.\\nVery respect., c.,\\nHENRY A. WISE.\\nEon. Isaac D. Jones, c., c.,\\nBaltimore.\\nOFFICE OF THE SEC TY COMMONWEALTH OF VA.\\nRichmond, Jan y 22, 1872.\\nHon. H. A. Wise,\\nPresident Boundary Commission:\\nSir:\\nAs clerk, ex-officio, of the library committee, I am requested\\nby Mr. Wynne, of the senate, who is a member of that committee, to\\ncommunicate to you the following resolution of the senate, adopted\\nin secret session, January 17th, 1872\\nBesolved, That all papers in reference to the boundary lines be-\\ntween the states of Maryland, North Carolina and Tennessee, and the\\nstate of Virginia, be referred to the committee on the library, with\\npowers to send for persons and papers, and to have such of said docu-", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "117\\nments copied or printed as the said committee may consider necessary,\\nunder the injunction of secresy.\\nMr. Wynne is advised of the ftict that certain papers and maps that\\nwere brought by Col. DeJarnette from England, are now in the cus-\\ntody of Gov. Walker, and that access to them is to be had through\\nhim but he supposes that some of the books and documents referred\\nto in Col. DeJ. s report, remain in the hands of the commission^ and\\nit is in reference to them, and to obtain an inspection of them, that\\nhe desires this communication to be made to you.\\nI ha\\\\re the honor to be, sir,\\nWith great respect,\\nYoui ob t serv t,\\nJAS. Mcdonald.\\nSecretary of the Commonwealth.\\nBALTIMORE, Jan y 22d, 1872.\\nHon. H. A. Wise\\nMy Dear Sir:\\nYour favor of 20th has this moment come to hand, and I have\\nnotified my colleagues of the proposed meeting at the Ebbitt house,\\nWashington city, at 12 M., on the 31st inst. I have every reason to\\nhope that the joint meeting will be held at the time and place men-\\ntioned in your letter.\\nVery respectfully and\\nTruly yours,\\nISAAC D. JONES.\\nWASHINGTON, March 5th, 1872.\\nEon. H. A. Wise, Commissioner c.:\\nDear Sir:\\nMay I ask of you the favor to inform me whether the joint\\ncommission will call for any survey, during the coming spring, in con-", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "118\\nnection with the boundary line between Virginia and Maryland, on\\nthe Eastern shore of the Chesapeake; and if so, at wh^t date it will\\nbe expected the work should commence.\\nThis information is needed to give the surveyor who wiM be specially\\ndetailed for the field duty, to close up his operations at the south and\\nto make arrangements for the survey or marking which may be deci-\\nded on by the commissioners.\\nI am, very respectfully, y rs, c.,\\nRICH D D. CUTTS,\\nAssist. U. S. a S y.\\nNote by Gen l Wise.\\nAnswered March Gth; April fixed for conference; May for survey\\nof line. If joint commission don t agree upon line, commissioners of\\nVirginia will need a detail of survey of line claimed by them.\\nH. A. WISE.\\nSPRING GROVE,\\nCaroline, March 12th, 1872.\\nTo Gen. H. A. Wise:\\nDear Sir I see from the report of the finance committee,\\nthat no estimate is made for the boundary commission. Unless you\\ncan give this subject your attention, by appearing before the commit-\\ntee, or seeing the go ^ernor, and get him to recommend an appropria-\\ntion, which he would do, I doubt not, if you would state to him our\\nappointed meeting, with every probability of a satisflictory adjust-\\nment, he will recognize the necessity of finishing the work.\\nI see that there are those in the senate who do not intend that my\\nreport shall be printed. Will you please give this matter your atten-\\ntion, as I am prevented by sickness in my family.\\nRespectfully, c., c.,\\nD. C. DeJARNETTE.\\nNote hy Gen. Wise. The foregoing answered the 16th, that the\\nmatter had been attended to, and will be.\\nH. A. WISE.", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "119\\nThe commissioners of the two states having met at Washington\\nCity, according to appointment, at the Ebbitt House, on the 31st day\\nof January, 1872, and having held a conference, they adjourned to\\nmeet at Annapolis, on some day in April, afterwards to be agreed on.\\nWhen the following correspondence ensued\\nRICHMOND, Va., April 16th, 1872.\\nHon. I. D. Jones:\\nMy Dear Sir Is it not time that the commissioners of\\nMaryland and Virginia were naming the day (to be this month) when\\nthey are to meet at Annapolis, as understood when they separated\\nWill you please notify me of the wishes of yourself and colleagues,\\nso that I can communicate a little beforehand with my colleagues.\\nYours, truly,\\nHENRY A. WISE.\\nBALTIMORE, April 17, 1872-\\nEon. Henry A. Wise:\\nMy Dear Sir: Yours of 16th inst., is just received. I\\nwill notify my colleagues of your proposal, to meet at Annapolis on\\nsome day this month. I saw Mr. Waters a few days ago, and learned\\nthat he will be ready on any day after this week. I doubt not Mr.\\nAydelotte will also be ready. If you and your colleagues will notify\\nme ot the day on which it will suit you to arrive at Annapolis, I will\\nnotify my colleagues. It will be more convenient for them to come\\nup in the steamer on Mondays, arriving here early on Tuesday\\nmorning.\\nIf you can reach Washington on Monday, the 29th inst., so as to\\ntake the early train for Annapolis on Tuesday morning, 30th inst., I\\nthink that will suit the Maryland commissioners. I have an engage-\\nment to try a case in the land office in Annapolis, on May 1st, but\\nhope it will not occupy much time.\\nI had a letter from Mr. Cutts, of the United States coast survey,\\nearly in March, enquiring when we would need a surveyor, c. I re-\\nplied that I could not answer until the legislature had passed the bill\\nthen pending, and the commissioners of the two states could confer.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "120\\nWhatever surveys may be needed, ought to be made as early as\\npracticable and if we can obtain the necessary force from the office\\nof the United States coast survey, perhaps it will be most convenient\\nto go from Annapolis or this city to Crisfield, and put the surveying\\nparty to work.\\nI do not think the Maryland commissioners will require any sur-\\nveys, except of the shores, bars and islands of Tangier sound. But\\nWQ have had no conference upon the subject.\\nVery truly yours,\\nISAAC D. JONES.\\nMemo.\\nThe foregoing letter of Hon. I. D. Jones, was received 18th April.\\nApril 19th wrote to Messrs. DeJarnette and Watts, asking whether\\nthe time proposed suited them; and, if not, what day will.\\nH. A. VV.\\nBia LICK, April 21st, 1872.\\nMy Dear Sir\\nYours of 19th ulto. is just rec d. I am aware of nothing at\\nthis time which will prevent me from being in Annapolis on the 30th,\\nTuesday. It will probably suit me as well as any other time, and at\\nany rate I do not wish to delay the adjustment of the boundary ques-\\ntion.\\nIf I cannot attend the meeting, Mr. DeJarnette and yourself had\\nbetter proceed with the business.\\nHad you not better carry your documents and proofs with you? I\\nmean those upon which we rely, not the maps of extraneous matter.\\nMost respectfully and truly,\\nWM. WATTS.\\nTo Gov. H. A. Wise.\\nNote.\\nThe foregoing letter of Col. Watts was received April 23d. Mr.\\nDeJarnette being present and informing me that he could not attend\\non Tuesday, 30th inst., we fixed upon Tuesday, the 7th of May next,\\nand I immediately notified Col. Watts and Hon. I. D. Jones, and shall\\nawait the reply of the latter.\\nH. A. WISE.\\nApril 23d, 1872.", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "121\\nBALTIMORE, April 25th, 1872.\\nGen l H. A. Wise:\\nMy Dear Sir\\nYours of 23d inst. has been received. I will notify my col-\\nlegues that Tuesday, 7th May is fixed upon for the meeting of the\\nboundary commissioners at Annapolis.\\nI think there is no doubt that day will suit their convenience, and\\nyou may notify your colleagues accordingly.\\nVery truly, yours,\\nISAAC D. JONES.\\nBALTIMORE, May 3d, 1872.\\nGen l H. A. Wise:\\nMy Dear Sir:\\nI have this moment received a reply from Mr. Aydelotte to my\\nnote informing him of the appointment to meet at Annapolis on Tues-\\nday next, 7th inst. I saw Mr. Waters in person a few days ago, they both\\npromised to be in attendance on the day named. There will be no\\ndifficulty in obtaining comfortable rooms, and a room for conference\\nat the Maryland hotel for the accommodation of the commissioners.\\nI will try and have them ready for us on our arrival on Tuesday\\nmorning. Anticipating the pleasure of meeting you on the day named,\\nI remain yours, very truly,\\nISAAC D. JONES.\\nTelegra7n.\\nWASHINGTON, May 7th, 1872.\\nDelayed this morning by change of hours for trains leaving. Will\\nmeet you by first train leaving. Answer what time commissioners\\nwill meet.\\nD. C. DeJARNETTE,\\nNat. Hotel.\\n16", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "122\\nSTEAMER TREDAGER,\\nOnancock, May 30th, 1872.\\nMy Dear Gen l\\nMy engineer reports that we have not coal sufficient to go to\\nCrisfield, and to take us to Norfolk. I am, therefore, sorry that 1\\ncannot put the steamer at the service of the boundary commissioners.\\nI shall start for Norfolk to-morrow. I wish you were alonjr with\\nme. Y rs truly,\\n0. A. BROWN.\\nTo Gen l H. A. Wise,\\nCrisfield, Md.\\nCRISFIELD, June 2d, 1872.\\nHis Excellency Gilbert C. Walker,\\nGovernor of the State of Virginia:\\nSir The joint commission on the boundary of -the states of\\nVirginia and Maryland, have been engaged in conference and investi-\\ngation at Annapolis, at this place, and at Smith s island in the Chesa-\\npeake bay, for several w.eeks, and are continuing their work on the\\nEastern sliore line, here, and at Smith s island, and propose to pro-\\nceed next eastward to the Pocomoke, Swanseacute and Assateague\\nislands, to the ocean.\\nWe, the commissioners of Virginia, have found very important re-\\ncords at Annapolis and at Princess Ann, the county seat of Summer-\\nset county, Maryland, and more important stone monuments, no less\\nthan four large and obviously memorial marks, on Smith s island,\\nthree of which are precisely, we think, on the line of 38\u00c2\u00b0 N. latitude,\\nbut we can ascertain nothing accurately as to course and distance\\nwithout the necessary scientific survey. We will need such survey\\nstill more between James island point and the Pocomoke river, and\\nbetween Swanseacute creek and the ocean, the line between Swansea-\\ncote creek and the Pocomoke river being already sufficiently marked\\nof old, and by Michler, to inform us of every essential point, wanting\\nonly to be a little more permanently marked. We therefore unite in", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "123\\nrequesting you to authorize us to procure the assistance .of the office\\nof the coast survey of the United States, through Mr, Richard Cutts,\\nassistant superintendent, and to draw on you for the expenses of the\\nsurvey to be paid out of the contingent fund. The commissioners of\\nMaryland will, we fear, decline to pay any portiou-of the expenses,\\nbut it is, we deem, necessary and indispensable to be incurred on the\\npart of Virginia, and will be very valuable, in any event of agreement\\nor disagreement, in determining a line by the joint commission. The\\nwhole course of the Maryland commissioners indicates delay and dis-\\nagreement. We have taken a large mass of depositions, some sixty\\nmanuscript pages, and are happy to say that they are most favorable\\nto the claim of Virginia^ and shows a state of things in this part of\\nthe waters of the two states, which needs a prompt and decisive\\nremedy. We, therefore, depute Mr. DeJarnette to take this letter to\\nyou, and to proceed, with your authority, to Mr. Cutts, at Washing-\\nton. He will relate to you the particulars of our proceedings.\\nI have the honor to be.\\nYour excellency s ob t serv t.\\nH. A. WISE.\\nBy order of the commissioners of Virginia.\\nTelegram.\\nRICHMOND, Va., June 4th, 1872.\\nHon. Henry A. Wise\\nAfter reviewing action of legislature last session, governor\\ndoes not feel authorized to pay expenses from contingent fund. Tele-\\ngraph what I must do.\\nD. C. DeJARNETTE.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "124\\nU. S. COAST SURVEY OFFICE,\\nWashington, June 20, 1872.\\nGov. H. A. Wise,\\nVirginia Boundary Commissioner etc., etc., etc.,\\nRichmond, Va.\\nDear Sir I am informed that the commissioners of the\\nMaryland and Virginia boundary, are now ready to have the line sur-\\nveyed. I am authorized to inform you that a coast survey officer\\nwill be detailed immediately for the purpose, on an official request\\nbeing made.\\nVery respectfully,\\nC. S. PEIRCE,\\nAssistant in charge of Office.\\nJune 21. Answered.\\nIst. Not ready for survey, and probably will not be before Septem-\\nber next.\\nH. A. WISE.\\nRICHMOND, Va., August 22cl, 1872.\\nHon. I. D. Jones\\nMy Dear Sir I have just been retained in a capital case\\nof homicide, to come on September 2tl, in Gloucester county, Va.\\nand other engagements, will prevent me from meeting the boundary\\ncommissioners on the 3d of that month. I would like to have a post-\\nponement to Tuesday, September 17th. What say you\\nI will notify my colleagues, and you can notify yours, according to\\nyour appointment, of which I beg yow to inform me at your earliest\\nconvenience.\\nYours, very truly,\\nHENRY A, WISE.", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "125\\nBALTIMORE, Aug. 22, 1872.\\nEon. H. A. Wise:\\nMy Dear Sir:\\nYours of yesterday just to hand, and I assume to sj^eak for\\nmy colleagues and self^ and to agree to your request, to postpone the\\nmeeting of the boundary line commission from the 3d to the 17th\\nSept m. I will immediately notify my colleagues that I have con-\\nsented, and am sure it will meet their approbation.\\niS ijf i\\\\i fi\\nVery truly yours,\\nISAAC D. JONES.\\nNote by Gcv. Wise.\\nAug. 24th, 1872, notified Messrs. Watts and DeJarnette.\\nWARM SPRINGS,\\nBath Co., Aug. 21, 1872.\\nMy Dear Sir\\nI do not recollect certainly whether we are to meet the Mary-\\nland boundary commissioners on the 1st Tuesday or the 2d Tuesday\\nin Sept m. Will you be kind enough to inform me? Direct your\\nreply to this place where I will be for a week longer. The 2d Tues-\\nday would suit me best, but I will try and conform to our agreement,\\nwhatever it was.\\nVery respectfully and\\nTruly yours,\\nWM. WATTS.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "126\\nRICHMOND, August 26th, 1872.\\nMy Dear Sir:\\nThs historical register of Virginia contains an extract which\\nis very valuable to the commissioners on the boundary between Vir-\\nginia and Maryland. It is from a paper written by L. W. Tazewell,\\nEsq., for you, then in congress, entitled: Notes as. to the limits of\\nVirginia. Have you now the original paper in full.^^ If not, where\\ncan it or a copy be procured.^ Please assist me in getting this valua-\\nble paper. It is very important, and I beg you to furnish me with it.\\nVery truly and respectfully yours,\\nHENRY A. WISE.\\nHon. E. W. Hubbard.\\nSARATOGA, Sept. 6th, 1872.\\nEon. II. A. Wise:\\nMy Dear Sir Your letter, asking me whether I had the\\noriginal paper written by Mr. Tazewell for me, in support of the\\nright and title of Virginia to the land west of the Ohio, ceded by\\nVirginia to the United States in 1784\\nHaving solicited the aid of Mr. Tazewell and Mr. B. W. Leigh, to\\naid me in vindicating the right and title of Virginia to the land ceded\\nthe United States government, which had not only been assailed, but\\ndenied by Hon. H. Hall of Vermont, in one or two most villianous\\nreports one, a select committee of five members, composed of\\nMessrs. Goode and Goggin of Virginia, and Stanley of North Caro-\\nlina, Cave Johnston of Tennessee, and H. Hall. The legislature of\\nVirginia, nevertheless, again appealed to congress in behalf of our re-\\nvolutionary bounty claimants, asking congress to pay the claims out-\\nstanding, many being among the best claims for instance. Governor\\nNelson s and others.\\n5 o\\nThese resolutions from our legislature, were referred to the. commit-\\ntee on public lands. When taken up by the chairman of the com-", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "127\\nmittee, he, ia a contemptuous and sneering manner, held the resolu-\\ntions up, and asked what member of the committee would venture,\\nafter the crushing and damaging report of Mr. Hall, to again recom-\\nmend to congress to p^y those claims. Each member declined, and\\nhe appealed to me of course I could not, so undertook the task, and\\ndecided to do all I could in behalf of the state, her citizens, her honor\\nand rights. Being, as you know, a farmer, c., I ventured to invoke\\nthe aid of two of our greatest men.\\nThe report has been greatly sought after and complimented, and I\\nlearn, a/ifer I left congress, a bill was passed paying these outstanding\\nclaims. I only state what I heard after I left public life.\\nTazewell s portion commenced on page 3, and closed at page 21.\\nLeigh s commenced at the close of page 21, and closed at page 29.\\nYours, truly,\\nE. W. HUBBARD.\\nWARM SPRINGS,\\nBath Co., August 26th, 1872.\\nMy Dear Sir:\\nI received your letter yesterday. My courts commence on the\\n10th Sept m, and although I am not pursuing the law actively, yet I\\nhave on hand some business which I must attend to. I cannot, there-\\nfore, be in Baltimore on the 17th Sept m. Cannot our meeting be\\npostponed to the last of the month, or to some day early in October,\\nor to the latter part of that month.? It seems to me that our busi-\\nness ought to be brought practically to an end at our next meeting,\\nand we ought to have full time for consultation, and any field work\\nit may be necessary to do. I believe that a competent engineer, with\\nthe assistance of the old deeds we have, and the local knowledsre of\\nthe inhabitants can ascertain the divisional line on Smith s island,\\nand when that is done it is of course terminates the controversy. I\\nthink we ought at least to make the effort and provide sufiicient time\\nat our next meeting to make it my plan would be to Baltimore in\\nOctober, from there to Crisfield and then either agree or disagree.\\nI make these suggestions for your consideration.\\nVery truly vours,\\nWM. WATTS.\\nGov. H. A. Wise,\\nBichmond, Va.", "height": "3550", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "128\\nP. S. to the foregoing letter of Col. Watts.\\nNote by Gov. Wise.\\nAnswered August 28th. Appoint early. Will Tuesday, the 1st\\nOcto., do.^\\nH. A. W.\\nSPRING- GROVE,\\nCaroline, Va., August 27th, 1872.\\nTo Gov. Henry A. Wise:\\nDear Sir:\\nNot being present when our last meeting in Maryland ad-\\njourned, and not being informed of the time and place of our next\\nmeeting, I write, requesting you to give me that information.\\nVery respectfully, y rs, c.,\\nD. C. DeJARNETTE.\\nNote by Gov. Wise on above letter.\\nAnswered 29th, saying that the 3d Sept. as the time and Baltimore\\nas the place were named. But I proposed to Mr. Jones the 17th Sep.\\nHe agreed but Col. Watts declined. What day would Mr, DeJar-\\nnette propose.^\\nH. A. W.", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "129\\nWARM SPRINGS, Aug. 30th, 1872.\\nMy Dear Sir:\\nYour letter just received. I will meet you on the 1st October\\nin Baltimore, or at any other point without fail. That time suits me\\nbetter than any other, and I hope we will be able to finish our work\\nin some way.\\nV- f,i -:Jr -S\\nVery truly yours,\\nWM. WATTS.\\nGov. H. A. Wise,\\nRichmond, Va.\\nNote by Gov. Wise on foregoing letter of Col. W.\\nReplied to Sept. 13th, 1872, saying the 1st Oct. is the day. Also\\nnotified Hon. I. D. Jones, and requested him to notify his colleagues,\\nand also notified Hon. D. C. DeJarnette.\\nH. A. WISE.\\nBALTIMORE, Sept r 26, 1872.\\nGen l H. A. Wise\\nMy Dear Sir I found yours of the 22d inst., awaiting my\\nreturn from the Eastern shore, on yesterday. I have spoken to Col.\\nDorsey, of Barnum s hotel, who has promised me to furnish you a\\ncomfortable room, and also will provide comfortable accommodations\\nfor your colleagues, if they will stop with him.\\nOur meeting will be at the same time with the meeting of the State\\nAgricultural Fair, so I requested him to reserve rooms for you and\\nyour colleagues until the 1st October, which he promised to do.\\nVery truly yours,\\nISAAC D. JONES.\\n17", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "130\\nRICHMOND, Va., Sept. 28th, 1872.\\nTo his Excellency G. C. Walker,\\nGovernor of Virginia:\\nWhen I entered upon the duties of a commissioner on the part of\\nVirginia, to settle and adjust the boundaries between her and the state\\nof Maryland, I found that the valuable papers which were obtained\\nby Col. Aug. BIcDonald, in England, relating to the said boundaries,\\nand which were contained in oiine quarto-folios of manuscript, were\\nmutilated and missing. Three of the volumes which were found were\\nmutilated, and none of the other six could then be found. Over a\\nyear ago, and before Mr. DeJarnette was sent to England, my col-\\nleagues and myself were informed that Mr. Thomas Wynne, of this\\ncity, had one of the missing volumes, and Mr. DeJarnette went imme-\\ndiately to him, with the request of the commissioners that he would al-\\nlow them the use of it for the state s purposes. The answer was, that\\nhe had it in his possession, but the use of it was not obtainable by the\\ncommissioners. Lately, Mr. Wynne admitted to me in person that he\\nhas four of these missing volumes. I requested him to let me ex-\\namine them, and his reply was, that he would return them to the state\\nlibrary, and there I could get access to them. He has not, so far as I\\nam informed, returned them to the library, nor to the executive ar-\\nchives, if they belong there and on Tuesday, the first? proximo, the\\ncom\\\\nissioners of the two states are to meet in Baltimore, to hold, per-\\nhaps, a final conference, and to state the respective claims of their\\nstates. I have again and again called attention to this matter, and\\nfailed to get access to these missing papers.\\nIf Mr. Wynne had furnished these volumes when first applied to\\nfor one of them, they could probably have removed the necessity of\\nsending to England after copies but he never, until within the last\\nfew weeks, informed me that he had four volumes of them instead of\\none and though he was on one of the committees of the senate last\\nwinter, touching these boundaries, he never disclosed to the boundary\\ncommissioners of the state that he had these missing state papers in\\nhis possession, and has withheld whatever information they contained\\never since. They are very important, and should be reclaimed. They\\nare manuscript records, and ought never to have been permitted to\\nbe taken out of the library, or out of the executive files. As to how", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "131\\nthey shall be reclaimed, and when returned, I most respectfully sub-\\nmit to your excellency. I inform you of these facts in discharge sim-\\nply of my public duty.\\nI am, most respectfully,\\nYour ob t s v t,\\nHENRY A. WISE,\\nFor the commissioners on the part of Va\\nThis letter, written to-day, Sept. 28th, 1872, at about the hour of\\n11 o clock, A. M., was not sent to the governor owing to the fact that\\nwithin the hour or half hour after it was written and read to James\\nNeeson, Esq., who was advised with as a friend about the matter,\\nMr. Thomas Wynne came into my office (Mr. Keiley, the mayor of\\nRichmond, having just entered before Mr. Wynne) bringing with him\\na bundle. In a few moments Mr. Neeson, Mayor Keiley and Mr.\\nWynne left together, and in 15 or 20 minutes Mr, Wynne returned,\\nwhilst Judge Guigon and myself were looking over the papers con-\\ntained in the bundle brought in by Mr. Wynne. One was vol. 5 of\\nthe McDonald papers, slightly cut in the leaves next both backs; the\\nother was a package of the same McDonald papers, which seemed to\\nbe in size another volume thereof, but it was without binding, and\\nthere was no number of the volume on it. I told Mr. Wynne he had\\nvery recently informed me that he had four vols, of these manuscripts.\\nHe admitted that he had so told me but he had made a mistake, that\\nhe had but these two.\\nI asked him when he got them, he replied last January. I told\\nhim that must be a mistake, for I knew that Wm. Green, Esq., had\\none of these at least 18 months ago, and that BIr. Green s notes were\\nin the book on many pages. He said he had loaned it to Mr. Green,\\nand then added that he got it out of the library during the war. I\\nreminded him that Mr. DeJarnette and John S. Wise had called on\\nhim for any of the McDonald papers more than a year ago, and he\\nadmitted that they had, and that he had one of them. I asked him\\nif it was so mutilated when he got it from the library. He said no,\\nthe backs were taken off one of these volumes for Mr. Wynne to have\\nit printed. He asked me to receipt for the vols. I declined as I de-\\nsired the proper authority to vouch for their condition when put into my", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "132\\nhands. He said that he had the backs taken off at his own risk and\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2without authority, and took the books away with him, saying as he\\nwent that he would return them to the library on Monday next.\\nH. A. WISE.\\nRICHMOND, Va., Oct. I9th, 1872.\\nEon. Henry A. Wise\\nCh rm n Commission on Boundary Line, c c, (fee, c.:\\nDear Sir\\nThe senate of Virginia, at its last session, made an appropria-\\ntion for the printing of such of the papers brought from England by\\nMr. DeJarnette, and of the McDonald papers also, as the commis-\\nsioners on the boundary lines would allow the committee on the library\\nto have printed.\\nOn behalf of this committee, I write to request that you will allow\\nthe papers in the first volume of the McDonald papers to be printed.\\nThe first paper in it is an account of the proceedings of the house of\\nburgesses which met at Jamestown, in I6I9. The second is a list\\nof the names of the living and dead in the colony of Virginia in 1623,\\nand all the rest are of a character to throw light upon the condition\\nof the colony during the period between 1619 and 1629. All of them\\nare written and relate only to matters that transpired before the col-\\nony of Maryland was known or heard of, and therefore cannot relate\\nto any subject which, if made public, could effect the question of\\nboundary. The committee propose to print only a limited number,\\nsay 500 copies, for the use of members of the legislature, and others\\nwho are interested in the of our state, and I hope you will make\\nno objection to allowing this to be done.\\nWith high respect, y rs, c.,\\nTHOS. H. WYNNE,\\nFor the library committee.", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "133\\nRICHMOND, Va., Oct. 20th, 1872.\\nTho s H. Wynne, Esq.:\\nDear Sir As I told you in our last personal interview, re-\\nspecting the papers relating to the boundary question between Mary-\\nland and Virginia, I must decline to take any responsibility whatever\\nfor the printing of those papers. Up to a very late period, as you\\nknow, I have had access to but three of the manuscript volumes of\\nthe McDonald papers. I have never been offered the opportunity of\\nexamining the first volume of them. I am told that volume in your\\npossession has been returned since I saw it in your hands, and that it\\nis in the state library now. I shall call for it to-morrow. My col-\\nleagues on the boundary commission are not here, and without them\\nI can give no consent to publish. But a short time will elapse before\\nour report is made, and nothing can be lost by delay until we see\\nwhether the commission will agree, and the state will consent, to a\\npublication.\\nI assure you this declining to assent on my part is not captious. I\\ndon t hesitate to say to you, as I did from the beginning, the boundary\\ncommissioners ought to have access to the McDonald papers before\\nany are published.\\nVery truly and respectfully yours,\\nHENRY A. WISE.\\nPRINCESS ANN, MD., Oct. 28, 72.\\nnon: Henry A. Wise:\\nDear Sir\\nEnclosed you will find the copies ordered in yours of 22d inst.\\nI hope you will find that I have understood you correctly, and the\\ncopies are what you want.\\nI would have caused them to have been made and forwarded you\\nlast week, but we were all engaged in our court which was in session.\\nI also enclose the bill for copies heretofore made by your order. This\\nyou can attend to when convenient.", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "134\\nHeartily reciprocating the wish that the members of the joint com-\\nmission may all be well and meet on the 7th prox., with a mind to\\nsettle all difierences/ I subscribe myself,\\nVery respectfully, yours, c.,\\nLEVEN L. WATERS.\\nBIG LICK, Nov. 24th, 1872.\\nMy Dear Sir:\\nI will be in Richmond on the evening of the 27th or 28th. Was\\ndetained by sickness from the last meeting.\\nVery truly yours,\\nW. WATTS.\\nGov. H. A. Wise,\\nBichmond, Va.\\nTelegrams.\\nSeptember 25th, 1872.\\nTo Gen. Henry A. Wise\\nI will meet you punctually at Barnum s.\\nWM. WATTS.\\nBALTIMORE, Nov. 5th, 1872.\\nTo Eon. Henry A. Wise\\nPlease make arrangements will probably leave Monday night.\\nISAAC D. JONES.", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "135\\nMILFORD, Va., Nov. 7th, 1872.\\nTo Hon. H. A. Wise:\\nWe are here on our way. Mr. Waters along.\\nISAAC D. JONES.\\nBALTIMORE, Nov. 6th, 1872.\\nTo Eon. H. A. Wise:\\nLeave this four P. M., steamer, for York river.\\nISAAC D. JONES.\\nRICHMOND, Va., Nov. 30th, 1872.\\nMy Dear Sir:\\nNothing could have been more mortifying to me than to be\\ncalled away, as I was, imperatively beyond my power of arrangement\\nor control, when you and your colleagues came to Richmond. I tried\\nmy utmost to get back here in time to see you, and pay you the at-\\ntention which I desired to show you in Richmond and the surround-\\ning country. When I returned, I did not wonder that you had left,\\nas illness had prevented my colleague. Col. Watts, from attending.\\nMy expectation was, that with my two colleagues you might read\\nthe statement on the part of Virginia, and confer on any proposed\\nplan of adjustment.\\nI regretted very much that you and your colleagues had to return\\nwithout making any progress towards a conclusion. Since my return\\nI have pressed the copying of the statement on the part of Virginia,\\nbut having to prepare one for you, and one for the executive of Vir-\\nginia, it has been delayed until now. I forward it now by express,\\ndirected to your address. I have hurried its preparation so much that\\nthe copy has not been carefully corrected. I beg you will allow much\\nfor the want of verbal correction.\\nI hope you will confer as early as convenient with your colleagues,\\nand let me know ten days beforehand, when you can meet us here;", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "136\\nI say here, for I will not be content until we can have you here, as-\\nsembled with us, to prove that we meant to be punctual to appoint-\\nment, and desire cordially and sincerely to welcome you all three as\\ncherished guests.\\nPlease acknowledge receipt of statement.\\nYours, very truly,\\nHENRY A. WISE.\\nHon. Isaac D. Jones,\\nCommissioner, c., c.\\nBALTIMORE, Decem. 4th, 1872.\\nEon. H. A. Wise:\\nMy Dear Sir:\\nI have received your favor of 30th ulto., and also the state-\\nment of the Virginia case. My colleagues and myself greatly regret-\\nted your absence from Richmond while we were there, but fully ap-\\npreciated the necessity which caused it.\\nI find by your letter that our apprehension of Col. Watts s illness\\nwere well founded.\\nAs early as practicable, I will confer with my colleagues upon the\\nVirginia statement. If j our statement as you suppose, shall need\\nallowance for want of verbal correction, by reason of hurried prepara-\\ntion, ours will need the same indulgence.\\nAn error has occurred to me in the criticism of Mr. Tomlin s trans-\\nlation of certain latin words. The word cum should be id, re-\\nferring to flumen, which is neater, and is flumen in the accusa-\\ntive case, and not ^Jluminum, as I think it is in the manuscript. You\\nwill oblige me by correcting those words if you find I have made the\\nerror as supposed.\\nI am sure it would afi ord me very great pleasure to meet you and\\nyour colleagues at Richmond. We thank you heartily for your cor-\\ndial and earnest invitation. But I fear we will find it difficult to\\naccept it within the next two months, my engagements occupying me\\nuntil after the first week in Jan y. Summerset court will meet and\\noccupy Mr. Waters for a week or more. But I will confer with my\\ncolleagues upon this subject when we meet.\\nVery truly, yours,\\nSigned, ISAAC D. JONES.", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "137\\nBALTIMORE, October 21st, 1872.\\nDear Sir\\nYours of the 19tli instant, is just received. In reply, I would\\nstate that the steamer Maggie leaves the foot of South street for\\nOnancock, every Tuesday and Friday evening, at 5 o clock. The\\nHelen leaves the same wharf for Pungoteague, at the same hour,\\non Sundays and Wednesdays. The order of the Somerset county\\ncourt, about which I spoke to Baxly Browne, and to which you pro-\\nbably refer, was one passed in the year 1667, I think and laying off\\nthe course and direction for the old county road. In this order,\\nWatkins point, was named as determining the course.\\nAnother order, passed about the same time, and laying off Anna-\\nmessex hundred, under the old system of county subdivision, also\\nmentions Watkins point, as one of the boundaries of said hun-\\ndred. This is my recollection about the matter, and I am quite sure\\nthe statement of these main facts is substantially correct, although I\\nhave not looked at either of the orders for some years. You can easily\\nfind them by a reference to the record book of that period, although\\nI am not sure that they will be of any assistance in locating, with\\nsufficient definiteness for your purpose, Watkins point.\\nWith great respect,\\nI am very truly yours.\\nEon. IJenry A. Wise,\\nRichmond, Va.\\nJ. UPSHUR DENNIS.\\n18", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "138\\nRICHMOND, Va., Oct. 27th, 1873.\\nEon. I. D. Jones\\nDear Sir Some months ago, I wrote to you requesting to\\nbe informed when and where the commissioners on the part of Mary-\\nland, would meet those on the part of Virginia, to make a further at-\\ntempt to settle and adjust the boundary between the two states, and\\nas yet have received no reply. Will you please inform me, at your\\nearliest convenience.\\nWe can probably meet you at Baltimore whenever you will appoint.\\nYours truly,\\nHENRY A. WISE.\\nAfter 1st November, address me at Accomack courthouse, until af-\\nter the 15th of same month.\\nBALTIMORE, October 28th, 1873.\\nHon. Henry A. Wise\\nMy Dear Sir:\\nYour favor of the 27th instant is this moment received. The\\nletter you mention as having been written to me, some months ago,\\nrequesting to be informed when and where the commissioners on the\\npart of Maryland would meet those of Virginia, to make a further\\nattempt to settle and adjust the boundary between the two states, has\\nnot been received. I have had no letter from you since the 3d Dec r,\\n1872, at which time I received the statement and claim of the Vir-\\nginia commissioners respecting the boundary line in question.\\nIn my letter acknowledging the receipt of yours with the state-\\nment, I replied that I would submit the statement to my colleagues\\nas early as practicable, and would inform you the result of our delib-\\nerations upon it. We met and carefully considered the whole matter\\nand I was requested to communicate to you the result. A variety of\\nintervening causes have delayed my compliance with this request, but", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "139\\nfor some time past, I have been devoting to the subject all the time I\\ncould command from other indispensable engagements.\\nI am gratified to learn from your letter that you and your colleagues\\ncan probably meet us in Baltimore at any time we may appoint.\\nI do not wait to consult my colleagues, but in reliance upon their\\nconcurrence, will name Tuesday, the 18th Nov r, at Barnum s hotel,\\nin this cityj when and where we will be glad to meet the Virginia\\ncommissioners.\\nPlease confer with your colleagues and inform me if this time and\\nplace will suit their convenience. I will immediately notify Messrs.\\nWaters and Aydelotte, and hope the appointment I have ventured to\\nmake will suit them. If it sJiould not, I will address you as requested\\nVery truly, yours,\\nISAAC D. JONES.\\nNov. 10th, 1873.\\nMy Dear Sir:\\nI only received yours of the 29th Oct, to-day. Monday, the\\n17th Nov r, is my court day, and to reach Baltimore the 18th Nov r,\\nI would have to leave here on Monday, and so miss my court, which,\\nfor special reasons, I desire to attend. The 20th Nov r will suit me\\nfor the reasons stated far better than the 18th. If, however, it is\\nabsolutely necessary I will lose the court, and be in Baltimore on the\\n18th, for I am, for many reasons, most anxious that we should come\\nto some settlement of this boundary question.\\nMost truly yours,\\nWM. WATTS.\\nGovernor Wise,\\nBichmondf Va.", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "140\\nPHILADELPHIA, Nov. 11th, 1873.\\nGen. H. A. Wise\\nDear Sir Yours of the 5th instant, was forwarded to me\\nat this place. I hope to be able to meet you at time and place named.\\nRespectfully yours, c., c.,\\nD. C. DeJARNETTE.\\nPHILADELPHIA, Nov. 15th, 1873.\\nGen. H. A. Wise:\\nDear Sir I find that I cannot meet you on the 18th inst.,\\nin Baltimore, as proposed, but will be able to meet you at Baltimore,\\non the 25th inst.\\nHoping that this will not subject you or our associates on the com-\\nmission to any inconvenience, and that I may hear from you soon,\\nI am, sir.\\nYours, most respectfully, c.,\\nD. C. DeJARNETTE.\\nP. S. Direct your letter to Bowling Green, Caroline county, Va.\\nD. C. DeJ.", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "141\\nOAKLAND, Nov. 16th, 1873.\\nMy Dear Sir:\\nI received your postal card this morniDg. Business of impor-\\ntance requires my presence in Salem to-morrow, but I will be in Bal-\\ntimore Tuesday night, without fail. This, I hope, will be in time for\\nour business, though I should like very much to be present at the\\nFIRST of the proceedings. Can t you meet and adjourn over to the\\nnext day, the 19th, when I will be present.\\nVery truly yours, c,,\\nWM. WATTS.\\nGov. H. A. Wise,\\nBaltimore.\\nRICHMOND, Va., Dec r 18th, 1872.\\nTo Ms Ex lly Gilbert C. Walker,\\nGovW of the State of Virginia:\\nSir:\\nI am instructed by my colleagues on the boundary commission\\nbetween the states of Maryland and Virginia, to report to you their\\nproceedings since their last report, and to submit a statement on the\\npart of each state, setting forth their respective claims of boundary.\\nMaryland claims to the south bank of the Potomac, to Smith s\\npoint thence to Cedar straits, on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake\\nbay thence up the Pocomoke river, to where what is called the Cal-\\nvert and Scarbrough line crosses that river thence by said line to the\\nAtlantic ocean.\\nVirginia claims to the north bank of the Potomac, to the extreme\\nsouthern angle of Point lookout thence by a right line to the ex-\\ntremest part of the westernmost angle of Watkins point, at the north\\nhead-land of Little Annamessex river aud thence by the Calvert and\\nScarbrough line, to the Atlantic ocean, according to the line run in\\n1668, by the commissioners on the part of the two colonies, fully and", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "142\\nfinally confirmed by both Lord Baltimore and the royal province of\\nVirginia.\\nThis difference of boundary embraces eminent domain of great\\nvalue and the commissioners of the two states are endeavoring to\\nagree upon a fair and liberal compromise.\\nThe joint commission met first at Annapolis, tvhence, they ad-\\njourned, after examining certain records there, to meet at Crisfield, on\\nthe line of the Eastern shore, near the central and closing point of\\nthe entire lines between the two states. There and at Smith s island,\\non the Tangier sound, they took the depositions of near thirty wit-\\nnesses, touching the marks and trade of the lines, and they found a\\nnumber of marks on Smith s island, because the natural head-land\\nforming the extremest part of the westernmost angle of Watkins\\npoint, west of the Pocomoke river.\\nAfter full conference and comparison of views, it was agreed that\\nthe commissioners of the two states should prepare statements of their\\nrespective claims and interchange them simultaneously, at their next\\njoint meeting appointed to be in Baltimore, on the day of\\nlast. On assembling, the commissioners of Maryland read and fur-\\nnished a copy of the statement on the part of Maryland. The state-\\nment on the part of Virginia was not completed, but was in part read\\nand in part stated orally. After a full hearing of extreme claims and\\npretensions on both parts, various propositions of compromise and\\nconcession were reciprocally made and considered, and finally all ques-\\ntions were adjourned to another meeting at the city of Richmond, in\\nNovember last, by which time the statement on the part of Virginia\\ncould be completed. The gentlemen of the Maryland commission\\ncame on, and, unfortunately, Mr. Wise, of the com rs of Virginia,\\nwas suddenly called off, and Mr. Watts was too ill to attend, no joint\\nmeeting was, therefore, held, and all that could be done was to fur-\\nnish the com rs of Maryland with a copy of the statement on the part\\nof Virginia. That has been duly forwarded to the Hon. 1. D. Jones\\nfor himself and colleagues; and when they have sufficiently considered\\nit, they will inform the com rs of Virginia when and where another\\njoint meeting can be held. Thus the settlement is not yet concluded,\\nbut a reasonable hope is confidently entertained that a satisfactory\\nadjustment can and will be agreed on.\\nThe accompanying papers discuss the whole matters of law and\\nfact fully; and will, it is thought, ^satisfactorily explain the difficulty\\nand delay of this work by its vast volume of history.", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "143\\nPaper A is the statement of the commissioners on the part of\\nMaryland; it has no appendix of matter referred to.\\nPaper B is the statement of the commissioners on the part of\\nVirginia.\\nPaper C is the appendix of paper B, containing the more im-\\nportant matters referred to therein.\\nSince the last report two other manuscript vols, of the McDonald\\npapers have been found, in addition to the 3 vols, found by the com-\\nmissioners in the state library. There are now 5 of those vols.; seve-\\nral of them mutilated. The two lately recovered were handed in to\\nthe librarian of the state by Mr. Thomas Wynne of this city; but\\nthey were received by the commissioners not in time to be closely ex-\\namined for the uses of their works though it is thought that they\\ncontain but little pertaining to the subject of boundaries between\\nMaryland and Virginia. The more important evidences of Virginia s\\nclaim were to be found in the papers brought by Mr. DeJarnette from\\nEngland, and they have been found richly worth all the cost aud ex-\\npenditure of sending for them. The Maryland archives respecting\\nthe Calvert and Scarbrough line of 1668 from Watkins point to the\\nocean, aided by these papers, make the claim of Virginia certain and\\nconclusive. The cost of sending to England consumed a large part\\nof the appropriation, and that added to the pay of the commissioners\\nhas entirely exhausted them. The state is now in arrears to the com-\\nmissioners as the auditor s accounts will show.\\nIf the boundaries are settled by the joint commission, the line will\\nhave to be run and permanently marked by a detail of surveyors from\\nthe office of the United States coast survey. The cost of that, and\\nthe pay and arrears of pay of the commissioners will, it is estimated,\\nrequire an additional appropriation of ten thousand dollars, ($10,000.)\\nIf not adjusted by the commissioners, most important interests of the\\nstate require that she shall resort to the Supreme Court of the United\\nStates. That will require at least the same amount of appropriation\\nof $10,000 to begin with and ten times that amount may well be\\nexpended to save the state s interest in the riparian rights of the Po-\\ntomac river in about fifty square miles of land on Smith s island,\\nand south of Little Annamessex river, and north of the Pocomoke\\nsound, on the main and, in about 300 square miles of oyster beds\\nin the Chesapeake bay, and in Tangier and Pocomoke sounds. Du-\\nring the past year, the town of Crisfield, exactly on the Calvert and\\nScarbrough line, at its terminus on the Little Annamessex, shucked", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "144\\nand shipped to the markets, mainly in the west, one million of gallons\\nof oysters, costing at the places where sold an average of one dollar\\nand eight cents per gallon, and bringing in the markets an average\\nprofit of 100 per cent. The place employs 250 vessels, 1,500 catchers,\\nabout the same number of openers and packers, has fifteen packing\\nhouses, and sells as many oysters in the shell as are sect to market\\nopened. The trade at the mouth of Little Annamessex, in oysters,\\nis worth from three to four millions of dollars per annum. Maryland,\\nat present, derives more than four-fifths of its profits and revenue.\\nThe stakes in this boundary question, therefore, are worth, on the\\nwhole line in dispute, too many millions of dollars to be lightly relin-\\nquished, or to be neglected. Your commissioners have, therefore,\\ntaken full time for thorough and elaborate investigation, and their\\ntask has been immense, in references to history, to manuscripts, to\\nstate papers, to the laws of two states, to maps, reports, records, old\\npatents and archives, until they have developed and embodied a mass\\nof valuable history besides what pertains to the question of boundary,\\nand much of its important matter is new. They, therefore, urge that\\nyour excellency will lay this report and accompanying papers before\\nthe general assembly^ with the request of a liberal appropriation ta\\nmeet either contingency of amicable adjustment, or resort to the Su-\\npreme Court of the United States.\\nThey retain the papers of the commission in their charge, with their\\njournal, until they shall make a final report. All which is respect-\\nfully submitted.\\nI have the honor to be.\\nYour excellency s\\nMost ob t serv t,\\nHENRY A. WISE,\\nBy order of Commissioners on the part of Virginia^", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "JOUEN ^L\\nOF THE\\nJOINT COMiSSIOi OF MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA.\\nThe commissioners^ by appointment, met at Annapolis; adjourned\\nto meet at Crisfield; and thence adjourned to meet at Baltimore; and\\nthe following is the memorandum of their proceedings, at those places\\nat the times named, and appended hereto are the depositions of wit-\\nnesses taken as to the boundaries known to the inhabitants\\nANNAPOLIS, MD., May 8th, 1872.\\nThe commissioners on the part of Maryland and Virginia, to- wit:\\nHons. Henry A. Wise, D. C. DeJarnette and William Watts, on the\\npart of Virginia, and Isaac D. Jones, William J. Aydelotte and Levin\\nL. Waters, on the part of Maryland, appointed by acts of assembly\\nof their respective states, to adjust and settle the boundary lines be-\\ntween the two states, met pursuant to agreement, in this city, on yes-\\nterday, the 7th inst,, and heldian informal meeting for the interchange\\nof views.\\nThis morning the commission met again, and on motion of Mr.\\nAydelotte, was formally organized by electing the Hon. D. C. DeJar-\\nnette, chairman, and Levin L. Waters, as secretary.\\nThe morning session of the commission was occupied in the read-\\ning of reports by the Virginia and Maryland commissioners to their\\nrespective legislatures, and in the reading by Gov. Wise of an argu-\\nment by Mr. Tazewell, of Virginia, for the purpose of pressing the\\nclaims of Virginia to the north bank of the Potomac, as the true\\nboundary between the two states, without concluding which the com-\\nmission at 3 o clock, P. M., took a recess for one hour to dine.\\n19", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "146\\nThe commission re-assembled at 4 o clock, P. M., and Grov. Wise\\nresumed the reading of Mr. Tazewell s argument. This having been\\nconcluded, the commission was engaged in discussing the reports of\\nScarborough, Lee and Macdonald, and examining maps until a quar-\\nter before 7, at which hour the commission took a recess til 8 o clock,\\nP. M.\\nThe commission re-assembled at 8 o clock, and were engaged until\\nthe hour of adjournment in the investigation and discussion of maps,\\ncharts, c. The commission at 11 o clock, P. M., adjourned til to-\\nmorrow morning at 10 o clock.\\nTHURSDAY, May 9th, 1872.\\nThe commission met this morning pursuant to adjournment.\\nMr. Jones, on the part of the Maryland commissioners^ offered the\\nfollowing:\\nThe Maryland commissioners respectfully request the commission-\\ners of Virginia to furnish them at their convenience a written state-\\nment of the boundary line between that state and the state of Mary-\\nland, as claimed by them, with a statement of the facts, documents,\\nmaps and other evidence by which they claim the establishment of\\nthe said boundary in order that the Maryland commissioners may con-\\nsider the same and reply thereto with a statement of the Maryland\\ncase and claim as understood by the Maryland commissioners.\\nThis was rejected by the Virginia commissioners, and in lieu thereof\\nMr. Wise offered the following\\nThe commissioners of Virginia and Maryland, to settle and adjust\\nthe boundaries between the two states, mutually and concurrently\\nagree, that the commissioners of each state shall furnish the commis-\\nsioners of the other state, at the earliest convenience of both, with a\\nwritten statement of the location of boundaries claimed by each, re-\\nferring to any documents, maps, or other evidence, by and under which\\neither state claims, but not confining either party to the evidence so\\nadduced, the object being to furnish only the statement of the claim\\non either side. Each shall state the location of claim on the Poto-\\nmac, and each shall designate what it claims to be the true Watkins\\npoint, or part of Watkins point, on the Eastern shore, or what point\\nis claimed to be the initial point of the line on the Eastern shore, with\\na reference to the evidence on which the claim rests. Which proiJO-\\nfiitioD was unanimously adopted.", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "147\\nThe following resolution, offereil by Mr. Jones, was adopted\\nResolved, That when the joint commission adjourn to-day, it shall\\nadjourn to meet at Crisfield. on Wednesday morning, May the 22nd,\\ninst.\\nOn motion, the commission, at 2 o clock, P. M., adjourned.\\nCRISFIELD, May 22nd, 1872.\\nPursuant to adjournment at Annapolis, Commissioners Wise, Aye^\\ndelotte and Waters, met here this morning, Messrs, DeJarnette and\\nWatts were detained by an accident to the steamer, and Mr, Jon^s, of\\nthe commission, was prevented attending by urgent business detain-\\ning him at Philadelphia,\\nCRISFIELD, May 23rd, 1872,\\nThis morning, the commissioners having all assembled, the joint\\ncommission proceeded in the Maryland oyster police steamer Leila, to\\nSmith s island, and visited a stone about three-fourths of a mile north\\nof the residence of Johnson Evans, at Horse hammock, and ordered\\nthe same to be taken up for inspection. All the commissioners re-\\nturned to Crisfield, except Governor Wise, who remained at the island\\nfrom choice, to see to the removal of the said stone.\\nCPJSFIELD, May 24th, 1872.\\nThe joint commissioners left this place this morning in the Mary-\\nland steamer, and met Governor Wise on the Virginia steamer off\\nSmith s island, who reported to the commissioners that he had caused\\nthe first stone north of Horse hammock to be taken up, and that it\\nwas lying on the marsh for ,their inspection, and that he had found\\ntwo other stones within eighteen feet of each other in the same tho-\\nroughfare where the first was found, near half a mile from Troy island,\\nand in about forty or fifty feet from the edge of the marsh at Beaver\\nhammock, and showed on the coast survey chart where it was to be\\nfound. All the commissioners, except Governor Wise, proceeded to\\nthe stones. They found the first stone lying on the edge of the marsh", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "148\\nnear its site. In attempting to break off a piece of it the stone was\\nbroken into two pieces, which were put together and replaced in the\\nposition from which it had been taken.\\nThey also proceeded about two miles farther up the thoroughfare\\nto the two stones described and marked by Gov. Wise, and found them\\nas he had represented.\\nThe commisioners at night returned to Crisfield.\\nSATURDAY MORNING, May 25th, 72.\\nGov. Wise and Mr. Waters being required to go to Princess Anne,\\nand Mr. Aydelott desiring to go home, the commission adjourned to\\nmeet at Crisfield on Monday morning next.\\nCRISFIELD, May 27th, 1872.\\nThe commissioners, except Mr. Waters, who was detained at home,\\nmet this morning at the Cove Hotel, in Crisfield, and ^proceeded to\\ntake the depositions of the following persons, to- wit: Isaac Sterling,\\nMcKenney Laws, Abraham Somers, John Cullen and Benjamin Lank-\\nford, and adjourned to meet at Horse Hammock, on Smith s island,\\nthe following day.\\nTUESDAY, May 28th, 1872.\\nThe joint commission met pursuant to adjournment, and finding\\nthey had no one on Smith s island authorized to administer oaths,\\nthey returned to Crisfield to procure a justice of the peace, and ad-\\njourned to meet at the same place again the next day.\\nWEDNESDAY, May 29th, 1872.\\nPursuant to adjournment the commissioners met and proceeded to\\nexamine other witnesses before Thomas K. Whealton, a justice of the\\npeace of Maryland, and took the depositions of the following wit-\\nnesses: John Marshall, James T. Evans, David Tyler and Severn\\nBradshaw.\\nThe commission adjourned to meet at Crisfield next morning.", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "149\\nTHUKSDAY, May 30th, 1872.\\nPursuant to adjournment the commission met at the railroad office\\nin Crisfield, and before the same justice of the peace took the deposi-\\ntions of William Sterling, Michael Somers, Hance Lawson, William\\nNelson and Thomas W. Dougherty. The commission then adjourned\\nto meet at Horse Hammock next mornincj.\\nMay 31st, 1872.\\nThe joint commission met this morning, pursuant to adjournment,\\nand before the same justice took the depositions of Francis Evans,\\nSevern Bradshaw, Benjamin Bradshaw, Stephen T. Dize, Johnson\\nEvans and John Tyler. The commissioners then returned to Crisfield,\\nand adjourned to meet again at Crisfield, on Monday, the 3d of June.\\nCRISFIELD, Monday, June 2d, 1872.\\nThe joint commission met this morning j)ursuant to adjournment.\\nPresent Messrs. Wise and Watts, on the part of Virginia, and\\nJones and Waters on the part of Maryland.\\nAbsent Messrs. DeJarnette and Aydelotte.\\nThe commission proceeded to take the depositions of witnesses be-\\nfore Justice Whealton.\\nThe deposition of the following witness was taken to-day H^pry\\nDize. And they also examined sundry patents, and adjourned to meet\\nat Crisfield the next day.\\nCRISFIELD, Tuesday, June 4th, 1872.\\nThe joint commissioners met this day, at this place, pursuant to\\nadjournment on yesterday.\\nPresent Hon. I. D. Jones, Wm. J. Aydelotte, Esq., Col. William\\nWatts, and I^enry A. Wise, Esq., who proceeded to take the deposi-\\ntions of the following witnesses Edward Towls, Clement R. Sterling\\nand John Spence and other witnesses failing to appear, the commis-\\nsioners proceeded in the examination of patents, and adjourned to\\nmeet at Smith s island the next day.", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "150\\nCRISFIELD, Md., June 5th, 1872.\\nThe joint commissioners having adjourned on yesterday, to meet\\nto-day on Smith s island, to visit two stones, one at the mouth of a\\ncreek, oif The Barrs, another on the west side of the ishind, off the\\nshore of the upper part of Hog neck, but the wind being very high,\\nand rendering the work impracticable on the island, they assembled\\nto-day at this place.\\nPresent: Hon, I. D. Jones, Wm. J. Aydelotte, Esq., Cul. William\\nWatts, and Henry A. Wise, Esq., and proceeded to read numerous\\npatents of Virginia, for land at and near the divisional line of Vir-\\nginia and Maryland, as therein called for, of which the following were\\nread and noted, to wit\\nAnd they also proceeded to take the depositions of the following\\nwitnesses: John W. Evans and Chas. W. Marsh. And thereupon\\nadjourned to meet here at Crisfield to-morrow.\\nCRISFIELD, Md., June 6th, 1872.\\nPursuant to adjournment, the commissioners met at this place this\\nday, and read the journal, and read and compared sundry copies of\\nl^apers; and according to an understanding on yesterday, when Mr.\\nAydelotte was present, they adjourned to meet at Baltimore, on Tues-\\nday,\u00c2\u00abthe 3rd day of September next. And before adjournment it was\\nunanimously ordered that John E. Mowbray be allowed tea dollars\\na day for his services as clerk to the commission, in writing depositions\\nand copying papers.\\nBALTIMORE, Oct. 1st, 1872.\\nThe joint commission assembled at this place to-day.\\nPresent: Hon. I. D, Jones, Wm. J. Aydelotte, Esq., and L. L.\\nWaters, Esq., on the part of Maryland; and Hon. D.jC. DeJarnette\\nand Henry A. Wise, Esq., on the part of Virginia. Col. Watts be-\\ning absent, sick.\\nThe commissioners having failed to meet according to their ap-\\npointment at Crisfield, on the 2rd of Sept. ult., the meeting was post-", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "151\\nponed at the instance of Mr. Wisej and agreed to by the commission-\\ners on the part of Maryland until the 17th ult.; and was postponed\\nto this day. Upon assembling the commissioners adjourned until 10\\no clock, A. M. next day, awaiting the arrival of Col. Watts, who had\\ntelegra23hed he would be here this day.\\nBALTIMORE, Oct. 2d, 1872.\\nThe commission met to-day at Barnum s hotel. Absent: Colonel\\nWatts.\\nIn pursuance of their previous resolution, they proceeded to hear\\nthe statements of the claims respectively of the two states. Mr. Wise\\nproceeded on the part of Virginia to state the claim of boundary\\nmade by that state and concluded; whereupon the commission ad-\\njourned to meet to-morrow at 10 o clock, A. M., to hear the statement\\non the part of Maryland.\\nBALTIMORE, Oct. 3rd, 1872.\\nThe commission met this morning pursuant to adjournment. Ab-\\nsent: Col. Watts.\\nMr. Jones proceeded to read a written statement of the claims of\\nMaryland, and after being partly heard Col. Watts arrived, when the\\ncommission paused for him to be informed of what had been done:\\nand thereupon Mr. Jones continued his statement. Not having fin-\\nished the statement when the hour of adjournment arrived, the com-\\nmission adjourned until 10, A. M., to-morrow.\\nBALTIMORE, October 4th, 1872.\\nPursuant to adjournment, the commission met to-day, all being pre-\\nsent. Mr. Jones proceeded to conclude his statement -on the part of\\nMaryland, and submitted the following propositions of boundary,\\nto wit:\\nBeginning: at low water mark, at the divisional line between the\\ntwo states of West Virginia and Virginia, upon the south west\\ncoast or shore of the Potomac river thence following the said river,\\nat said low water mark, to all wharves and other improvements now", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "152\\nextending, or which may hereafter be extended, by authority of Vir-\\nginia, from the Virginia shore, into the said river beyond low water\\nmark and following the said river around said wharves and other\\nimprovements, to low water mark on the southwestern side thereof;\\nand following the said river, in the same manner, down to the eastern-\\nmost angle of Smith s point, at the mouth of the said river Potomac,\\nwhere it flows into the Chesapeake bay; thence by a right line to the\\ncentre of Cedar straits on Tangier sound, near the southern end of\\nWatkins point and thence by a right line, in a southeasterly direc-\\ntion, to the channel of Pocomoke bay or river, nearest to Cedar straits;\\nthence up, by and with the said channel of said bay and river, to a\\npoint thereon opposite to the place on the east shore of the said river,\\nascertained by Mr, De la Camp, in 1857, as the beginning on said\\nshores of the divisional line, run and marked by Calvert and Scar-\\nbrough in 1668 and thence by and with said divisional line as sur-\\nveyed and laid down on the map made by said De la Camp, for the\\njoint commissioners of Maryland and Virginia in 1858, to the Atlan-\\ntic ocean. The right of fishing and taking oysters in Pocomoke bay\\nand river, to be common to the citizens of both states, subject to con-\\ncurrent regulations by the two states.\\nUpon the reading of which said propositions, the commissioners on\\nthe part of Virginia took time to consider the same apart; and there-\\nupon the commission adjourned until to-morrow at 10 o clock, A. M.\\nBALTIMORE, Oct. 5th, 1872.\\nThe commission met pursuant to adjournment; all present.\\nMr. Wise, in behalf of the commissioners of Virginia, submitted\\nthe following propositions, to-wit\\nProposition First by Virginia.\\nThe commissioners of Virginia having met separately and con-\\nsidered the propositions submitted to them by the commissioners on\\nthe part of Maryland, most respectfully decline to accept the same;\\nand in turn submit the following, to-wit:\\nThe northern boundary line of Virginia shall henceforth be fixed\\nand established at low water mark on the left or northern shore or\\nstrand of the Potomac river, for the whole extent of that shore of", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "153\\nsaid river where it is co-terminus between the two states of Maryland\\nand Virginia, to the extreme end of Point lookout, the northern head-\\nland of said river, where it disembogues into the Chesapeake bay;\\nthence by a right line, across said bay and Smith s island therein, to\\nthe westernmost angle of Watkins point, being the northern head-\\nland of Little Annamessex river; and thence by and with line run by\\nPhilip Calvert and Edmond Scarburg, in the year 1668, over the Po-\\ncomoke river and Swanseacute river or creek to the shore of the At-\\nlantic ocean on Assateague island.\\nThe commissioners on the part of Maryland having considered these\\npropositions respectfully decline the same.\\nAt this point the commission took a recess till 7 o clock, P. M.\\nThe commission assembled at 7 o clock, P. M., when Mr. Jones, on\\nthe part of the Maryland commissioners, submitted a second compro-\\nmise as follows, to- wit:\\nThe Maryland commissioners propose another and a second com-\\npromise of the boundary controversy between the two states, viz\\nBeginning at the point on the Potomac river described in their first\\noffered compromise line, and thence to Smith s point as stated in their\\nfirst offer; and thence by a line across Smith s island to the place on\\nJane s island bar, where the light house stands; thence by a right\\nline to the centre of Cedar straits; and thence to the channel of Po-\\ncomoke bay; and thence up, by and with said channel of said bay\\nand river, and by and with the Scarborough and Calvert line to the\\nocean, as described in their first offered compromise line.\\nThe commissioner of Virginia informed the commissioners upon\\nthe part of Maryland that they most respectfully declined this second\\nproposition; and thereupon the commissioners of Virginia made their\\nsecond proposition, to-wit\\nProposition Second by Virginia.\\nProposition of boundary, offered by the commissioners on the part\\nof Virginia, for and as a compromise line of boundary between the\\nstates of Maryland and Virginia\\nThe line run by Philip Calvert and Edmund Scarburgh, in the\\nyear 1668, from the right bank of the Pocomoke river over the same\\nand over Swanseacute creek or river, and over the bays and sounds and\\nislands on the sea side of the peninsula formed by the Chesapeake bay\\nand the Atlantic ocean, to the shores of said ocean on Assateague\\n20", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "154\\nisland, straightened and corrected so as to make it a right line, shall\\nbe on that i)art of the boundary bet^Yeen the states of Maryland and\\nVirginia, the divisional line between the said two states; and the\\nsame shall be fixed by permanent monuments, to be as early as possi-\\nBible erected by the said two states. Then, beginning at the termi-\\nnus of said line on the right bank of the Pocomoke river, shall follow\\nthe said bank of that river down the same, to the eastern headland\\nof East creek, at or near the head of Pocomoke sound, on the north\\nside thereof, where a permanent monument shall be erected as afore-\\nsaid; thence by aright line, over the water, to the middle of the chan-\\nnel of Cedar straits; thence through said straits northwestwardly to\\na point due south from the western headland of said straits; thence\\nto the low water mark of the shore of said headland, where a perma-\\nnent monument shall be erected thereon; thence north to low water\\nmark on the shore of the north headland of Little Annamessex river,\\nwhere a permanent monument shall be erected thereon; thence to the\\npoint where the 38th degree of north latitude cuts across the Tangier\\nsound and Smith s island, at or near Barnes s point thereon, and there\\na permanent monument shall be erected; thence along the shores of\\nthe north end of Smith s island at low water mark. and Kidge s straits,\\nuntil it reaches the shore of that island on the Chesapeake bay; thence\\nfollowing said shore, at low water mark, until it reaches the said par-\\nallel of 38\u00c2\u00b0 N. L., at or near the great thoroughfare of Smith s island,\\nwhere a permanent monument shall be erected; and thence to run on\\nsaid parallel to the point where the said parallel is cut by a meridianal\\nline drawn through the extreme southern angle of Point lookout, at\\nthe mouth of the Potomac river; and thence up that river, on the\\nmain channel thereof, to the point in that river, at and opposite to\\nwhere the divisional line between Virginia and West Virginia touches\\nthe said river Potomac.\\nThe Maryland commissioners considered, and most respectfully de-\\nclined, this proposition. And thereupon the commissioners on the part\\nof Virginia, by way of compromise, proposed to the commissioners on\\nthe part of Maryland, the following, to- wit\\nProposition Third, by the Commissioners of Virginia.\\nThe commissioners on the part of Virginia, by way of compro-\\nmise, propose to the commissioners on the part of Maryland That\\nthe line between these two states shall run by and with the main chan-", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "155\\nnelof the Potomac river, until it descends to the jioint where the rae-\\nridianal line, drawn through the extreme southeastern angle of Point\\nlookout, the north headland of the mouth of said river, cuts the par-\\nallel of the 38th degree of north latitude; thence in a right line to\\nthe westernmost angle of Watkins point, it being the northern head-\\nland of the mouth of Little Annamesses river; thence by aright line\\nto the southwestern angle of the land and marsh at Cedar straits,\\nnorth of these straits thence to the main channel of these straits,\\nnorth of the most northern of the Fox islands tljence due east to the\\nchannel of the Pocomoke sound or river thence up the main channel\\nof said sound and river to the place where the Calvert and Scarbrough\\nline was run over that river in the year 1668 and thence by the\\nmarks and monuments on that line to the shore of the Atlantic ocean\\non the Assateague island.*\\nThe commissioners on the part of Maryland considered, and in-\\nformed the commissioners on the part of Virginia, that their third and\\nlast i)roposition was most respectfully declined.\\nThe commissioners on the part of Maryland then offered the fol-\\nlowing, to wit\\nProposition Third, by the Maryland Commissioners.\\nThe Maryland commissioners, in a further effort to settle and ad-\\njust the boundary line between Virginia and Maryland, by compro-\\nmise, respectfully submit, for the acceptance of the Virginia commis-\\nsioners, the following line, viz Beginning at the point on the Poto-\\nmac river, described in their first offer thence running down the said\\nriver to Smith s point in the manner set forth in their first offer; thence\\nrunning by a right line to the centre of the great thoroughfare of\\nSmith s island, called Mister s thoroughfare thence by and with the\\nmiddle of the said thoroughfare to the mouth thereof, at Tangier\\nsound, at a place called Big island thence by a right line through the\\ncentre of Cedar straits to the channel of the Pocomoke sound or bay;\\nand thence up, by and with the channel of said sound and Pocomoke\\nriver, to the point opposite to the Calvert-Scarbrough line, as de-\\nscribed in their first offer and thence by and with the Calvert-Scar-\\nbrough line to the Atlantic ocean.\\nAnd the Maryland commissioners respectfully submit the forego-\\ning as their last offer of compromise; and, if accepted, it must be with\\nthe understanding that all existing titles, rights and liens upon the", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "156\\nland south of said thoroughfarej granted by Lord Baltimore, shall\\ncontinue in full force, and be considered and treated as valid in law,\\nas if granted by the state of Virginia, or as any grant of confirmation\\nby said state can render them, or any of them.\\nThis proposition was most respectfully declined by the commission-\\ners of Virginia; and they answered on their part that they had no\\nother proposition of compromise to submit. Thereupon the commis-\\nsioners, after further conference, adjourned to meet at Richmond, Vir-\\nginia, on Thursday, the 7th day of November next.\\nBALTIMORE, MARYLAND,\\nTuesday, November 18th, 1873.\\nThe commissioners on the part of Maryland and Virginia, to set-\\ntle and adjust the boundaries between the two states, by agreement\\nappointed to meet at this place, this day.\\nPresent Messrs. Jones, Aydelotte and Waters, on the part of\\nMaryland, and Mr. Wise, on the part of Virginia.\\nAbsent Messrs. Watts and DeJarnette, on the part of Virginia.\\nThere being no quorum, the meeting was adjourned until 10 o clock,\\nA. M., Wednesday, the 19th inst.\\nWEDNESDAY, November 19th, 1873.\\nThe commissioners met pursuant to adjournment.\\nPresent Messrs. Watts and Wise, on the part of Virginia, and\\nMessrs. Jones, Aydelotte and Waters, on the part of Maryland.\\nAbsent Mr. DeJarnette, of Virginia.\\nThe commissioners employed themselves in examining maps and\\ndocuments pertaining to the matters before them. Several patents\\nand deeds were referred to, and some were read, and especially a paper\\nsigned James Boyle.\\nThereupon they adjourned, at 41 P. M., to meet on Thursday, the\\n20th instant, at 10 o clock, A. M.", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "157\\nTHURSDAY, November 20th, 1873.\\nThe commissioners met pursuant to adjournment.\\nPresent The same as on yesterday.\\nOn proceeding to business, Mr. Wise, on the part of the commis-\\nsioners of Virginia, submitted to the commissioners of Maryland the\\nfollowing proposition of boundary, by way of compromise, to- wit\\nTo commence at the point in the channel of the river Potomac,\\nopposite to the point where the states of Virginia and West Virginia\\nare coterminous on the right bank of said river; and to follow the\\nmain channel of said river to the mouth thereof at the meridian of\\nPoint Lookout, the north headland of said river, cuts the 38th degree\\nof north latitude; and this line shall be henceforth held and deemed\\nthe divisional line of the states of Maryland and Virginia west of the\\nChesapeake bay.\\nThe commissioners on the part of Maryland, upon hearing said pro-\\nposition, announced that they preferred to leave the boundary of the\\ntwo states on the Potomac, as it was left by the constitution of Vir-\\nginia of 1776, and the compact between the two states in ithe year\\n1785; and they proposed to consider the adjustment of the boundary\\nfrom Smith s point, at the mouth of the Potomac river, across the\\nChesapeake bay and the eastern shore, to the ocean. The commis-\\nsioners on the part of Virginia, acquiesced in this suggestion, and\\ncalled for any proposition of compromise of the line over the Chesa-\\npeake, and across the Eastern shore peninsular, which the commis-\\nsioners of Maryland had to submit. Whereupon, Mr. Jones, of the\\ncommissioners of Maryland, by way of compromise, offered the follow-\\ning proposition^ to wit\\nThe boundary line from Smith s point to be a right line, across\\nthe Chesapeake bay, to the centre of Cedar straits upon the Tangier\\nsound, near the southern end of Watkins point thence by a right\\nline, in a southeasterly direction, to the channel of Pocomoke bay or\\nriver, nearest to Cedar straits thence up, by and with the said chan-\\nnel of Pocomoke bay and river, to a point therein opposite to the place\\non the east shore of said river, ascertained by Mr. De la Camp in\\n1857, to be the beginning on said shore of the divisional line said to\\nhave been run and marked by Calvert and Scarbrough in 1668 and\\nthence, by and with said divisional line, as surveyed and laid down on\\nthe map made by said De la Camp for the joint commission of Vir-", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "158\\nginia and Maryland in 1858, to the Atlantic ocean tiie right of fish-\\ning and taking oysters in Pocomoke sound or bay and river, and in\\nTangier sound, from the southern end of Watts island and Tangier\\nislands, to the north end of Deal s island, and west to the Chesapeake\\nbay, to be common to the citizens of both states, subject to concur-\\nrent regulations by the two states.\\nWhich proposition the commissioners on the part of Virginia, re-\\nspectfully decline to accept.\\nThereupon the commissioners of Maryland stated that they had no\\nother proposition of compromise to submit. Then the commissioners\\non the part of Virginia, by way of compromise, to settle the boundary\\nover the Chesapeake bay and across the isles and peninsula of the\\nEastern shore to the ocean, offered the following proposition, to-wit\\nTo commence at the point in the mouth of the Potomac river,\\nwhere the meridian of Point Lookout, the northern headland of said\\nmouth of said river, cuts the 38th parallel of north latitude; and to\\nrun a right line across Smith s island to the low water mark of the\\nnorth headland of Little Annamessex river; thence a right line to low\\nwater mark at the end of Watkins point at Cedar straits; thence to\\nthe channel of said straits; thence a right line to the mouth of East\\ncreek at the head of Pocomoke sound; and thence on and by the right\\nbank of Pocomoke river to the point where the line run by Philip\\nCalvert, on the part of Maryland, and Edmund Scarborough, on the\\npart of Virginia, in the year 16GS, crosses said river of Pocomoke;\\nand thence by said Calvert and Scarborough line to the ocean.\\nThis proposition was respectfully declined by the commissioners of\\nMaryland. Whereupon, Mr. Wise, on the part of the commissioners\\nof Virginia, offered the following proposition, to-wit\\nTo commence, as described in the last proposition, and to run on\\nthe 38tli parallel of north latitude until said paraillel reaches low wa-\\nter mark on the eastern coast of Smith s island; and thence to run a\\nright line to the former location of a light boat, as described in the\\nmaps reported by Michler and De la Camp in the years 1858- 59, near\\nthe north headland of Little Annamessex river, on Jane s island; and\\nthence a right line to the channel of Cedar straits; and thence a right\\nline to the head of Pocomoke sound, and up the Pocomoke river to\\nthe Scarborough and Calvert line; and thence across the same by the\\nScarborough and Calvert line of 1G68 to the ocean.\\nThis proposition the commissioners on the part of Maryland re-\\nspectfully declined to accept; and thereupon the commissioners on the", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "159\\npart of Virginia announced that they had no other proposition of com-\\npromise to submit.\\nThereupon, there being no other business to be considered or trans-\\nacted by the commissioners, they adjourned sine die.\\nSigned, LEVIN L. WATERS,\\nSecretary of the Joint Commission.\\nAt a meeting of the commissioners of Maryland and Virginia, to\\nsettle the boundary between those states, at the Cove hotel, in Cris-\\nfield, May 27th, 1872, the following depositions were taken by the\\ncommissioners and duly sworn to before\\nTravis Sterling first called, and absent.\\nMr. Isaac Sterling examined by Mr, Jones.\\nAged 81, last August; lived in Annamessex all my life, down be-\\nlow; his father, Henry, and his grandfather, Jno. Sterling, has been\\non Watt s island, on Tangier and Fox islands, and on the marshes\\nbetween here and Cedar straits; has fished all around the islands\\npretty much from boyhood up; there are large pine stumps, and many\\nof them around and between the said island; off West point, at Fox s\\nislands is full of stumps; there are large stumps all over the marsh\\nbetween here and Cedar straits, especially at Broad creek, at a i^lace\\ncalled the Broug; there are large pine trees lying there now, from\\nwhich I have picked off oysters; my grandfather told me there was\\nonce a considerable island where I am told the middle ground now is,\\nin Pocomoke sound; at the north headland of Little Annamessex, on\\nJane s island; I, in my day^ have gathered peaches from high land\\nnear where the outer light house now stands at the Little Annamessex\\nbar; I was fishing with Nathan Bradshaw- and old Capt. John Cut-\\nten; this was a long time ago, say 50 odd years ago.\\nExamined by Mr. Wise,\\nBorn near Pocomoke sound, 1^ or 2 miles from here, between Jen-\\nkins creek and Ape s hole; Hans. Lawson s father, Jas. Lawson, lived\\non the west of my birth j)lace; his land extended to Jenkins s creek,\\nwhich empties into Little Annamessex; old Mr. Littleton and Tom-", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "160\\nray Nelson lived lower down south near Pocomoke; this Tommy Nel-\\nson was called by the nick-name of Old King Nelson; he lived at a\\nplace called Matthews creek; nobody lives there now; Tommy or\\nKing Nelson s father was named Sacker or Zacker Nelson; he, King\\nNelson, was very old when he died; Michael Soraers, I believe, pre-\\ntends to own the land where King Nelson lived; King Nelson left\\nchildren; three of his sons are dead leaving children; they live now in\\nthis neighborhood; he has children living; William, daughters Nancy\\nand Betsy; these three are all who are living; he left a number of\\ngrandchildren who are now living in this neighborhood; never knew\\nthe main land at Cedar straits to be connected with Fox island; Fox\\nislands were the North Fox island, Big Fox island, the Muddy Marsh,\\nand there is another across tlie Big Thoroughfare, and the Ledge s\\nisland north of the Big Thoroughfare; the Big Thoroughfare is be-\\ntween the South Fox islands and Watts s island; vessels have always,\\nat high tide, been able to sail between Watts s island and Fox s is-\\nlands, at high water, going into and out of the Pocomoke and Tangier\\nsounds; Ephraim Sterling lived east of the place where I was born\\nwhen I can first remember; the next family east on the Pocomoke or\\nApe s hole side was old Mr. Jacob Bird; and those were the only fam-\\nilies living on the sound when I can first remember; these lived near\\nthe mouth of Ape s hole; old Uncle Travis Sterling lived a little\\nhigher up; I mean a little off the sound on the land; the peach orchard\\nof which I spoke at the north headland of Annamessex was not on\\nan island, but was a point running out from the high land of Jane s\\nisland.\\nISAAC STERLINa.\\nMr. McKenney Tawes was next sworn and examined.\\nHe stated I am in my 77th year of age, shall be 77 next Christ-\\nmas; very deaf; my wife is a daughter of Thomas, called Old King\\nNelson; has heard King Nelson say that his father, Sacker Nelson,\\nlived on Fox island; they burnt his house down in the revolutionary\\nwar; John Blason bought from Sacker Nelson, and Middleton Mason,\\nhis son, lived there until within a few years past; Thomas and John\\nCrocket bought it, and Tommy and Plowner Crocket live there now;\\nwas told Tommy is dead; heard King Nelson say, that when they\\nlived there, well on Fox island was 150 yards out in the sound; don t\\nknow his age when he died; heard him say he had eaten peaches at", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "161\\nthe north headland of Little Annamessex, near where the outer light\\nhouse now stands; have heard there was an earth work for a battery\\non the old island, Jonns island, at said point, which I have seen my-\\nself; it is now all washed away; I knew when there was a smart ridge\\nof land, but never knew wheat to grow there myself, but have heard\\nit from the old old folks; no recollection of hearing King Nelson say\\nanything of the washaway of land between Fox island and Watts\\nisland; my wife is still living, and I have heard her say that she waa\\nborn down here on the marsh where Billy Lawson lived, now vacant;\\nshe was born on the hammock between Lover s cove and Jenkins\\ncreek; it is about three miles from that hammock to Cedar straits; it\\nis a good big marsh; I don t know who claims this marsh now; Isaac\\nLawson, nick-named Terrapin, bought the hammock between Somers\\ncove and Jenkins creek, and how much of the marsh he bought I can t\\ntell; he bought it not over three or four years ago; he bought it of old\\nBilly Lawson s heirs; old Billy bought it of Elijah Fruit; I don t\\nknow who he got it from; Middleton Mason moved from Fox island\\nto Onancock in Accomack, and then I don t know what become of\\nhim.\\nhis\\nMcKENNY M TAWES.\\nmark.\\nMarked separately by the clerk, Jno. Mowbray, and Mr. Wise.\\nMr. Abraham Somers was next affirmed and examined.\\nI am very deaf; my name is Abraham Somers, and my age, tradition\\nsays, is 79. I was born in 1793, I was born in Delaware; came here\\nwhen quite a baby; moved here; was acquainted with Old King Nel-\\nson; lived near him, about three-quarters of mile say; don t recollect\\nhow long he has been dead; have heard him mention the line of Vir-\\nginia and Maryland; he showed me the tree on Smith s island that\\nwas a mark of the line from Smith s point; have been on Smith s\\nisland, but the tree was cut down before I first went there; I could\\nsee it when standing from King Nelson s house; it was said to be a\\ngum, and stood in Butler Tyler s yard; it is not washed away, and\\nthe land is there now; don t know but the stump is there now; he\\nsaid it ran by Watkins point. Butler Tyler I did not know, but I\\nknew David Tyler, his brother, and I knew a daughter of Butler Ty-\\n21", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "162\\nler named Nancy. The two brothers lived close together. King Nel-\\nson showed me the tree, and told me it was a line. This was said by\\nKing Nelson to be a mark of the line from Smith s point toWatkins\\npoint.\\nhis\\nABRAHAM M SOMERS.\\nmark.\\nMr. John CuUen was next sworn and examined.\\nI was 79 years of age the 13th May present this month. Was\\nborn in Annamessex, where Hans Lawson, the father of James and\\ngrandfather of Hans Lawson lived; have lived there as my home all\\nmy life, when at home, but have been a great deal from home. I knew\\nKing Tommy Nelson can t say when, but think he died about 1854\\nor 1855. Have heard him say that his father, Backer Nelson, told him\\nthat he had seen the time when he could have taken a fence rail\\nand have reached cross all the break-throughs, and have walked\\nacross them all between Fox s island and Watts island. I never\\nheard King Nelson point out any line across Tangier sound between\\nMaryland and Virginia but once, when I was at John Nelson s, and\\nwhere the coast survey had its sites or signals set up, he pointed to\\none on Fox island, and said that was near where the line of Maryland\\nand Virginia passed. It appeared to be pretty well on the west point\\nof Fox island, near, I presume, where a pine with a round top stands;\\nthere was but one tree. Never heard him say more about the line; was\\nnever on Smith s island but twice only in harbor; was there with\\nJohn S. Handy and Henry Thomas to lay off the first election distri-\\nbution laid off on that island by Maryland. [Here a memorandum of\\nthe record of the time was shown him by Mr. Jones, in June 1835.]\\nDon t recollect the bounds laid off; Solomon Evans, Thomas Tyler,\\nand another old Mr. Evans, described where the line was; I went with\\nthem to the church; they were notified that we were going on, and we\\nmet there at the church; there I asked them to give me the line be-\\ntween Virginia and Maryland, and we made the return according to\\nthe information they gave us; they told me that John Tyler, who\\nlived at Horse hammock, lived in Maryland, and we made our report\\non the verbal description of the persons whom we e;xamined. We did\\nnot go to Horse hammock or to any point, but took the description\\nat the church, and they all told me that John Tyler lived at Horse", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "163\\nhammock, and I thought, and we all thought, that Horse hammock\\nwas Dunn point never had the line pointed out to me at any\\nother time, and thought the line across the sound commenced at Horse\\nhammock, and never had any point shown me on this side of the\\nsound for the course of the line between the two states. I arrested a\\nvessel in 1851, called the Fashion, belonging to Severn Tyler, and\\nJohn Tyler was on board of her as captain; saw her dredging off the\\nmouth of Little Annamessex, west of that mouth, at a rock called\\nFittby s rock, northeast of the great or big oyster rock the largest rock\\nin the sound; we did not arrest her at Filley s rock, but we were com-\\ning up the channel of the Tangier sound, and the boats saw us and be-\\ncome suspicious of our intent, they bore down the sound in a southwest\\nwest direction, as if he wanted to get to Horse hammock, which was\\nJohn Tyler s home. From where we saw him dredging he ran about two\\nmiles before we arrested the vessel. At the point where the arrest was\\nmade, he was, I suppose, in Virginia waters. There were witnesses in\\nthe case of Severn Tyler examined as to where the line of Virginia\\nand Maryland was. Thomas Tyler was examined; I don t recollect\\nwhether Hoffman was sworn. T. Tyler said that there was a cedar\\nstanding on the east side of Smith s island, but that the marsh or\\npoint where the cedar stood was all washed away; that he and others\\nwent down on that side where he understood the cedar had stood, and\\nhe waded in and searched until he found some roots; he pulled up the\\nroots and carried them to the shore, and told them to examine and\\nsee whether that was not cedar, and it was pronounced to be cedar,\\nand he stepped from where the cedar was and said the boat was ar-\\nrested in Virginia; I asked him how it was that when we laid off the\\nelection district that he said Horse hammock was in Maryland; and\\nhe made me no answer, but turned away and would not answer; he\\nwas father of Severn Tyler, and grandfather of John, the captain; I\\nthink that no witnesses were examined on my part in the case of Se-\\nvern Tyler against me (I am the same man, John Cullen, against whom\\nthe judgment was had) respecting the line of the two states.\\nExamined by Mr. Wise.\\nI was absent much from home, having for many years been a sea-\\nfaring man; and all that I know about the line between Maryland and\\nVirginia either of my own knowledge or by tradition I have stated; I\\nthink it was in 1853 or 1854 when King Nelson told me what his", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "164\\nfather told him about the state of the waters at the break through\\nbetween Fox s islands and Watt s island; then at the time when he\\nso told me the space between Fox s islands and Watt s island was all\\nbroke through; the space is about five miles; I had known that space\\never since I was 15 or 16 years of age; it has been 40 years since I\\nwas at Watt s or Fox s islands either, but I think they have washed\\naway a great deal; I have not been there, at either Fox s or Watt s\\nislands, for 40 years; I was acquainted with Watt s island from the\\ntime I was 16 years of age until about 40 years ago; I knew Watt s\\nisland from about 1809 to about 1832; the last time I was there, about\\n1832, it had washed away 75 yards in front of the house where old\\nRobert Parker had a wharf; I think the high land had washed\\nfrom 70 to 80 yards; the north end of the island had washed away a\\ngood deal, but I can t say, I cannot tell how much, Fox s islands have\\nwashed away; in the 23 years, from 1809 to 1832, I think the south\\nend of the south Fox island had washed away from 40 to 50 yards;\\nthe small island just off the north end of Big Watt s island, had\\nwashed away but very little; the westernmost point of the north end\\ncreek had washed away very much; there were two breaks through at\\nthe westernmost point and one at the easternmost point of north end\\nwhich had washed a great deal; where King Nelson informed me, as\\nI have stated about these waters between Fox and Watt s islands in\\n1854, I do not know how long before his father, Sacker Nelson, had\\ndied; I never knew Sacker Nelson; I know Josiah Parker, the son of\\nRobert Parker, now living; I believe his age is about 82; he is my\\nfather s half brother, and I have not visited him for forty years, nor\\nhas he me in that time; in all my time I have never known Fox s is-\\nlands to be connected with the main; I don t now know, and never\\ndid know. Fox s islands well; when I first knew them there were first\\nthe north island called Green Harbor; second, facing south, Maggathy\\nHammock; next. Doc s Hammock; next. Slip Ledge; next, the Long\\nLedge; next, the Round Ledge, and there was the Eastern Hammocks\\nof Fox s islands; and then on the west of the group is Big Fox s is-\\nland, and there is a little island between the two thoroughfares, and\\nnow Big Fox s island I am told is cut in two by a break through; and\\nthere is Muddy Marsh to the east of the lower Fox s island; there\\nwere 3 muddy marshes, but there is but one now; I never knew of an\\nisland in the Pocomoke sound called George s island; there is what is\\ncalled the middle ground, a sand bar over which a canoe cannot pass\\nat low water; when King Nelson showed me where the line of the two", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "165\\nstates passed Fox island I think was in 1853 or 1854; if I have been\\nunderstood as saying that King Nelson in 1853 or 1854, 1 think, where\\nthe coast surveyors had erected signals along the eastern coast of the\\nTangier sound; that he actually pointed to or actually showed me any\\nsisnal on Fox islands I did not mean to be so understood, but I mean\\nto say that be told me that a signal which was on Fox s island was\\nnever the line of Virginia; he did not point to any signal on Fox s is-\\nland, or show it to me, but I had seen one there and we were talking\\nabout it, and he said that it was near the Virginia line; it was on the\\nnorthernmost one of the group of Fox s islands; I never knew other-\\nwise than this that the signal there was near the Virginia line; of my\\nown knowledge I never knew where the Virginia line was; I had my ideas\\nof it, from my hearing that there was a direct line from Smith s point to\\nChincoteague; 1 do not say that that line would cut any j^art of Smith s is-\\nland and I don t think it would; Ilaidoff the line of the election district\\non Smith s island in 1835, leaving a part of said island in Virginia,\\nbecause the men on the island told where they understood it to be;\\nthe one tree which was standing then on Fox s island, was on the\\nnorthernmost island of the Fox island groupes; if there is but one\\ntree of a large size standing on Fox s islands, it must be on the north-\\nernmost island, and on the north end of the northernmost island; I\\ndo not know whether there is any tree at all now on the northernmost\\nisland; if there is one large tree now standing on Big Fox island too\\nlarge and old to have grown there since 1853 or 1854, it must have\\nbeen there in 1853 or 1854; I never knew of any mark, tree or other\\nmark of boundary, betvi een Maryland and Virginia, on either of the\\nFox islands, or on the main land near Cedar straits; 1 was never in-\\nformed of any such mark other than as I have described, or as related\\nto me by King Nelson; I never looked for any mark at the place where\\nI saw the signal of the coast survey, talked about by me and King\\nNelson; copy of the report, signed and sealed by John S. Handy, John\\nCullen and Henry Thomas, dated 16th June, 1835, made by them to\\nthe levy court of Somerset county, describing the limits of the elec-\\ntion district then laid off on Smith s island, has been read to me, and\\nit seems to be a correct copy of the report ma4e by me and the other\\ntwo commissioners. [Here insert the report.] When I seized the\\nFashion in 1851, I thought the Big Oyster rock was in Maryland;\\nwhen 1 seized the Fashion, running from Fellby s rock in a southwest\\ncourse, and as I thought towards Horse hammock, the then home of\\nJohn Tyler, I seized her at the north end or upper part of the Big", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "166\\nrock; when I seized her there, I thought at that time that she was in\\nMaryland; in the civil case of Severn Tyler against me, for seizing\\nthe Fashion there, the verdict and judgment in that case were decided\\nagainst me, and I had to pay the damage which was assessed against\\nme; the damage was assessed against me for the damage and deten-\\ntion of the vessel and the witnesses who were sworn in the case for the\\nplaintiff; I did not mean them who put the value on the damage done\\nto the vessel; Thomas Tyler, in the trial of the case of Severn Tyler\\nagainst me, swore that the cedar described by him stood some distance\\nnorth of Horse hammock; from that point above Horse hammock, he\\nsighted across the sound, and said the vessel was in Virginia; he did\\nnot say to what point he sighted; he, Thomas Tyler, was not exam-\\nined as a witness in the case of Severn Tyler against me; he testified\\nin the case prosecuted by the state of Maryland against the vessel,\\nand stated what he did about the cedar; when the vessel was cleared\\nfrom the prosecution by the state, then Severn Tyler sued me, about\\na year afterwards, and recovered verdict and judgment against me;\\nand Thomas Tyler was not examined in that case; Thomas Tyler did\\nnot admit, when I asked him how he came to tell me that Horse ham-\\nmock was in Maryland, when the commissioners laid off the election\\ndistrict on Smith s island, that he had ever told me so, but walked\\naway and made no answer; he did not deny it, nor did he admit it.\\nRe-examined by Mr. Jones.\\nAccording to my recollection, the verdict and judgment which were\\nrendered in the case of Severn Tyler against me, in the civil suit for\\ndamage and detention of the vessel, were rendered by consent; Mr.\\nCrisfield, the counsel of Mr. Tyler, came to me and said my case was\\na good one for the legislature, and urged me to compromise; that he\\nwould do all he could for me; my counsel, Judge Tingle, coming to-\\ngether with Mr. Crisfield, also advised the same course; I recollect of\\nno witness being examined, except about the damage to the vessel; I\\nrecollect of no witness being examined about the detention of the ves-\\nsel, and of no witnesses being examined except Southey Miles; there\\nwere no witnesses examined as to whether the vessel was seized in Ma-\\nryland or Virginia; and* none as to whether the vessel was dredging in\\nthe waters of Maryland or Virginia; none, according to my recollec-\\ntion; but witnesses were examined in the previous cases of the state\\nof Maryland against the Fashion, and I was myself examined in those", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "167\\ncases, and stated what I have stated here, that she was seen by me to\\nbe dredging on Fillby s rock, and was seized by me on the upper part\\nof Big rock, and the vessel was acquitted or cleared of violating the\\nlaws of Maryland by dredging in her waters; by the line spoken of by\\nme as the line which I thought was the line of Virginia and Maryland,\\nrunning from Smith s point to Chingoteague, I meant Chingoteague\\nisland.\\nJOHN CULLEN.\\nMr. Benjamin Langford was next sworn and examined.\\nI am now 72 years old; I was born in Annamessex, about four miles\\neast of this place, near where I now reside, and I now reside right on\\nthe Pocomoke sound, about three quarters of a mile from the shore; I\\nlive on the tract known and called Kirk s purchase. Here the wit-\\nness produced a paper, purporting to be an extract from Liten, No.\\n14, folio 265 or 261, stating that the grant of Kirk s purchase, dated\\n10th May, 1671, lying near Watkins point, as shown by the copy\\nhereto annexed. The tract of land called Watkins point, lies on the\\neast side of Apes Hole creek, near to the mouth of it, once called\\nJohnson s creek; have never heard any tradition of any line from Tan-\\ngier sound across this peninsula to Pocomoke river, never until Lee\\ncame here to run a line; I heard they were running a sort of a pro-\\nmiscuous line from Worcester county through here, but I never knew\\nwhat line they run or where they made it.\\nExamined by Mr. Wise.\\nI have heard of no line except what I have learned from books, from\\nJefferson s Notes of Virginia, and from McMahon, John V. L. Mc-\\nMahon s history, and he says about the same thing; that a line run\\nfrom Cinquack to Watkins point, and where Watkins point is I\\nnever knowed; I don t think 1 ever heard of any tradition about a line\\nrun by Philip Calvert and Edmund Scarbugh; I did not know of that\\nline, but I may have heard of it; I had read John V. L. McMahon s\\nhistory of Maryland, before Lee came to run the line which he run; I\\nread a part of it but never read it through in my life; have heard of\\na man named Kilty and believe I have heard he was a lawyer, but\\nnever heard any more about him; I don t know where I got the tradi-\\ntion of Calvert and Scarborough s lines.\\nBENJAMIN LANKFORD.", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "1G8\\nIn pursuance of adjournment at the Cove hotel, Crisfield, May 27th,\\ninst., the commissioners met at Horse Hammock, May 28th, insl.,\\nand finding they had no one competent to administer an oath, they\\nsent to Crisfield to procure a justice of the peace or notary public,\\nmet again at the house of Johnson Evans, at Horse Hammock, May\\n29th, inst., and proceeded to examine other witnesses as to the true\\nboundary uf Maryland and Virginia on Smith s island.\\nPresent Thos. K. Wheelton, justice of the peace of the state of\\nMaryland; Hon. I. D. Jones and Wm. J. Aydelotte, commissioners of\\nMaryland, and Hon. D. C. DeJarnette, Col. Wm. Watts and Henry\\nA. Wise, commissioners of Virginia, May 29th, 1872:\\nJohn Mar.shall was first sworn and examint^d.\\nExamined by Mr. Wise.\\nI am going in my 63d year ever since the 19th of the present month\\nof May; I was born on Sykes s island; I came to Smith s island to re-\\nside when I was about 17 years of age, and have resided on Smith s\\nisland ever since; I have known the greater part of the old inhabitants\\nof Smith s island ever since; I knew Tommy Tyler, William Tyler,\\nElijah Evans, John Parks, John Evans; and I knew Jacob Bradshaw\\nand Solomon Evans at Kedge s straits, and Hampton Bradshaw and\\nLittleton Bradshaw, his brother, and others; and all these and other\\nold people are now dead except Mrs. Vina Bradshaw, the widow of\\nJacob; the oldest man now living is Mr. Teackle Evans, who is, I\\nthink, close by 80 or 85 years of age; and the next oldest man is\\nCaptain Ephraim Tyler, who keeps the Fog s point lighthouse, and\\nthe oldest of the junior generation areHainey Bradshaw, Severn Brad-\\nshaw, Francis Evans, Mrs. Maria Guy, and myself and others; I was\\nshown what was said to be the line between Virginia and Maryland\\non Smith s island, say from 15 to 20 years ago, by old Mr. William\\nTyler, when he and I were alone; he showed me a boundary stone,\\nfrom three-quarters of a mile to a mile north of Horse hammock,\\nwhere Johnson Evans now resides and where old Captain Peter Ev-\\nans lived at that time; he told me it was fixed there tor the boundary\\nstone between the two states of Maryland and Virginia; he told me\\nthat he was carried to that stone and whipped by his grandfather, I\\nthink, named Butler Tyler to the best of my knowledge; and that he\\nwas whipped there to make him remember that it was a boundary stone\\nbetween the two states. This was about 15 or 20 years ago; the stone", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "169\\nhas not been moved to my knowledge since, but this ice may have moved\\nit two or three feet, but I do not know that it has moved it, and if it has\\nmoved it; I would say, from my knowledge of the movements of the\\nice, that it has moved it to the south, if it has moved it at all; I was\\nfirst called to notice the stone in 1851, in the case of John Tyler\\nagainst the state of Maryland, was tried before the circuit court of\\nSomerset county, in the state of Maryland, in the year 1851; this case\\ninvolved the schooner Fashion, of which Severn Tyler was owner and\\nJohn Tyler captain, for dredging oysters in the waters of Maryland,\\ncontrary to her laws; witnesses were examined in the trial of that case\\nas to where the line of Virginia and Maryland ran across the Tangier\\nsound; I was examined myself as a witness in the case, and I heard\\nthe examination of other witnesses in the case; the vessel I saw seized,\\nand she was taken by Mr. John Cullen, I know not by what authority,\\non the westward side of the Great rock; that rock lies about from east\\nto southeast from Horse hammock, this house; I did not see her in\\nthe act of dredging; that rock is a very large rock, it lies north of the\\npresent Davidson and Lovett line; I mean it is a large oyster rock,\\ncalled the Great rock; I don t think any portion of that rock lies north\\nof an east line from the stone described by me; I have never been\\ncalled to note that stone since, until called on by Mr. Aydelotte and\\nMr. Wise, here present, in October, 1871; at that time I showed that\\nstone to these two commissioners, and to captains Browne and Drum-\\nmond, and others; the same stone which 1 showed to them then, at\\nthe same place, I went to on Friday last, and saw it removed from its\\nplace, lying on the edge of the marsh, and a stake sticking in the\\nplace whence it was removed; according to what I heard Mr. John\\nTyler testify in the aforesaid case in 1851, 1 have no doubt that stone\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2was a boundary stone between the two states; he testified in court\\nthat he was carried to that stone, as a boundary stone, and whipped\\nseverely, to make him remember the stone as a boundary; Mr. Thomas\\nTyler also testified that he was carried to the stone and ducked, to\\nmake him remember it as a bounder; Mr. John Tyler also testified that\\nhe was carried to it and whipped at the same time; these were all who\\ntestified about the stone at that trial, and they are all three dead; Mr.\\nWilliam Tyler died about three years ago, and I am told his age then\\nwas about 80 years. Mr. Thomas Tyler died, I am told, about 1864,\\nand his age on his tomb-stone is marked 91 years; so that he was\\nabout 78 years of age at the time he testified in said cases. John Ty-\\nler died^ I am told, 17 years ago last September; I don t know his\\n22", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "170\\nage when he died, but am told he was between CO and 70 years of age;\\nso that he must have been about 61 when he testified. William Ty-\\nler was the son of David Tyler; Thomas Tyler was the father of Da-\\nvid, and William Tyler and Thomas were both the sons of David,\\nwhose father was Thomas Tyler; John Tyler is said to have been the\\nfather of the last named Thomas Tyler, who was the oldest Tyler I\\nhave ever heard of. Thomas Tyler, the son of John the elder, lived,\\nI am told, at the Home place on Dunn point, and that place has been,\\nas long as I have known it, in the Tyler famil} until purchased by\\nmy son, John Wesley Marshall, and others, in 1866. I know of but\\none Dunn point on Smith s island, but am told there are two. I\\nremember there is a Dunn point two or three miles north of this on\\nthe northeast coast of Smith s island, but that point is not the\\nDunn point which I mean as the Home place of the Tylers; where\\nWilliam Tyler lived was called Dunn point, and where Thomas\\nTyler lived was called Black Walnut point. These two points were\\nadjoining lands one to the other. Benjamin Bradshaw lives on Dunn\\npoint, also William Evans, also William Snead Bradshaw, also Stu-\\nart Evans; and John W. Marshall, my son, lives on Black Walnut.\\nThese two points are near the middle of, on east and west line across.\\nSmith s island. This Dunn point is not far off from Tyler s ditch;\\nand on Sabbath last, Mr Ephraim Tyler, the keeper of the lighthouse\\nat Fog s point at the north end of Smith s island, told me that he\\ncould not be here to testify, but sent word by me to the commission-\\ners that the line between the two states, as he was told by old Mr.\\nButler Tyler, his grandfather, I think, ran right through the yard of\\nthe Home place, between the kitchen and the house, at Black Walnut\\npoint. I don t know who Butler Tyler was; I am told that he was the\\nelder brother of David Tyler. There are two ditches or canals called\\nTyler s ditch or canal; one runs by Black Walnut point, and is the\\nnorthern one; and the other I never heard called Tyler s ditch until\\nI heard the deed read from Elisha Crockett and wife to Richard and\\nWilliam Evans. Always before I had heard it called Parke s ditch.\\nThe one north of this I had always before heard called Tyler s ditch.\\nThe southern ditch cuts South point marshes, and how far these\\nmarshes ran north I don t know. I own half of South marshes\\nnow my son a small part or share in it. We hold up to Parke s\\nditch; nobody lives near it on South point. The marshes west of\\nSouth point are called Hog neck, north of Shanks marshes, which\\nare the part of Smith s island. A house is now standing on Hog", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "171\\nEeck, where, I am told, the run-away marriages were held to and from\\nMaryland and Virginia. The house is standing, but the kitchen is\\ndown, I was told by old uncle John Parkes, who was a very old man,\\nand owned the place, that when couples ran away from Maryland to\\nbe married in Virginia, they were married in the kitchen, and when\\nthey ran away from Virginia to be married in Maryland, they were\\nmarried in the dwelling-house; Mr. John Tyler now lives in the\\ndwelling-house, and I can now come pretty near where the kitchen\\nstood. I have known old John Nelson, who was the son of old Tom-\\nmy Nelson, called King Nelson; John Nelson s children have always, as\\nI know and as long as I have known them, always lived on the lower part\\nof Little Annamessex; I mean between Tangier and Pocomoke sound,\\nand south of Little Annamessex. They lived higher up a great deal\\nthan Cedar straits. I live on Shanks island, and I have paid taxes in\\nAccomack county, Virginia, ever since I have lived on Smith s island;\\nI first settled on South Point island close up to Dunn Point, where\\nBenjamin Bradshaw now lives; the creek just separated us; a mile,\\nmore or less apart, and then as well as now I always paid taxes in\\nVirginia; I have never known the time when Fox s islands were ever\\njoined to the main land norths and I have never heard of any such\\nfact; and when I first came to Smith s island I came through Ce-\\ndar straits in a canoe and flat sloop, and have known it ever\\nsince, having been through them I suppose 100 times I have\\nalso known what they told me were Fox s islands; there is a neck\\nof land between Big Fox island and the main it is an island\\nnow, but whether it has been artificially cut through or not I do not\\nknow; the passage between Watt s island and Fox s islands has always\\nin my recollection been open to vessels of 6 feet draft and a little over;\\nI have gone through there myself in a loaded vessel drawing 6 feet\\nwater; I think it is not more than three miles from the lowest Fox s\\nisland to Watt s island, and I have never heard of any tradition sta-\\nting that there was ever a time when one with the aid of a fence rail\\ncould walk from Fox s islands to Watt s island; I don t know where\\nCow Ridge is, except what I have been told; that it is where Severn\\nBradshaw, now present, lives, lying south of the thoroughfare on\\nSmith s island, the thoroughfare runs right by it; his house is not\\nmore than 100 yards from his landing on the thoroughfare; I do not\\nmyself know of any place on Smith s island called Horse hammock,\\nbut have heard of a place called Oak Hammock, where Alick Ty-\\nler now lives; I know where old man John Parker lived; he is now", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "172\\ndead; he lived from 2 to 3 miles south of the north Tyler ditch^ which\\ncuts through into the thoroughfare; John Parks s land was conveyed\\nover some twenty years ago to James Hoffman, who removed to Pun-\\ngoteague creek, in Accomack county, Virginia, and he sold the same\\nland to John and Severn Tyler; John is here at this house now, and\\nlives now in Hogneck, on the same; they tell me that 900 acres of the\\nland was recorded in Accomack county, Virginia, and the balance was\\nrecorded in Somerset county, Maryland; I have never paid taxes in\\nMaryland on land or other property, or for any purposes whatever;\\nold Wm. Tyler told me that when Peter Evans lived here at this place\\nof Johnson Evans, called Horse hammock, he, Wm. Tyler, always\\npaid the taxes assessed in Virginia at Drummondtown, and Peter\\nEvans (who was my brother-in-law) paid him Wm. Tyler.\\nExamined by Mr. Jones.\\nTo prevent misunderstanding of what I have heretofore said, I will\\nnow state that my meaning as to the time when I first knew of the\\nstone spoken of by me, was to say that I first knew of this stone 15\\nor 20 years before I was examined in 1851, in the case of John Tyler\\nagainst the state of Maryland, about the Fashion; I now say, that\\nI was first told of this stone by William Tyler, about the time of my\\nfirst coming to Smith s island; I was never told by Mr. William Tyler\\nanything about a cedar near the stone, and if he so stated in court I\\nnever heard him, or don t recollect it; I never heard anything of a\\nbounder but a stone, and nothing in the trial of the case of the\\nFashion about a cedar; if anything was said about a cedar I don t re-\\ncollect it, and was not present all the time at the trial, nor anything\\nof a cedar, or a cedar stump or root, that I recollect; nobody from\\nthe island, Smith s, testified about the line of the two states but the\\nthree Tyler s; Peter Evans lived here, at this place called Horse ham-\\nmock, many years ago, say 25 years or more; he bought it horn old\\nMr. William Tyler and Allcey his wife, for mortgage debt, and sold it\\nto John W. Marsh, who now lives on Chesconessex creek, in Accomac\\ncounty, Virginia; I think, but I don t know, that the deeds from Wil-\\nliam Tyler to Peter Evans, were recorded in Accomac county, Vir-\\nginia. (Here Mr. Jones read to witness an extract of a deed to Peter\\nEvans by William Tyler and Alcey his wife, dated 2d October, 1842,\\nand also a deed from Peter Evans and Trifieny his wife, to John W.\\nMarch, dated 3d of October, 1857, both deeds recorded in Somerset", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "173\\ncounty, Maryland, and both deeds conveying a tract of land called\\nHorse hammock, and reciting metes and bounds thereof, as in Somer-\\nset county, Maryland, and beginning at a well known bounder stone\\nlying at the sound side, about three quarters of a mile to the north of\\nthe house, c., as shown by copies hereto annexed as exhibits.)\\nBy Mr. Aydelotte.\\nHas no recollection of any processioners coming on here to proces-\\nsion lands on Smith s island, from Virginia; and the officers of Vir-\\nginia have always neglected to come on here for any purpose, except\\nwhen they want us to vote; I have never known a sheriff to come on\\nhere to collect taxes; they give in our lists themselves, and make us\\npay what they charge, and we have to go to the main land; I have\\npaid always in Virginia, and never to any officer of Virginia on Smith s\\nisland; I have always voted in Virginia, except one time, and that\\nwas when I lived up on South point, and then I did nt know in which\\nstate I lived, and voted in both states; I pay the oyster tax in Vir-\\nginia; many of the people of Smith s island pay their taxes on the\\noyster licenses in both states; Captain Browne has granted licenses, I\\nbelieve, to people on this island clear up to Kedges straits; in 1833,\\nI lived on South point, and voted for Mr. Wise, here present, for con-\\ngress, and voted for him up to February, 1844, when he left the house\\nof representatives of the congress of the United States; Mr. Jones\\nwas elected in the adjoining district in Maryland, in 1841, 1842 and\\n1843; I never voted for Mr. Jones, but did vote for Mr. Wise in 1841\\nand in 1843, for the reason I was in Virginia, and I lived on South\\npoint, Smith s island.\\nhis\\nJOHN Vi MARSHALL,\\nmark.\\nJames T. Evans was next called, sworn and examined, by Mr. Wise.\\nMy age is 59; I live close to the place where I was born, on the\\nsame tract called North end; that place is very near a gum, about\\ntwo miles north of this, close on the Thoroughfare; I take out my\\nvessel license in Virginia, at Drummondtown, until the custom house\\nwas changed to Cherrystone; I was well acquainted with old Tommy,\\ncalled King Nelson, and with old Job Parks, called Joby, two of the", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "174\\noldest mpn I remember of ever knowing; I think they said Tommy\\nNelson was 105 years old, and Joby Parks was a little older; they\\ntold me that they hope run this line between Maryland and Virginia,\\nand carried the chain; they said they went to Ragged point, on the\\nPotomac river, and run a southeast course, five miles below Point look-\\nout, down the Potomac, until they got north of Smith s point; from\\nthat five mile point, they struck an east course across the Chesapeake\\nbay to Mister s thoroughfare to a gum tree, and from the gum tree to\\nBeaver hammock, and put a stone there on Beaver hammock, between\\ntwo cedars, and plants of the stumps are there now, and so is the\\nstone; and thence to a point called the Barn, where also they placed\\na stone, which is said to be there; and then an east course to Caleb\\nJanes island, where they said a peach orchard stood, leaving a part of\\nJanes island on each side of the line; and now I can t say whether\\nthey said that they ran an east or easterly course from that point to\\nPitts creek, on the Pocomoke river, they said they ran an east or\\neasterly course to Pitts creek on the Pocomoke; they said they brought\\nthe stones from Potomac river, which they placed as above stated; I\\nhave seen the gum tree of which I speak, and recollect it well; that\\ntree stood on the south side of Mister s thoroughfare; beyond Pitts\\ncreek, they did not say anything about running the line; besides this\\ntradition, there were other traditions about where the line was, some\\nsaid it was at Old Hein island channel, some said it was up as high as\\nTroye island in the Thoroughfare, and some said as high as Kedges\\nstraits; I was once a pilot with Blount, the coast surveyor, about 16\\nor 17 years ago; he settled a large cedar bounder about ten paces on\\nthe sand shore at Ragged point, on the south side of the Potomac,\\nand I believe that post is still there, it was put down so very deep, I\\ncan t say how deep; the gum spoken of was then on the land of Mar-\\nmaduke Mister, and it is now Severn Bradshaw s land; the cedar post\\nat Ragged point was ])\\\\it on the land of a Mr. Bowie, whose first\\nname I don t recollect; Mr. Blount exactly agreed with the statements\\nof Tommy Nelson and Joby Parks, as to the line as far as Pitts\\ncreek; Mr. Nelson told me about this line when I lived at Janes\\nisland, about 36 years ago, counting by my children; then I moved\\nfrom Janes island to the upper house on Tangier island, about 28\\nyears ago; and Job Parks and I became acquainted after I moved to\\nTangier, and he told me this about the same time 28 years ago; he\\nlived on Tangier, and is the father of Stephen Parks, now living; both\\nNelson and Parks stated, that when the line was run, there were a", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "175\\nnumber of officers and other persons engaged in the work, and they\\nhad barges, c., with them; I was told by them, separately and apart\\nfrom each other, a long way apart, and at different times, and they\\nagreed with each other; I have seen the stone at Beaver hammock, be-\\ntween two cedar stumps, when it was in one piece, it is now in two\\npieces; I can t say how big it was, but according to my calculation,\\nand that of others, it weighed about a ton; when I saw it on the\\nbank, before it went down the bank, it looked almost white, showing\\nplainly from afar; there came a very hard freeze, about 1832, I know\\nby the death of William Tyler, and a heavy storm, which cut the ice\\nunder the stone and drove it out, and the stone was afterwards found\\nin the water in two pieces; Beaver hammock is where you found the\\nstone, below Troye island from a third to a half a mile; Nelson and\\nParks mentioned no other boundaries of stone, and no other marks of\\nthe line to Pitts creek, that I remember; I have heard old Mr. Johnny\\nPai kes say, the same who lived where John Tyler does, that the line\\nwent between his great house and kitchen, and Butler Tyler always\\nsaid it went through his yard between his two houses, dwelling and\\nkitchen; and Marmaduke Mister said it was not so, it went to the\\ngum, for he saw Nelson and Parks when they helped to carry the chain.\\nExamined by Mr. Jones and written by Mr. Watts.\\nJob Parks told me he was thought to be over a hundred years old,\\nand something older than Tommy Nelson. They said they helped to\\nrun this line soon after the revolutionary war. Tommy Nelson, at the\\ntime he told them, lived in Jenkins creek. We were out fishing when\\nhe told them. He said they commenced the line on the Potomack at\\nRagged point; they ran southeast until they got five miles below\\npoint Lookout, and then east to the Gum Job Parks said he was\\npressed by the British and kept until the year 1780; he made his escape\\nand got to Drabs island and walked across Brandkin sound, through\\nto Flat Cap shore; he then traveled down to Cedar straits, and then\\nstarted across Tangier sound upon the ice to go to Tangier; he came\\nto an air hole or strait, and jumped; fell and slided across and got to\\nTangier. In the spring he went into the American troops and served\\ntill peace, and he and Tommy Nelson were in the same brigade; they\\nhelped in this survey before they were discharged from service in the\\narmy. Tommy Nelson told me he volunteered in the war and served\\ntill peace; did not tell me how old he was at the commencement of", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "176\\nthe revolution; he must have been full grown; they both told me\\nthey were soldiers in the service, and were employed in surveying the\\nline I have spoken of, before they were discharged, after peace was\\nproclaimed in 1783; I can t say whether or not they stated that they\\ncarried the chain all the way to Pitt s creek; they stated that they\\ncarried it across Smith s island, and did not tell me that either of them\\nwas discharged from the survey before they got to Pitt s creek; I take\\nit that they did go to Pitt s creek. When I was employed with Blunt\\nhe was engaged in putting out buoys; he said the line he ran was the\\nboundary between Maryland and Virginia; I can t say positively, but\\nI think that Job Parks and Tommy Nelson had told me of this line\\nbefore I was with Blunt; I have no education and can neither read or\\nwrite. I know where Queen s ridge is on Tangier island; I know of\\nno other place by that name; Piney island is northeast of Queen s\\nridge; I know Rich hammock, which lies north of Piney island; old\\nHern island is a little south of east from the mouth of Shanks creek\\non Smith s island. [Here Mr. Wise read a copy of a commonwealth s\\ngrant, signed by Beverly Randolph, governor of the commonwealth of\\nVirginia, granting to Richard Evans forty-seven acres of land, lying\\nin the county of Accomack, Virginia, twenty-seven (27) acres thereof\\ncalled Queen s ridge, described by courses and distances; also five\\nacres thereof called Piney island, described by courses and distances;\\nalso seven acres, another part thereof, called Rich hammock, described\\nby courses and distances; also eight acres, the residue thereof, called\\nOld Hern island, and described by courses and distances sealed with\\nthe lesser seal of the said commonwealth on the 31st day of October,\\nA. D. 1791, and of the commonwealth the sixteenth, and certified by\\nWilliam P. M. Kellam, register of the land office of Virginia; which\\ncopy is herewith filed as a part of this deposition, marked X X.]\\nhis\\nJAMES T. Xj EVANS.\\nmark.\\nMr. David Tyler was next called and sworn and examined.\\nI am 53 years old 29th April. 1872, born in 1819; I reside now on\\nthe north end of this Smith s island, not far, a mile say, from Fog s\\npoint; I was born and raised on the land where Thomas Tyler, my\\nfather, lived, and resided there until I was 29 years of age; my father", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "177\\nwas the brother of Wm. Tyler, and they were the sons of David who\\nwas the son of Thomas Tyler, who was the son of John Tyler, the\\nfirst of whom I know anything, who came from England, and where\\nhe settled, I don t know, but presume he settled on this island; Da-\\nvid Tyler died, I think, when I was four years old; my father died in\\n1864, and Wm. Tyler died in 1868; they thought there was a lin^\\nacross the lower part of this island; they lived on the piece of land\\nwhere their father and old Butler Tyler, their uncle, lived; Butler\\nowned all the lands, I am told, at Drum and Black Walnut points;\\nhe was the oldest male heir under the English law; and becoming in-\\nfirm he sold the whole of his land to his brother David; David had\\n7 children Thomas, John, Nelly, and Severn, William, Zipporah,\\nand Ann naming them as their ages ran; Ben. Bradshaw, William\\nEvans, of James, Wm. S. Bradshaw, Stuart H. Evans, are all who\\nare living at Drum point, and Thos. Bradshaw, John Wesley Mar-\\nshall, Peter J. Marshall, Ben. Marsh, and John H. Bradshaw live at\\nBlack AValnut point; the home of Butler Tyler, who owned all of the\\nland, was on Black Walnut point; I have heard my father, Thomas\\nTyler, say that the line run west from this piece of rock above Horse\\nhammock more than a half a mile across the island; I have seen that\\nrock two or three times; it is out of the pass way a little; I have\\nknown that rock to be there 20 years, I know; it was never moved\\nwithin my knowledge since I first saw it; I heard them talk about it\\nand went and saw it; the old man, William Tyler, said that he was\\nwhipped there when a small boy to make him remember it was a boun-\\ndary between the two states, I think, but not sure; it was, I under-\\nstood from them both, that it was a portion of the Pitchcraft patent,\\nand also a bounder of this land.\\nExamined by Mr. Jones.\\nThe same stone has been taken and held as the beginning boundary\\nof this tract of land called Horse hammock; John Tyler, my uncle,\\nlived here; he died in 1834; Peter Evans bought it under a mortga^-e\\ndeed from John Tyler to Wm. Tyler; I was a small boy and know\\nbut little of business matters at that time; I cannot say when that\\nstone was first called a bounder of this place called Horse hammock;\\nmy father lived here more than 54 years ago; he removed from here\\nabout 1818, I think, and as I have heard, and he always held the\\nstone as the beginning of this land called Horse hammock. I wrote\\n23", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "178\\none deed from Peter Evans and \\\\yife to John W. Marsh, recorded at\\nPrincess Ann, Maryland, in 1857, and the other was from John W.\\nEvans and his wife to his father, Johnson Evans, in the year 1872,\\nrecorded I don t know where. I never examined any other deeds for\\nthis land. When William Tyler gave Peter Evans the deed there was-\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6ight smart dispute about where it ought to be recorded; Evans wanted\\nit recorded in both states; Tyler told him that was unnecessary, and\\nit was recorded in Princess Ann; and Evans got a copy and carried\\nit to Drummondtown, the courthouse of Accomack, and had it re-\\ncorded there. I have no knowledge of where any deeds for this place\\ncalled Horse hammock, prior to this deed, were recorded. John Ty-\\nler was a justice of the peace for the state of Maryland before 1830,,\\nwhen he lived here. I never heard either my father or uncle William\\nsay that this house, called Horse hammock, was in Maryland, buti\\nacted as if it was. My father thought it was in Virginia, and I heard\\na strong argument between him and James Hoffman about where the\\nline was; Hoffman insisting that all Smith s island was in Maryland\\ndown nearly to Old Hern island, and my father contended a part of\\nSmith s island was in Virginia. My father thought that boundar}^\\nstone I have named, north of this house, was on the line between the\\ntwo states. My uncle William thought that the deed to Peter Evans\\nwas sufficient to be recorded in Maryland, and refused to give another\\ndeed, and Evans had the copy recorded in Virginia. I never put the\\nquantity of the land, by naming the numberof acres, in the deed I\\nwrote. The persons residing in this house, within my recollection, I\\nhave known to vote ia Maryland, and they send their children to the\\nfree schools of Somerset county. Four years ago a public road was\\nlaid out from this curtilage to the church on this island as a county\\nroad of Somerset county, Maryland, built at the expense of that\\ncounty, costing about $1,300. I have no knowledge of the manner\\nand cause of appointing my uncle, Jokn Tyler, a justice of the peace\\nof Maryland. There had to be two justices of the peace on the island\\nto certify deeds, and I believe my uncle and Solomon Evans were ap-\\npointed at the same time. Solomon Evans lived at the very north\\npart of Smith s island. I never knew justices to be appointed on this\\nisland before. James Hoffman was elected a justice of the peace for\\nMaryland in 1853, and served two years. He lived where John Tyler\\nnow lives, on Hog neck, and there is a piece of land south of where\\nJohn Tyler lives, conveyed by Hoffman or his son to William D.", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "179\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Bradshaw, I think; I wrote the deed and took the acknowledgnientj\\nbut I don t know where it was recorded.\\n[Here Mr. Jones produced a copy of a deed, dated 11th day of May,\\n1872, from John W. Evans and Polly his wife, to Johnson Evans, de-\\nscribing the lands as situated in Somerset county, written by the wit-\\nness, as an exhibit.]\\nThe witness then added that the stone mentioned in this affidavit\\nis the same mentioned in this deed.\\nDAVID TYLER.\\nMr. Severn Bradshaw was next called, sworn and examined\\nI am in my 63rd year of age, residing on Smith s island, at the\\nthoroughfare called Mister s thoroughfare, and state that I heard my\\nfather, Jacob Bradshaw, who was in his 63d year when he died, say\\nthat he had always heard that when the old line between Virginia and\\nMaryland was run, the persons who run -it shaped their course across\\nthe Chesapeake bay for a gum tree, which was standing then about\\n125 yards south of my house, where I now live on the Orchard ridge;\\nI don t think it has been exceeding 25 years, if that, since that tree\\ndied; I had children then, when it died, pretty well grown; it was a\\nlarge whi^^e gum, 21 feet in diameter, I think, though I never meas-\\nured it; and it was a very high tree and bushed off with two prongs\\nto it and covered a half acre by its top when in leaf, and died, I think,\\nof old age; the body was hollow; the stump is mostly gone, but some\\nof it isjaow to be seen above the ground, but the roots are there and\\nyou can see the bigness of the tree; the line it was said ran so near\\nthe thoroughfare that they came through the thoroughfare and theri\\ncame down it and took that tree as the mark which they thought near\\nenough; I have heard of a stone in the thoroughfare, I can t say how\\nlong ago, but a good while ago, but never saw it until last year; it\\nlays about ten or twelve yards, I suppose, from the shore, in two\\npieces five or six feet apart, and about 100 yards to the south of Bea-\\nver Hammock point; from what I have heard from the old people on\\nthis island, and from the size of the stone, I believe positively that it\\nwas put there for a boundary mark between the two states of Mary-\\nland and Virginia. When Old King Nelson, who died about 20 years\\nago, once came over to this island from Annamessex, he was at Ben.\\nEvans s house at north end, he conversed about the line of Virginia", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "180\\nand Maryland, and suid that, in his opinion, that Mister s thorough-\\nfare was the line, and that the church stood, he thought, in Virginia;\\nlie did not speak of the white gum, nor did he say what was the course\\nfrom the thoroughfare; he told me the same summer, of the year he\\ndied, maybe the year before, that he thought his age was about 100\\nyears; his reputed ffither was Backer Nelson; I have heard my father\\nsay so; he and his descendants lived ever since I could remember on\\nJenkins s creek at Little Annamessex; Hainey Bradshaw and Henry\\nDies know of that stone; I was the rise of 40 years old when I heard\\nKing Nelson say what I have stated; when I first heard of the gum\\ntree being the line from my father I suppose I was ten or twelve years\\nof age; my father died in 1843, 29 years ago; David Tyler when own-\\ning Horse hammock sent down to Tangier island to bring up Thomas\\nCrockett to ascertain where the Virginia line was, and when he came\\nThomas Tyler and Littleton Bradshaw went with Thomas Crockett\\nand David Tyler to where the stone is now three-quarters of a mile\\nn\u00c2\u00bbrth of Horse hammock, which has been removed and replaced by\\nthese commissioners, and Thomas Crockett said that he was willing\\nto make oath to the best of his knowledge, that he stood within ten\\nfeet of the line of the state; there was no stone there then, and then\\nDavid Tyler afterwards had the stone put where Thomas Crockett\\nsaid the line was; I was at the court of Princess Ann, where two\\nvessels, one nained Amelia Ann and the other the Edenton, one be-\\nlonging to John Marshall, and the other one to Tubman Evans, were\\niried for dredging in the Maryland waters, and I heard Thomas Tyler\\ntestify in court on the trial of those two vessels, and he said that his\\nfather at one time in that day owned Horse hammock, and he wanted\\nto know where his bounds were, and he sent for Thomas Crockett as\\nI have described; the trial of these two vessels were some 4 or 5 years\\nbefore the trial of the Fashion, and they were condemned, but I don t\\nknow where they were charged with dredging at; I believe the large\\nstone in the thoroughfare was put there, from what I have heard and\\nfrom the size of the stone to mark the boundary line between Mary-\\nland and Virginia; I have heard of another stone on the east side of\\nihis island, at about 100 yards this side of the Barn point, but I have\\nnever seen it; I think the west side of this island has not washed more\\nthan 70 or 80 yards since the war of 1812.", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "181\\nExamined by Mr. Jones.\\nI have heard of several lines between Maryland and Virginia across\\nSmith s island, but have known of but two; those two which 1 have\\ndescribed were the only ones on which I have seen stone boundaries;\\nthe distance north and south between the two stones, the one in the\\nthoroughfare and the other described by me; I don t think more than\\nII miles; I don t mean that distance from stone to stone, but the dis-\\ntance from the line of latitude of the one to that of the other is about\\nIJ miles, I think, without having measured; I never heard Tommy\\nNelson at any time say that he had ever been on a survey at any time\\non Smith s island.\\nSEVERN BRADSSAW.\\nCRISFIELD, May the 30th, A. D., 1872,\\nThe commissioners, pursuant to adjournment of their meeting at\\nthe house of Johnson Evans, at Horse hammock, on yesterday, Wed-\\nnesday, the 29th inst., met this day at the telegraph and railroad office\\nin Crisfield, at 10 o clock, A. M., and proceeded to take the deposi-\\ntions, as follows\\nPresent Thomas K. Wheelton, justice of the peace for the state\\nof Maryland, and county of Somerset: and Hon. I. D. Jones and\\nWilliam J. Aydelotte, on the part of Maryland; and Hon. D. C. De-\\nJarnette, Col. William Watts and Henry A. Wise, on the part of\\nVirginia, commissioners.\\nCaptain William Sterling was first called, sworn and examined.\\nI was 61 years of age the 30th day of November last; I was born\\nat the old Sterling place in Little Annamessex, and have lived there\\nand near there ever since; I own land on the westward side of Ape s\\nHole creek, and on the east side of the road leading from Crisfield, or\\nfrom the Asbury Church to the Hole, down to the Hole; I am the\\nson of John Sterling, and his father was named Travis Sterling, and\\nhis father was named John Sterling, I think, but am not positiv^e; I\\nrecollect my grandfather Travis very well, having lived with him until", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "182\\nhe died; lie was S5 when he died, and has been dead 45 years, I was\\nabout 16 years of age when he died; he said he had always lived in\\nLittle Annamessex; I have heard him speak often about the condition\\nof the islands from Cedar straits to Watts island, especially of the\\nmiddle marshes; he said that they were once an island, and also the\\nmiddle ground was an island; neither was an island in my recollec-\\ntion, both being washed away before my memory; I don t recollect\\nanything he said about the other islands of the Fox island group, but\\nI know myself that they have washed away a good deal in my remem-\\nbrance; Cedar straits have not widened much, if any, in my recollec-\\ntion, as there is but little tide through them; the Fox islands have\\nwashed away some good deal, I can t say how much, on the western\\nside, and remain about the sameon the eastern side; I have been fa-\\nmiliar with the waters on the coast of Foxs islands, and between\\nthem and Watts island, from my early boyhood; all on the western\\nside of Foxs islands there are numerous stumps, I can t say how\\nlarge, and on the middle marsh bar, between Fox and Watts creeks,\\nI have often fished and found large stumps; the shoals in three, and\\nfour and five feet water, have stumps, but there are none in the chan-\\nnels, which in some places in the north end is fifteen feet water; I\\nthink it is all of that, but never measured, and in the middle channel\\nthere is not so much depth of water, but it is ten or twelve feet\\nthrough; I know that Watts island is a great deal smaller on the\\neastern side, being exposed to the northeast wind; I think on that\\nside next the house, it must have washed away in my recollection fifty\\nyards; there is no washing on the north end of Fox islands; there is\\na little island on the north end of Watts island, which has been there\\never since I could remember, and may have washed a little, but not\\nmuch, if any; I never took much notice of the south end of the Fox\\nislands; the south end of Big Watts island has washed considerably;\\nthere is a thoroughfare between Big and Little Watts islands which,\\nI think, makes that wash, as there is considerable tide there; old Ro-\\nbert Parker married my grandfather s sister, sister of Travis Sterling,\\nand was my great aunt; I was there about three years ago.\\nExamined by Mr. Wise.\\nI did not see the line run some years ago by Lieut. Michler, now\\nGenl. Michler, but am informed and believe that it passed the house\\nof a colored man named Severn Sterling, from one quarter to half a\\nmile north of my store.", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "183\\nExamined by Mr. Aydelotte.\\nI have never seen any boundary marks of the line between the two\\nstates, west of the Pocomoke river^ to the Tangier, and I have never\\nheard of any.\\nExamined by Mr. Wise.\\nI never searched for any such marks, and I don t know of any per-\\nson who ever did, and I know of no tradition of any line or marks of\\na line run from Tangier sound across the land and Pocomoke river; I\\ndon t recollect of ever hearing of a line run by Scarburgh and Calvert\\nacross the land from Oceanike sound to Pocomoke river; and I don t\\nrecollect of conversing with Mr. Wise, here present, in the fall of\\n1871, about the line run by Scarborough and Calvert, but I did con-\\nverse with him then about the line run by Michler; I never heard of\\nany line run by the two states north of Cec^ar straits, but all that I\\never heard from the old people was of a line through Cedar straits,\\nand I don t know what course it was said to have run from the straits;\\nI do know Pitts creek, and have been past it, and I have always been\\ntold that it was in Virginia, but whether it is or not I don t know; I\\nnever landed at Pitts creek, but it is on the left bank of the Poco-\\nmoke river; I think that Pitts creek is northeast from Cedar straits.\\nEe-examined by Mr. Jones.\\nWhen I first knew Cherrystone creek, in the county of Northamp-\\nton, the eastward bar at the mouth was all fast land, and now it is\\nall washed away, except an island below the woods.\\nWILLIAM STERLING.\\nMr. Michael Somers was next called, sworn and examined.\\nI was 60 years old the 24th of this month. I was born in Little\\nAnnamessex, on a tract called Cherry Hinton, and have resided there\\nuntil some ten years ago, and then moved eastward near Ape s Hole\\ncreek, on a tract of land called Frustration. Cherry Hinton, nearly\\nall of which I own, extends westward as far as the patent in your\\nhand will show, and the copy of the patent certified by the register", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "184\\nof theland office of Maryland, exhibited herewith, dated the 20th\\nday of April, 1682, for a part of a warrant to Colonel William Stev-\\nens, of Somerset county, in the province of Maryland, for 10,000\\nacres of land, dated the first day of March, 1680, describing the land\\ncalled Cherrystone as lying between Annamessex river and Pocomoke\\nbay, for 150 acres a copy of which is hereto annexed. There also, a\\na like copy of the land called Frustration, for 40 acres, assigned to\\nFrancis Martin by William Whillington, out of a warrant for 2,700\\nacres to said Whillington, warrant dated 20th October, 1694, and the\\npatent dated 10th March, 1695, describing a neck of land lying be-\\ntween Pocomoke bay and Annamessex river, and near to Watkins\\npoint, as shown by the copy of the copy hereto annexed. Frustration\\nextends to Ape s Hole creek. I have never run or seen run the lines\\nof Frustration, but I have always heard that it ran to Ape s Hole\\ncreek, and not to the bay of Pocomoke. The course from my house\\nto Pocomoke bay is southeast and east; I think that an east line from\\nmy house would strike SjJ^es island; I live half of a mile southward\\nof Lawson Shell s, where stand s a wind-mill, and Lawson Stone s\\nhouse stands on the broad water of Apes Hole creek. The owners of\\nthe lands west of Cherry Hinton are, first, Mrs. Cullen, who lives on\\na place called Sterling s Goodluck; it belonged to my father; and\\nthere are Hamilton Moor s heirs, Mrs, Mason, a widow, and William\\nTyler, and that is about all, except the old Tyler family, the heirs of\\nLittleton Tyler, west and southwest. They live, I think, on a tract\\ncalled Price s Vineyard, but .of that I am not certain. East of Cherry\\nHinton is a marsh where nobody lives; I own a part of it; Francis\\nSterling owned a part of it; it was called Cedar hammock, and be-\\nlongs, I suppose, to his heirs; I own Oak hammock, a part of it, also\\nLapland, a part of that marsh. That marsh extends down to Poco-\\nmoke bay; the other lands don t extend to Pocomoke bay; it is all\\nmarsh on the Pocomoke bay. There is a tract of laud called Watkins\\npoint, northeast from where I live, and on the east side of Apes Hole\\ncreek, which have understood was formerly called Johnson s creek.\\nI don t know the names of other lands further east on Pocomoke bay.\\nI have never heard any tradition of any line having been actually run\\nby any surveyor across the lower part of Somerset county, between\\nTangier sound and the right bank of Pocomoke river, before that run\\nby Lieutenant Michler a few years ago, say in 1859. That line struck\\nmy house on Janes island, and that house stood on a sand beach, al-\\nways called Old Island Beach, now known as Riggin s island. The", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "185\\nlighthouse uow stands on the end of the sand bar which makes out\\nfrom that sand beach, immediately on the north point of the mouth\\nof Little Annamessex river.\\nExamined by Mr. Wise.\\nI have heard of a line between the statesof Maryland and Virginia\\nwhich ran through Watkins point, but whether the tract of land\\nwhich is mentioned in the patent before referred to, called Watkinses\\njjoint, is the point through which the state divisional line passes or\\nnot I do not know; I have heard of a line which called for Watkins\\npoint; I don t know on which sound Pocomoke or Tangier sound it\\nwas located, but certainly it was the general opinion with us that it\\nwas the point on Pocomoke sound; I had heard of no other Watkins\\npoint; that is all the reason that I had for believing that was the\\npoint called for by the divisional line; I never knew any mark to be\\nplaced on that tract of laud called Watkinses point on the Pocomoke\\nsound as and for a divisional line between the two states, and I have\\nnever heard any tradition of a mark or survey being made on that\\ntract of laod for such a line, except as I have stated that I had heard\\nof a state line that was run or was to have been run forward from\\nWatkins point; I don t know what the size of that tract is, but the\\npatent exhibited will show; Abraham Somers was my father; his father\\nwas named Benjamin, and further back I don t know; the name some-\\ntimes was spelled Sibinmei^s I spell my name Somers; Horsey Somers,\\nof Accomack county, Virginia, was own cousin to my father.\\nMICHAEL SOMERS.\\nMr. Hance Lawson was next called, sworn and examined.\\nExamined by Mr. Jones.\\nI was 47 years of age the 31st day of last Octobor; was born on a\\ntract of land called Hill s Folly, between Little Annamessex river and\\nPocomoke bay; I now reside at the same place within 200 yards of\\nwhere I was born; I own part of a tract called Bay Bush Hall, and\\npart of a tract called Agreement; Agreement joins Hills Folly on\\nthe northeast, and Bay Bush adjoins the same on the south; some of\\nLittleton Tyler s heirs, and heirs of Hamilton Moore, and David Bird,\\n24", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "186\\nand Thomas Bird, and widow Mason and lots of others live on Bay\\nBush Hallj and not on Price s vineyard as Mr, Somers supposed,\\n[Here Mr. Jones exhibited a certificate from the land office of Mary-\\nland signed by George G. Brewer, register of the land office of the\\nUnited States, for a tract of laud called Hill s Folly surveyed for\\nJohn Hill, the ISth day of August, 1672, and patented to him the\\n24th day of June, 1673, a copy of which is hereto annexed as an ex-\\nhibit. It calls for 150 acres on Back creek near the mouth of Little\\nAnnamessex river.]\\nMr. Lawson continued, and said\\nThis creek was called in the patent Back creek, and now is called\\nJenkins creek, [Mr. Jones then presented a copy of a patent for a\\nplace called Bay Bush Hall, containing 100 acres, dated 6th of April,\\n1682, warrant for 10,000 acres, as already stated, and herewith exhi-\\nbited.] Mr. Lawson stated that this patent was for the Bay Bush,\\nalready mentioned by him. [Mr. Jones then presented a certificate of\\na survey, dated 1st June, 1683, and patented 1st day of June, 1685,\\nfor a place called Mickle Meadow, 300 acres, a copy of which is here-\\nwith exhibited.] Mr, Lawson states I know of a Mickle Meadow,\\nwhich I believe to be that of this patent, adjoining on the south side\\nof Bay Bush Hall, and is south side of the mouth of Back creek, now\\ncalled Jenkins creek. The Cedar straits have been washed away con-\\nsiderably iii my recollection, on both sides; I mean the straits have\\nwidened, say, as near as I can recollect, fifty yards, more or less; the\\nLittle and Big thoroughfares between Fox s islands and Watts island,\\nhave widened considerably in my memory; I hav nt been there for over\\ntwo 3 ears; the Little has widened less than the Great thoroughfare;\\nafter passing Cedar i.sland marsh, we come to Cedar straits, then to a\\npoint of marsh which is now an ieland, that was formerly attached to\\nBig Fox s island; then to Big Fox s island; then to the Little thorough-\\nfare; then to an island which was called, I think. Little Fox island;\\nthen to the Great thoroughfare; then to an island of marsh, the name\\nof which I don t know^, it may have been Little Fox s island, I don t\\nknow; then the marsh continues, so that I cannot describe the islands\\nof marsh, and the little thoroughfares, I don t know how far; but\\nfrom the last island of marsh to Watts island, is a considerable sheet\\nof water, two miles wide, more or less, in which sheet I do not know\\nwhether there is an island or not, but do not think there is an island.", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "1.87\\nand in this sheet of water is the middle channel, and the north chan-\\nnel, from Tangier to Pocomoke sound; I know that the thoroughfares\\nfrom Cedar straits to Watts island, have, been gradually widening\\nsince my mfmory; I was generally acquainted with the old people\\nwho lived in this neighborhood, and have died since my memory; I\\nknew King Nelson, and he resided not more than a quarter of a mile\\nfrom where I now live, on the north side of Back or Jenkins creek:\\n1 think his reported age, when he died, was from 90 to 100 years, but\\nhe did not know his own age, but he was a very old man; I think he\\ndied 15 to 20 years ago, and he was the son of Zachariah or Sacker\\nNelson; he was always esteemed highly, as a sober, truthful and cor-\\nrect man; I heard him say that his father was on Fox s island during\\nthe revolutionary war; his father lived there, so he said; he told me\\nthat he lived on Fox s island in time of the war; I never heard of his\\nbeing a revolutionary soldier; I never heard from him, or any one,\\nthat he was or was not a revolutionary soldier; I know James T.\\nEvans, an old man who stutters, on Smith s island; 1 think he once\\nlived on old Janes island, some 12 or 15 years ago; I know his general\\nreputation fc)n Smith s island and elsewhere, and in. this neighborhood,\\nfor truth and veracity, and I don t think it is more than No. 1, and I\\ndon t think he stands very high for truth and veracity, he don t, at all\\nevents, with me, and not generally for truth and veracity; it is bad on\\nSmith s island, where he lived; never heard any tradition of any line\\nhaving been run by any surveyor across the lower part of Somerset\\ncounty, between Tangier sound and the right bank of Pocomoke, be-\\nfore that of Lieutenant Michler a few years ago.\\nExamined by Mr. Wise.\\nI never heard of the character of James T. Evans being impeached\\nin any court of justice. I never knew any person but myself to im-\\npeach his character for tiuth and veracity, on oath, and I did not\\nknow that I would be asked the question under oath. I have heard\\na great many, not under oath, say that he would tell untruths. I have\\nheard David Tyler, on Smith s island, say so; I have heard Hainey\\nBradshaw say so: I don t remember hearing the names of any other\\nperson I have heard say so, but have heard it generally reported by a\\ngreat many; I mean by great many, several persons, I don t know\\nhow many; I don t know that I can name any others besides David\\nTyler and Hainey Bradshaw; I have never known him to be a witness", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "188\\nin court, and never. heard him testify in court. In a case where he is\\nnot swayed by interest I would believe him under oath. I don t know\\nthat the man would swear to a lie anyhow, interest or no interest, but\\nI have heard a number say that he would tell yarns. I don t know\\nthat I ever heard any one say that he ever told a malicious or mis-\\nchievous lie; but by yarns, I mean that I have heard he would tell\\nuntruths. I have never heard the tradition of a line run by Philip\\nCalvert, of Maryland, and Edmund Scarborough, surveyor general of\\nVirginia, across the land from Watkins or any point on Janes island,\\nstrait and east line, across Pocomoke river. I never heard that they\\nhad run any line on the Eastern shdre, between Maryland and Virgi-\\nnia; I have heard only of the Michler line; I have no knowledge or\\ninformation of any marks of boundary line between the two states\\nfrom Tangier sound across Pocomoke river; I have heard rumors of\\nmarks of a line on Smith s island; have heard more about it since\\nthis thing came up than ever before; I have paid no attention to a\\nboundary line, to search for one; for I believed there had been no line\\nestablished between the two states. I never heard of any marks of a\\nline from the old people on Smith s island; I have heard that John\\nMarshall, who lives on Shanks island, was in Virginia, and paid hfs\\ntaxes in Virginia. I never searched for any marks of state boundary\\nanywhere.\\nHANCE LAWSON.\\nMr. William Nelson was next called, sworn and examined.\\nI was 64 the 23d day of last February; I was born just below here\\non Jenkins creek; I am the son of Thomas Nelson, usually called\\nKing Tommy Nelson; he died about 16 years ago; I don t know his\\nage; he did not know it, but said he was from 90 to 100 years of age;\\nheard him say that he was born on Fox s island; his father s name\\nwas Sacknr Nelson; my father said he lived with his father, Sacker,\\non Fox s island; I don t know what time. In the revolutionary war they\\nremained there until they got their house burned down by the British;\\nhe said that he and his father had to escape from the British by run-\\nning into the bushes, or marshes. After that they moved to the main\\nnorth of Cedar straits. He first moved to a place called Matthews\\ncreek, and after, he moved to the hammock down here, where Billy\\nLawson lived, on Jenkins creek; he remained there until he bought\\na little lot up higher on Jenkins creek; my father said that he was a", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "189\\nstout boy and merely fit to go into the army, and therefore had to\\nskulk about to keep from being impressed by the British. I never\\nheard him say that he was a soldier on either side in the revolutionary\\nwar, but on the contrary he said he was not in the army. I have\\nheard his father say that he heard his father, Sacker Nelson, say that\\nhe had seen the time when he could take a twelve foot fence rail and\\nwalk all the way from the main land across Cedar straits to Watt s\\nisland. I never heard my father say anything about being on a sur-\\nvey of any line on Smith s island; never heard my father say anything\\nabout a state line on Smith s island; have never heard of any tradition\\nfrom* anybody of any line having been run by any surveyor across the\\nlower part of Somerset county between Tangier sound and the right\\nbank of Pocomoke river before Michler s survey. I am not much ac-\\nquainted with James T. Evans, on Smith s island, knew him when he\\nlived on Jane s island, but saw him very seldom, and heard nothing\\nof his general character.\\nExamined by Mr, Wise.\\nI never heard of any line being run from Tangier sound across Som-\\nerset county and Pocomoke river, by any one, surveyor or not, until\\nMichler s survey. I was with him two days, from here to Jane s is-\\nland to Benny Thomas house, right back of it, say 100 yards where\\nthe post put up by the coast survey was. I started with him, Mich-\\nler, to go over to Smith s island, but a storm prevented and he did\\nhis work on Jane s island. I am told the line came out here at James\\nTawes house, a little north of it. That line was run before the Cris-\\nfield or Eastern shore railroad was constructed. I don t know whether\\nthat line touches the end of the railroad wharf or not, as I never\\nsighted it. I never heard my father say anything about a state line\\non Big Fox island running near a tree on that island; my father never\\nshowed to me any tree, a gum or other tree, on Smith s island as a\\nboundary line tree between Virginia and Maryland, and I never heard\\nhim speak of such a tree; have never heard of any state boundary\\nmarks on Smith s island. I was not mistaken in hearing my father\\nspeak of Watt s island for Fox island when he said that his father\\ntold him he had seen the time when with a 12 foot fence log he could\\nwalk all the way from the main at Cedar straits to Watt s island. I\\nsuppose it is now five or six miles from Fox s island to Watt s island.\\nI suppose it has been that distance ever since I could remember, only", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "190\\nexcepting the washing away. I think it has washed away about 200\\nyards at the south end of Fox islands; I don t know how much it has\\nwashed away on the north end of Watt s island; I was never there\\nbut twice in my life, and know nothing about it; have heard my flither\\nsay that the washing away on the west side of Fox s island was very\\nconsiderable; in going with him in a canoe opposite where the house\\nwas he showed me the place in the water where his father s well had\\nbeen, and then it was 150 yards or more from the shore. My father\\nhad no education, and I have a little; John Nelson was the son of\\nKing Nelson, and about 77 years of age when he died about 5 years\\nago.\\nWILLIAM NELSON.\\nMr. Thomas W. Dougherty was next called, sworn and examined.\\nI was 54 years of age the 22d day of last December; I was born\\nabout 21 miles from this place, and resided in this neighborhood ever\\nsince I was born; I think Janes and Cedar island, south of Janes\\nwhich two islands form the mouth of Little Annamessex, have washed\\naway all along the sound shore, 200 yards in my remembrance; have\\nheard of no line run by anybody across the lower part of Somerset\\ncounty, between Tangier sound and Pocomoke, except the line run by\\nMichler; I have known James T. Evans on Smith s island; he is a\\ncousin of mine.\\nExamined by Mr. Wise.\\nThe southw^estern point of Janes island is the North point of the\\nmouth of Little Annamessex river; that point has washed away a\\ngood deal; I have heard Nathaniel D. Dougherty say that there was\\na jieach orchard on the old Janes island, and as good a well of water\\nas was in Annamessex. This whole neck of land, consisting of seve-\\nral parts, including Janes island, was called Annamessex say from\\nKingston down to Cedar straits or Pocomoke sound. The channel of\\nLittle Annamessex has not changed in my remembrance. I followed\\nthe water for 30 years up to the last 3 years.\\nTHOMAS W. DOUGHERTY.", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "191\\nHORSE HAMMOCK, SMITH S ISLAND,\\nMay 31st, A. D. 1872.\\nThe commissioners met at this place this day, pursuant to adjourn-\\nment on yesterday at Crisfield.\\nPresent: Thomas K. Whealton, justice of the peace for the state\\nof Maryland, and Hon. I, D. Jones and William J, Aydelotte, com-\\nmissioners on the part of Maryland, and Hon. D. 0. DeJarnette, Col.\\nWilliam Watts and Henry A. Wise, commissioners on the part of\\nVirginia, and proceeded to take further testimony.\\nFrancis Evans was first called, sworn and examined.\\nExamined by Mr. Wise.\\nI am 64, and in my 65 years of age; I was born on Smith s island,\\non Rogues point, which lies about a half mile below or south of the\\nthoroughfare called Mister s thoroughfare, towards the north end of\\nthe island. My father was -John, and grandfather Francis Evans;\\nthey both lived at the same place; I have heard some say the line be-\\ntween Maryland and Virginia was on the north part, above Horse\\nhammock, the Great island, about a mile from this house, and\\nothers said it was below Horse hammock. I have been shown a bio-\\nO\\nstone, last winter, by James T. Evans, at Beaver hammock; I was\\nshown a gum tree, by Severn Bradshaw, when we were boys, at Cow\\nhammock, which he said he was told was a line tree between the two\\nstates; the tree stood sometime after that, I don t know long, but I think\\nI could go very near where it stood, as I had seen it often I never examined\\nit particularly for any marks; I can t say how old I was when I first saw\\nit, but I can state how Severn Bradshaw came to show it to me We\\nwere about the same year s children, or the same age, and we were on\\nwhat is called Cow hammock or Cow ridge, or Orchard ridge; it was\\ncalled by all three names; the gum was on Cow ridge, now owned by\\nSevei^n Bradshaw; the reason we were there together was that we were\\nfond of bird-egging, and were at the time; there were a good many\\ntrees on it then, and there are some around the hammock now; it is\\ncultivated now by Severn Bradshaw; I can t say how long the tree\\nhas been down; it was located rather at the lower end, but pretty\\nmuch in the middle of the hammock; Severn Bradshaw did not tell\\nme how be knew it; I have heard other people talk of it as the line;", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "192\\nI have also heard of, and seen, a slab-like stone, a large stone, in the\\nwater, about 15 or 20 yards more from the edge of the marsh on\\nBeaver hammock, in Mister s thoroughfare, on the north side of the\\nthoroughfare, easterly from Frog island, which is the one shown me\\nby James T. Evans; I never was shown, or heard of any tree or\\nstump or stone or other mark of a state boundary line on the lower\\nend of Smith s island, south of Horse hammock, but I have seen Gum\\nisland, where it was said the gum, whether a tree or island was the\\nname I don t know; it was the place of John Parks residence; I\\nnever saw any mark there; it is the place where John Tyler now lives;\\nI don t know whether that place lies north or south of this place; I\\nhave heard there is a stone at Barn point from those who live there;\\nthis I heard for the first time last winter.\\nExamined by Mr. Jones.\\nSevern Bradshaw told me that the gum on Cow island was a mark\\nof the line between ]\\\\Tarylaud and Virginia, not that it was a line run\\nbetwten man and man; Severn Bradshaw is here present, and says he\\ndon t doubt my statement, but don t recollect the time, nor do I, but\\nit was more than 40 years ago.\\nhis\\nFRANCIS X EVANS.\\nmark.\\nMr. Severn Bradshaw desired to be re-examined, in order to state\\nmatters which he forgot and omitted to state when first examined.\\nHe said\\nThere were two large gum trees, and the only two large gum trees\\non the island at the time, the one stood on the Orchard hammock,\\nwhere I live, as described by me the other day, the other on Sassafras\\nhammock, where Tubman Evans lives; I recollect both trees well; the\\ntree where I live showed more visibly on the Chesapeake bay side,,and\\nthe other, on Sassafras ridge, showed more visibly on the Tangier\\nsound; we, on the npper part of Smith s island, thought the tree\\nwhere I live was the state boundary mark, and the people on Little\\nAnnamessex thought that the tree on Sassafras hammock was the\\nmark of the state boundary line; the one at my house was marked\\nwith several notches on the south side, of this I am positive; whether", "height": "3495", "width": "1976", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "193\\nthe one on Sassafras was marked or not I don t know; I don t recol-\\nlect whether there were any notches on the north side of the tree at\\nmy house; Sassafras is northwest of Horse hammock a considerable\\ndistance, and I can show it to yon, it went by the name of Tyler s\\ngum; both trees are now gone. I omitted to state fully, being hur-\\nried, all that I now recollect about what Tommy Tyler said on the\\ntrials of the vessels Amelia Ann and Edenton. In addition to what\\nI have already said, he stated: that the line between the states of Ma-\\nryland and Virginia, his uncle, Butler Tyler, told him was run twice\\nin his recollection; that he was said to be 100 years old when he died,\\nand he has been dead at least 45 years; I have seen him, was nearly\\ngrown when he died, and was at his funeral; Tommy Tyler said that\\nButler Tyler had told him that at one time the line run through his\\nyard, at Black Walnut point, and at another time it ran a little be-\\nlow Dunn point on Tyler s creek, making a difference between the two\\nlines of about 300 yards; this is all I have to add; I do believe that\\none or the other of these two lines has been recognized by the people\\non this island for more than a century back.\\nExamined by Mr. Jones.\\nMy father owned where I live at Orchard ridge; he made a will and\\ndevised it to me, and I was the first who built a house on it; my fa-\\nther s name was Jacob Bradshaw; the gum tree stood south of my\\nhouse about 125 yards; my father s will is recorded at Princess Ann,\\nthe county seat of Somerset county, Maryland, and he lived on an-\\nother part of the same land, south of my house and the gum, at a\\nplace called the Forked Oak, and I know where it was said to have\\nstood; it is about four and a half miles northwest of this place; that\\nplace is open to the bay, and it is not washed away badly; the Or-\\nchard and Cow ridges were once the same, I think, and are now sepa-\\nrated by a small drain; the Orchard ridge is on the east side, and the\\nCow ridge is on the west, they lie together, nearly together, north and\\nsouth, at the western mouth of the Mister s thoroughfare, which\\nmouths into the bay; the Forked oak was on Cow ridge, and a round\\ncedar post, marked with four notches on each side, was j)laced where\\nthe oak was said to have stood, to mark a private boundary; about\\nthree or four years ago, the cattle broke the post off by rubbing against\\nit; my father always paid taxes in Somerset county, Maryland, and so\\nhave I; that is north of where Butler Tyler used to live, all of two\\n25", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "194\\nmiles; thirty or forty years ago, there was scarcely any talk about the\\nline of the two states on this island; the taxes were small, and the\\noysters in the bay were not counted of great value, and we oystered\\nin the creeks, but since dredging commenced, about 20 or 28 years\\nago, oysters have become valuable, and people began to look more\\nclosely after the line of the two states; I, among others, have looked\\nmore closely to where the line is; I used to think but very little about\\nthe lines of the states; my business was to get oysters when I could;,\\nin Virginia or Maryland, and I was not interrupted; since that time\\nI cannot do so; a man can t tell now-a-days, on this island, whether\\nhe is in one state or the other; my father and I, and the people up\\nthere, voted and acted as if in Maryland; the first election district on\\nthis island, was laid off, called No. 12, about 40 years ago, and before\\nI was a voter, as I think; then it was held at the Old Church, where-\\nI live, by Solomon Evans and John Tyler, who lived at this place,,\\nand old Captain John M. White; after a few years, the district was\\nabolished, and the voters had to go to Bunkly s, on the Annamessex;.\\nthe election district on this island was re-established in 1853, and is^\\nnow district No. 7; the first and present district are of the same\\nbounds, both including Horse hammock, and the proprietors and resi-\\ndents of Horse hammock have been from first to last judges of elec-\\ntion; I myself have been judge of election, and clerk of elections, and\\nfor four or five years past have been register of voters, and I have\\nbeen a justice of the peace for Maryland for two years; the first regis-\\nters of voters on this island, for Maryland, were David Tyler, Hainey\\nBradshaw, and William Evans, of John; then John Evans, son of\\nJohnson, lived here at Horse hammock; I think he was registered as-\\na voter; I was register of voters last fall, and think John Evans, re-\\nsiding here, was registered and voted; there have been four public\\nschool places of Maryland on the island; the first was north of the\\nThoroughfares, one at Kogue s point, west northwest from here, and\\none at Oak hammock run, Aleck Tyler s store, northwest of this place^\\nand there was another on North end, north of this place; there was-\\nno school either at Horse hammock or south of it; generally the chil-\\ndren at Horse hammock have attended the public schools of Mary-\\nland; there have never been any voters registered in Maryland, south-\\nof Horse hammock, and none due west of it; some at Dunn point, and\\nsome on Hog neck, have been registered in Maryland, none south of\\nHorse hammock; and none have been registered as far south as Horse-\\nhammock, except those at Horse hammock; I have considered the vo-", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "195\\nters OD the upper end of Hog neck^ as far south as John Tyler s resi-\\ndence, to be in Maryland.\\nRe-examined by Mr. Wise.\\nI do not know whether the proprietors of Horse hammock voted in\\n1833, in 1835, in 1837, 1839, 1841, 1843, in Virginia for a member\\nof concrress or not; I believe that all the old residents on this island\\nused to think that Horse hammock at this house we are now in was\\nin Virginia. I know that some have said Horse hammock was in one\\nstate and some in the other, but I have heard the old people say gen-\\nerally that it was in Virginia. I have heard that old Uncle Solomon\\nEvans had John Tyler then living here made a magistrate, about 1835*\\nI have no knowledge of Horse hammock ever being claimed for Mary-\\nland before that time. I am a member of the Methodist Episcopal\\nchurch, and sometimes conduct the services at our church as an exhorter.\\nSEVERN BRADSHAW.\\nBenjamin Bradshaw was next called, sworn and examined.\\nExamined by Mr. Wise.\\n1 am about 48 years of age; I was born just above where Alick Ty-\\nler s store is; I now live on Drum point on Tyler s creek; I have found\\na stone at the mouth of a little creek near The Barn, a point so-\\ncalled as I am told; the stone is in the water, about knee deep, about\\n40 odd feet as measured by my canoe, from the shore; it appears to be\\nin three pieces, it is joined all together, and is so in the mud that I\\ncannot say whether it is one stone or not; the whole as it appears\\nseems to be as big as this table, about 3 feet square; not exactly square,\\nbut rather diamond shaped; its color is light, but it is covered with\\nmud, and I cannot say positively what its color is the bottom is a\\nsticky clay; there are stumps around it, some right big ones and some\\nsmall ones; I can t say of what wood; when the commissioners were\\nhere last fall we were talking about the stones at the church, and it\\nwas thought best to stake them off when found. Albert Evans told\\nme then where to look for it at The Barn, but I did not search for\\nit then. Day before yesterday Mr. John Tyler told me that you, Mr.\\nWise, desired to find it, and I searched for it yesterday and found it", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "196\\nas I have described. I can t say how far it is down in the mud; it\\nwas knee deep from the top of the stone, but at low water to-day will\\nbe nearly bare. The stone in the Mister thoroughfare, south of Troy\\nisland at Beaver hammock, I saw myself 25 years ago. I never was\\ntold, and inquired whether it was a boundary mark or not. I know\\nnothing about the line of the state; have seen the Beaver hammock\\nstone often since I first saw it.\\nhis\\nBENJAMIN M BRADSHAW.\\nmark.\\nMr. Stephen T. Deis was next called, sworn and examined.\\nI am 29 years of age; born on Smith s island, at a place called\\nNorth End, where Laban Evans now lives, north of this place about\\n3 miles; Caleb Evans, Captain John Evans and myself were catching\\nterrapins the other day, and we came across a large stone in the water\\nnear Cow hammock some call it Cow ridge; I first saw it, and we\\nwent back to it, and we looked at it in about 2 feet water, the tide up;\\nI think it is from 6 to 8 feet long, and about from 4 to 5 feet across\\nit; it was full of 03 sters and moss, and we couldn t tell what sort of\\na looking stone it was; it was surely stone of some kind. It is about\\na northwest course from here, and a west course from the stone at\\nBeaver hammock. It is just off Cow ridge, on the southern side of\\nMister s thoroughfare, on a hammock just north of Hog Neck, and\\nseparated from what is now called Hog Neck, where Captain John\\nTyler lives by a small thoroughfare, about a mile above where Cap-\\ntain John Tyler lives. I have got marks for it and can go to it at\\nany time; did nt see any stumps exactly around it but some outside\\nof it, I guess in 15 or 20 yards of it in the water. The stumps were\\nabout a medium size. We were about the stone and stumps about a\\nquarter of an hour. I know nothing of the state line, have heard\\nsome talk about it. All of our people, the oldest, said it was some-\\nwhere about the Mister s thoroughfare. I can t say how deep that\\nstone was sunk in the thoroughfare. This stone was about due west\\nfrom the stone at Beaver hammock.\\nExamined by Mr. Aydelotte.\\nI had no instrument by which to judge of the course, but I am a\\nsea-faring man and have always been following the water, and can use", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "197\\nthe compass as well as any man, and I can judge of the course. I\\njudged by the mouth of the Potomac, and an east and west line cuts\\nthe mouth of that river and Mister s thoroughfare. That thorough-\\nfare is opposite, on an east conrse to the mouth of the Potomac. The\\nstone at Beaver hammock is near the southside of Mister s thorough-\\nfare, and on the north side of the Big thoroughfare, at a place called\\nthe Bottom. I have heard of a stone at The Barn point, many\\nyears ago, ever since I was a boy, but have never seen it. The Barn\\nfrom the stone I have found in Mister s thoroughfare, is about east\\nthough I have never sighted the course by the compass. I can see\\nthe mouth of the Potomac from the mouth of the thoroughfare, both\\npoints of the river, and I have sighted it before with the compass. I\\ncan write but little and prefer my name to be written.\\nhis\\nSTEPHEN T. i DEIS.\\nmark.\\nMr. Johnson Evans was next called, sworn and examined.\\nI am 58 years of age; I have been off and on living at Horse ham-\\nmock about six years; I was born on Smith s island, and have been\\nliving thereon ever since; I bought this place, called Horse hammock,\\nfrom John Marsh, he bought it of his father-in-law Peter Evans,\\nPeter Evans bought it at auction, at a sale under a mortgage deed\\nfrom John Tyler to Peter Evans, about 27 years ago; since I bought\\nit, I paid taxes in Maryland, and my son John, who was joint owner\\nwith me of the place, paid his taxes in Virginia; I haVe heard, that\\nabout 45 years ago, taxes on the place were paid in Virginia; I have\\nheard that John Tyler, when he owned it, paid in Virginia, but for\\nthe sake of being a magistrate in Maryland, he paid his taxes in that\\nstate; Peter Evans, I am told, paid his taxes in both states; Peter\\nEvans now lives at Chescomessex creek, in Accomac county, Virginia;\\nI have heard that Horse hammock was always considered in Virginia,\\nuntil John, called Jacky Tyler, was appointed a justice of the peace\\nin Maryland; I have heard, for many years, of a stone on the east side\\nof Smith s island, about three quarters of a mile or a mile north of\\nthis house at Horse hammock, at which children, John L. Tyler, Wil-\\nliam Tyle) and Thomas Tyler, had been taken, when young, and one\\nor more of them whipped, and one or more ducked, to make them re-", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "198\\nmember it as a boundary stone a boundary of what I don t know,\\nwhether of two states or two owners of land, I don t know; I can tell\\nof the stone in the Mister s thoroughfare; Captain Orney Browne, of\\nthe Tredegar tug, sent me a paper with a drawing of the two stones\\non it, of the one taken up by you commissioners, the other day, and\\nof the Thoroughfare stone, and I was looking at the paper when Cap-\\ntain Henry Dies came up, and I enquired of him whether he knew of\\nany such stones, he replied that he did, and the following Monday\\nmorning, he, and Albert Evans and I, went to the stone in the Tho-\\nroughfare, and he said when he first saw it, it was not broken he\\nwent to it directly; when I saw it that day it was broken into two\\npieces about 18 feet feet apart; I think it was broken by the ice, but\\ndon t know; last fall, in October, I went with Mr, Wise, Mr. Ayde-\\nlotte, Captain Browne, Captain Drumraond and others, to the stone a\\nmile or so above Horse hammock, and showed it to them, and they cited\\nit by a compass; the same day, we went to view the stone in the\\nThoroughfare, but the water being very thick we could not find it\\nthen, but it was found last week in two pieces, as I have described.\\nThe other stone, at Cedar hammock, was taken up last week, and ex-\\namined and replaced in the spot where it was taken from; that was\\nthe same stone, at the same place where I saw it three years ago.\\nExamined by Mr. Aydelotte.\\nI have no knowledge of what the true boundary of Virginia and\\nMaryland is on Smith s island; I have doubts that the stone removed\\nthe other day is the boundary stone between the two states, and don t\\nbelieve it is now; I have heard my grandfather Parks say that at one\\ntime the state line ran between his house and kitchen, about 18 feet\\napart, at the place where John Tyler now lives in Hog neck, and that\\nplace is in a line with the stone which was removed the other day, but\\nI was told afterwards that Tommy, called King Nelson, was on the\\nisland at the church at one time, and told the people then there that\\nthe state line ran through the Mister s thoroughfare; I supposed that\\nthe stone and John Tyler s house would show the line between the two\\nstates, but my belief now is that the stone in the Thoroughfare marks\\nthe line between the two states, because it is the big stone, and King\\nNelson staked the line ran through the Thoroushfare.", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "199\\nExamined by Mr. Jones.\\nThe stone we removed is the beginning bounder of the land sold by\\nMarsh to me, as stated in the deed, and also in the deed from John\\nW. Evans to me; I sent both the deeds to Princess Anne, in Mary-\\nland, to be recorded, because I did not want to pay taxes on the land\\nin both states, and I saw no prospect of when the line between the\\nstates would be run.\\nhis\\nJOHNSON M EVANS.\\nmark.\\nMr. John Tyler was called, sworn and examined.\\nI am 43 years of age; I live in Hog Neck, at the place where old\\nMr. John Parks lived, which is north of a west line from this place.\\nI have always thought since I have lived there that I lived in Virgi-\\nnia; I pay taxes in both, because I am called on to pay taxes in both\\nbecause the line as I have always heard runs through my yard; I have\\nheard that from my earliest childhood; I have heard that it was in\\nold times the place where runaway marriages were celebrated; the ones\\nfrom Maryland were married in the kitchen, which was in Virginia,\\nit is down now, and the ones from Virginia were married in the great\\nhouse, that being in Maryland. None have been celebrated there in\\nmy day; Joshua Thomas usually married them; I know but little\\nabout the line; I have voted here on this island for candidates for of-\\nfice in Maryland; I went to the polls and voted for Mr. Commissioner\\nWaters for clerk of the circuit court of Somerset county, Maryland,\\nand my name is on the register s list, but I never applied to be regis-\\ntered; and I have voted at Tangier island and at Onancock, in Vir-\\nginia; in 1855 I voted for Mr. Flournoy against Mr. Commissioner\\nWise, of Virginia, for the office of governor of Virginia; I was a\\nKnow-Nothing then; I now take out my oyster license in Virginia; I\\nsaw the stone above Barn point about 15 years ago; I never heard of\\nthe stone at Beaver hammock until within the last few years.\\nJOHN TYLER.", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "200\\nCRISFIELD, EASTEKN SHORE, MD.,\\nMonday, June 3rd, 1872.\\nThe commissioners met at this place this day, in pursuance of the\\nadjournment on Friday last.\\nPresent: Thos. K. Wheelton, justice of the peace for Somerset\\ncounty, Maryland, and the Hon. I. D. Jones and Levin L. Waters,\\nEsq., commissiocers on the part of Maryland; and Col. Wm. Watts\\nand Henry A. Wise, commissioners on the part of Virginia, were pre-\\nsent. Absent: Mr. DeJarnette, of Virginia, and Mr. Aydelotte, of\\nMaryland. They proceeded to take the following depositions, to-wit:\\nMr. Henry Dies, of Crisfield, Maryland, was first called, sworn and\\nexamined\\nBy Mr. Wise.\\nI am between 57 and 58 years of age; was born on Tangier island;\\nin 1835 I moved to Smith s .island, and lived there until February\\nlast, except 3 years; the name of my father was Daniel Dies; he died\\nabout 17 years ago, aged about 70 years; my mother s maiden name\\nwas Esther Parks, a daughter of Toby Parks, who was my grand-\\nfather; he lived on Tangier island; I moved to the place on Smith s\\nisland called North End, southeast from the church close upon the\\nthoroughfare; I knew old Mr. John Parks, a brother of Toby Parks,\\nmy grandfather; he was my great uncle; Mr. John Parks lived on a\\nplace called Hog Neck, on Smith s island; John Tyler lives there now;\\nI have heard in time past from the old people on Smith s island, that\\nwhen the people on that island desired to be married from the state of\\nMaryland, that the Rev. Joshua Thomas, who was in those days a\\nMethodist local preacher on that island, would meet them at that\\nplace, and marry the couples of Maryland in the dwelling house of\\nmy uncle, John Parks; and when any couples from Virginia desired\\nto be married, he would meet them at the same place and marry them\\nin the kitchen, that being then considered in Virginia. I do not mean\\nthe runaway couples but those who were regularly married according\\nto the laws of their respective states; I don t recollect of ever hearing\\nof any gum or other tree at that place, marked or recognized as a\\nstate line; the house and the kitchen were from 20 to 30 feet apart,\\nmore or less; Joshua Thomas was the standing, well-known clergy-", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "201\\nman who performed the rites of marriage ceremonies on that island;\\nI have heard of his biography published in Philadelphia, and written\\nby Rev. Adam Wallace; I have handled the book. About from 1835\\nto 1840, I was gunning in Mister s thoroughfare and ran my skiff upon\\nthe top of a pretty large stone, near the edge of Beaver hammock\\nmarsh; I think when I first saw it it was not further from the edge of\\nthe marsh than 15 or 20 feet; I saw it several times afterwards, but\\nnever noticed it again particularly, until, I think, year before last;\\nwhen I first saw it it was in the water, and 1 saw but one piece; and\\nwhen I saw it in the year before last, it was in two pieces; the pieces\\nwere, I think, from 10 to 15 feet apart; it may have been that when\\nI was first there that there were two pieces then, but I saw but one\\nthen, and two afterwards as I have said; the last time I saw them\\nthey seemed to have been broken the one from the other, for they\\nlooked to be of the same quality of stone. I never saw the one or\\ntwo at lotv tide when bare. Mr. Johnson Evans, of Horse hammock,\\nyear before last brought to me a paper which had a written descrip-\\ntion and drawings in pencil of the shapes of these two stones, and he\\ninquired of me whether I knew where to find two such stones; I\\nshowed him where they were and found both; but that was the first time\\nwhen I knew there were two at that place. They are about south by\\neast from Troy island, about half of a mile. The only other stone\\nbesides these two was that 1 knew of is that lying from a half to three-\\nquarters of a mile north of Horse hammock house, at Cedar hammock.\\nI first knew of that last mentioned stone in 1840, I think; there was\\nan old man named John L. Tyler, he said he was called on a line there,\\nwhether between the states, or between private individuals who claimed\\nthe land, I don t know; but he said he was a small boy, and he\\nwas too small to whip and he was ducked; he was thrown into the\\ncreek and thought they were going to drown him, to make him re-\\nmember the boundary. He was then about 40 to 50 years of age\\nwhen I heard him say this, and has been dead all of 15 to 20 years.\\nHe was the father of Aleck Tyler^ and lived at Oak hammock, where\\nAlexander Tyler now lives. It is near Black Walnut point, to the\\nnorth of it jam by a wind-mill. Drum point and Black Walnut are\\npretty much alone; there is another Drum point on the northeast end\\nof the Smith island. The east and west line which ran between John\\nParks s house and kitchen would pass in say 100 yards from Parks s\\nditch which is south of Tyler s ditch, and it would pass in say one-\\n26", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "202\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2quarter of a mile from Walnut and Drum points, in one-quarter of a\\nmile south of them.\\nExamined by Mr. Jones.\\nThe place called Pittscraft, my old uncle Laban Evans, told me\\nlaid south of Mister s thoroughfare down to the Maryland and Vir-\\nginia line; Cow ridge, I think, as it was then called, laid east of Le-\\nvin s creek, which empties into the Thoroughfare to get into the bay,\\nand its mouth is about a mile from the bay; the Cow ridge lies be-\\ntween Levin s creek and the Thoroughfare, to the eastward of Levin s\\ncreek, and south of the Thoroughfare; it is a long ridge.\\nhis\\nHENRY M DIES,\\nmark.\\nCRISFIELD, E. S., Maryland,\\nJune 4th, 1872.\\nThe joint commission met this day, at this place, pursuant to ad-\\njournment on yesterday.\\nPresent Hon. I. D. Jones, William J. Aydelotte, Col. William\\nWatts and Henry A. Wise, Esq., and proceeded to take the following\\ndepositions\\nMr. Edward Tawes, being first affirmed, was first examined.\\nExamined by Mr. Jones.\\nI am near 51 years of age; I was born in the lower end of Little\\nAnnaraessex; from Janes creek down towards Cedar straits, and south\\nof Little Annamessex river, is called Little Annamessex, to distinguish\\nit from the section north, between Big and Little Annamessex, called\\nBig Annamessex; I have lived in Little Annamessex neck ever since\\nI was born; my first occupations were those of a mariner, and catch-\\ning, and buying and selling oysters; I ran oysters first from York river\\nand Cherrystone, and afterwards from Apes Hole creek and Little\\nAnnamessex river; from my earliest recollection to about six years\\nago, the people north of Pocomoke, at Apes Hole, have always oys-\\ntered north of the channel of the Focomoke sound, without being ap-\\nprehended; there never was any strict attention paid to where oysters", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "203\\nmight be caught on either side of the line between the two states, and\\nno one catching oysters was apprehended or disturbed, until the dredg-\\ning laws of the two states began to be enforced; Tommy or King Nel-\\nson, I have heard say that his father, Sacker Nelson, owned Fox s\\nisland, and he, Tommy, was born on Fox s island; he said his father\\ntold him the islands of Fox s island groupe, were once nearly all joined\\ntogether, down to the southernmost point of those islands, now called\\nSouth End; he said he told him he thought he could have taken a\\nfence log and walked from Cedar straits to South End, so called; he\\nalso said that his father stated there was in his day a marsh island be-\\ntween the south end of Fox s island and the north end of Watts\\nisland; he said it was washed away; I have fished around Fox islands\\na good deal in the season of fishing; on the Tangier sound side they\\nhave washed away a good deal; all the islands wash most on the\\nwestern sides; I lived near King Nelson all my days, and in about\\n150 yards of him during his latter days; have heard him say, about\\nthe time the dredgers were first taken in Pocomoke sound, say about\\nfrom 20 to 25 or 26 years ago, that the line between Virginia and Ma-\\nryland ran right across Fox s island, close by where old Johnny Ma-\\nson s house stood, the father of Middleton Mason, who moved to\\nOnancock, in Virginia; he told me that the well his father used water\\nout of, off his residence on Fox s island, was then, at the time of his\\nstatement, about 150 yards on the west side, in the water; I have\\nnever heard of any tradition of a line run from Tangier sound, north\\nof Cedar straits, to the west bank of Pocomoke river, nor have I\\nheard of any marks of any such line across the Little Annamessex\\nneck; I have heard only of the line named to me by King Nelson,\\nacross Fox s island.\\nExamined by Mr. Wise.\\nTommy or King Nelson, told me he lived on Big Fox island; it was\\non the western side of that island where the well was, spoken of as in\\nthe water; and Johnny Mason, the father of Middleton Mason, lived,\\nI think, about the same place on Big Fox s island; there is an island\\nnorth of Cedar straits, and north of Big Fox s island, called Cedar\\nisland marsh; the ledges and muddy marsh, are to the east of Big\\nFox s island; the southern island of Fox, is called Little Fox s island;\\nboth Big and Little Fox islands are now cut through by the waters,\\nmaking as many as four fslands where there were but two; the Big", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "204\\nthoroughfare, when I remember first, ran as it does now, between Lit-\\ntle and Big Fox island; I did nt catch oysters, but I bought them in\\nCherrystone and York river; I never heard King Nelson say that with\\na fence log he could have walked from Fox s island to Watts island,\\nor say that his father said so; have never heard of a line run over 200\\nyears ago across the Pocomoke, from Tangier sound to the ocean, by\\nScarborough and Calvert; I have heard of a line between Virginia\\nand Maryland, on the Eastern shore, but not across Little Annamessex\\nneck; I have gone up the Pocomoke river, not very often though; I\\nwas never shown where the line crossed the Pocomoke; I know where\\nPitts wharf is on the Pocomoke; Sykes island is nearly, as I see from\\nthe coast survey chart, now shown me by Mr. Wise, is due east from\\nCedar straits, and the north part of Sykes island is north of Cedar\\nstraits, Pitts wharf is higher up so-called Pocomoke river than Sykes\\nisland, and I don t know whether that wharf is north of Cedar straits\\nor not; I don t know where the Virginia and Maryland line borders on\\nthe Pocomoke river, but I have heard that the line is somewhere near\\nwhere the widow of John U. Dennis, dec d, lives; I never heard of\\nthe Virginia and Maryland crossing the Pocomoke river, but I have\\nnever heard of a line between Virginia and Maryland, which touched\\nthe Pocomoke river.\\nRe-examined by Mr. Jones.\\nI have heard of Rock Hole creek, which lies on the north side of\\nLittle Annamessex, and of Sandy creek, which lies on the south side\\nthereof, between it and Cedar straits. [See patent to James Gray, in\\n1701.] I know nothing of Persimmon hammock; I was never shown\\nany state line marks on Fox s islands.\\nEDWARD TAWES.\\nClement R. Sterling was next called, sworn and examined.\\nExamined by Mr. Jones.\\nI am either 64 or 65, born in 1807, 1st June; I think 65; born down\\nthe lower end of Little Annamessex, and always lived in that neck.\\nI know nothing of Virginia and Maryland line myself, and only what\\nI have heard folks say. I always h( ard that the line run from Horse\\nhammock east to Watkins point, across to Horntown or Chincoteague", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "205\\nor somewhere there, according to what the old people said. Michler\\nwas at my house 7 days. I went with him to Ape s Hole when he\\nran the line. Old man King Nelson I never heard say anything about\\nthe line; but have heard him talk about Fox s islands, and how far\\nhe could go with a fence log. I have heard him say that he could\\ncome all the way from Watt s island to Annamessex with a fence log,\\nand jump across it. I heard him say there was a peach orchard on\\nJane s island, at the north point of Little Annamessex as far out as\\nthe bar, somewhere near where the light house now stands. I can re-\\ncollect back about 50 years, and that point has washed away half a\\nmile in that time. I never heard of any line being run except by\\nMichler, and he began at the sea-side and came this way. I was with\\nhim at Somers Cove and Ape s Hole landing.\\nExamined by Mr. Wise.\\nI was with him at Somers Cove, whilst he was boarding at my\\nhouse, and the line came out at James Tawes s house, at the head of\\nSomers Cove north of the dwelling, less than 50 yards north down\\nto the landing.\\nCLEMENT K. STERLING.\\n(Note. I am informed by Mr. Aydelotte that a patent ought to be\\nfound from Virginia for part of Long Point, owned by John Mason,\\nthe extreme northeast main of Accomack a large body near to Sandy\\nHill, part in Accomack and part in Worcester county, Maryland all\\nnow owned by Judge John E. Franklin, who novj? pays in both Mary-\\nland and Virginia.)\\nJohn Spence being next called, sworn and examined.\\nExamined by Mr, Wise.\\nAs far as I know and am informed, I am in my 77th year of age;\\nI will be 77 on the 25th day of December next; my age is not re-\\ncorded; I was born in Hog neck, on Smith s island; I was born in a\\nhouse owned by my uncle John Parks, and on the land where he re-\\nsided, and he resided where John Tyler now resides; Hog neck ran up\\nnorth to a creek called the head of the creek, which used to be my", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "206\\nboat harbor in the time of the British war; Hog neck laid north and\\nwest of South point; it laid north and south lengthwise the island, on\\nthe western side, east of Tyler s creek, on the Chesapeake bay; Ty-\\nler s creek is called by that name up to Sheep hammock; and thence\\nit lies north up to Tyler s ditch; Parks ditch lies to the westward of\\nTyler s creek; David Tyler and Butler Tyler, were the original ownera\\nof all the land of Oak hammock^ Horse hammock, clean down to\\nDunn point, where Aleck Tyler and John Wesley Marshall, Thomas\\nBradshaw, Stuart Evans, and one of Walter Marshsons, Benjamin Brad-\\nshaw, and Tubman Evans, who lives close to the gum, now live; from\\nJohn Parks house to Dunn point, was near east by north, from a half\\nto three quarters of a mile, as near as I can guess; John Parks was\\nmy mother s own brother, and my mother and father lived on his land to\\nthe westward of his house on the Chesapeake bay shore; when I was\\nquite a boy, a dispute arose about where the line of Virginia and Ma-\\nryland ran; they said that the law of Virginia forbade Maryland from\\nskiffing and gunning in Virginia, and several old people were called\\ntogether to say where the line was; Kichard Evans, who lived at\\nKedge s straits, and who was called King Richard, because he was\\nbest off, I suppose, John Parks, and old man Jacob Bradshaw, who\\nwas quite a young man then, met at old uncle John Paiks where\\nyoung John Tyler now lives, and uncle John Parks said that the state\\nline run between his dwelling-house and his kitchen; I was then, I\\nthink, but am not positive, about 18 or 19 years of age; I followed\\nthe water, and loved gunning, and had a skiff, and the noise scared\\nthe geese and other wild fowl of a night; my uncle got mad about my\\nskiffing, and Jacob Bradshaw had a fowling point called Goose har-\\nbor, and uncle King Richard had a fowling point called Fogg s point,\\nwhere the lighthouse now stands, and that caused them to meet about\\nmy skiffing; there was some contention about the skiffing, and they\\ncame down upon uncle John Parks, on whose land I lived, about my\\nskiffing, and they all agreed that that was the line, neither one said\\nthat that line between the house and kitchen was not the line; I stop-\\nped skiffing, and that line was always regarded by me and respected\\nby me as the state line; I don t recollect of hearing about any mar-\\nriages at the place, but the dwelling-house was in Maryland, and the\\nkitchen in Virginia; and that line was always upheld by us on the\\nisland as the line between the two states; I know where Cow ridge\\nused to be; I always called it Battle ridge; old uncle Solomon Evans\\nalways owned the place it lies to the north, and eastward side of the", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "207\\nLittle thoroughfare next to the Bain cove and Whit s cove; Terra-\\npin sands is still above, to the northward of that; the reason they\\ngave, it the name of Battle ridge, was, that some of the boys went\\ndown to dig a cow hole, and they got to disputing and fighting, as I\\nam told; there was no stone or tree, or other mark, on the line said\\nto be at uncle John Parks house; I never heard of any mark of a\\nstate line, except a gum tree where Tubman Evans now lives, and a\\nstone at the mouth of the Little thoroughfare, at the end of Otter island;\\nOtter island is, say 100 strides from the main marsh of Whit s cove,\\nand Bain s cove is above, say half a mile, all on the sound side; I\\nhave seen the stone, it was not free-stone, and was not flint-stone, I\\nthinkj but was like any other stone, washed deep in the ground; I\\nmean to say, that it looked as if buried deep in the ground, and by\\nwashing had got rusty and mossy; it was not squared round, but was\\nlike a ridged coffin, and looked to be a pretty large stone; the old peo-\\nple always told me it was a state line stone; Horse hammock, where\\nthe house stands, was always in Virginia, as long as I remember; I\\nleft Smith s island 27 years ago, the 14th day of last November past;.\\nI lived north of John Parks dwelling-house, and always paid taxes\\nin Maryland; I don t remember that John Parks ever paid any taxes,\\nhe would go from the one house to the other, so they told me; South\\npoint and Sheep hammock, up to Fishing creek, always paid taxes in\\nVirginia; I cannot say where the people who lived where Johnson\\nEvans on Horse hammock now lives, paid taxes; old man Jacky or\\nJohn Tyler owned it until he run through it; I have always heard of\\na stone about a mile or three quarters of a mile north of Horse ham-\\nmock, on east side of Smith s island, the one I have described at Ot-\\nter island, which was put there to mark the state line, as they told\\nme; the old man Solomon Evans, who used to own the places I am\\ntelling you about, is dead; John Parks died before I removed from\\nSmith s island to Sykes island, where I live now; I think he died\\nabout 31 or 32 years ago, to the best of my recollection; I think he\\ntold me a short time before he died that he was 82, or in his 83 years\\nof age, he was a very old man. That is about all I know, and these-\\nthings which I have told are very plain in my mind, as plain as my\\nfingers. I have seen the gum tree at Tubman Evans I can t say\\nhow long it is since I saw it last, and can t say whether it was cut\\ndown or rotted down.", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "208\\nExamined by Mr. Jones.\\nOtter island is about half a mile or three-quarters of a mile north\\nof Horse hammock. As far as I remember back John T3 ler lived at\\nHorse hammock house. He lived there before Peter Evans, during\\nthe war of 1812. I can t say how long he lived there; he was a jus-\\ntice of the peace once, and it is likely he was and I think he was\\nwhile he lived there. No family then lived south of John Parks s\\ndwelling on Hog Neck. There was Shanks s where John Marshall\\nlives, Horse hammock, and one family on Fishing creek. Two fami-\\nlies then lived at Shanks s, Billy and Dicky Evans; the old man s son\\nDicky lived at Fishing creek. A. Hoflfman afterwards lived south of\\nJohn Tyler. I have nt been there for some years; when I have gone\\nthere it has been at the upper end to church. There was first John\\nParks, and all south of that, there were young Dicky Evans, at Fish-\\ning creek; Billy and Dicky Evans at Shanks s; Jacky Tyler, at Horse\\nhammock, and these were all I remember south of John Parks s house\\nat that day. Shanks s families were about 2 miles south of John\\nParks s. I did not know any ridge called Dogwood, and never heard\\nof Pitscraft. I knew Tommy Tyler, son of David, and the land he\\nlived on was called Drum point, on Tyler s creek. When I lived on\\nSmith s island boating generally was our living, trading in oysters\\nmostly.\\nRe-examined by Mr. Wise.\\nWhen I first began the boating business there was but very little\\ntrouble about the places where we oystered. We first bought oysters\\nat Nanticoke and ran them to Washington. The Yankees came in\\nlarge vessels and gave higher prices and drove us to the western shore\\nof Virginia. We bought and carried but did nt catch oysters gener-\\nally. Sykes s island as far as I remember has always been in Virginia,\\nit lies about due east from Ape s hole. Rich hammock is north of\\nJohn Park s house.\\nhis\\nJOHN M SPENCE.\\nmark.", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "209\\nCRISFIELD, Md., June 5th, 1872.\\nThe joint commissioners having adjourned on yesterday to meet to-\\nday at Smith s island, to visit two stones, one at the mouth of a creek\\noff The Barn, and another on the west side of the island off the\\nshore of the upper part of Hog Neck, but the wind being very\\nhigh and rendering the work impracticable on the island, they assem-\\nbled to-day at this place.\\nPresent Hon. I. D, Jones, Wm. J. Aydelotte, Esq., Col. William\\nAVatts and Henry A. Wise, Esq., and they proceeded to read numer-\\nous patents of Virginia for land at and near the divisional line as\\ntherein called for, of which the following were read and noted\\n(Here insert my original, Mr. Jones has a copy.)\\nAnd they also proceeded to take the depositions of the following\\nwitnesses\\nJohn W. Evans was first called, sworn and examined.\\nI am 34 years of age last April, 1872; born on Smith s island where\\nBenjamin Evans now lives. I was, when a small boy, shown a gum\\ntree which stood on Old Orchard or Cow ridge, a little south of Mis-\\nter s thoroughfare, where Severn Bradshaw now lives. I have often\\nswung in a swing on that tree, when quite a small boy; and was always\\ntold when swinging one way that I was in Virginia, and when the\\nother way I was in Maryland. The tree is now gone, but the stump\\nis there now, just the top of it above ground. I searched for it last\\nSaturday, found it and have brought some of its pieces to this place.\\nI am positive that is the stump of the gum tree which I swung on\\nand which I was told was a line tree between the states of Maryland\\nand Virginia in my early boyhood. A stone was lately found as I am\\ntold by Stephen T. Dies, John A. Evans and Caleb Evans, on the\\nwest side of the island off the Orchard ridge, near the north end of\\nHog Neck. I have not been at the stone, but it is now staked off\\nin the Chesapeake bay with a flag on the stake, which I could see\\nfrom the gum stump I have described, and the flag on that stone as\\nshown to me is about a west course from the stumjj as near as I can\\njudge without a compass. Another stone has been found, which I\\nhave seen at the mouth of a little creek through the marsh called Ot-\\nter creek I am told, south of The Barn point, on the east side of\\n27", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "210\\nSmith s island. And the stone off Orchard ridge, and the gum stump,\\nand the stone near Beaver hammoclj described by other witnesses as\\nnear Troy island bar, and the stone in the water off Otter creek, at\\nthe Barn point, all except the stump being now staked off with flags,\\nrange nearly east and west, as near as I can judge without a compass^\\nThe stone off Orchard ridge, I am told, is a very large one, about 6\\nby 9 feet, and is the same sort of stone, I am told, as that near Bea-\\nver hammock. I paid taxes once in Maryland, to Mr. Roach, the she-\\nriff of Somerset county, when I lived at Horse hammock house, and\\nhe paid them back to me. There was another John Evans and he\\nmeant to collect from him; I paid taxes for my half of the Horse-\\nhammock in Virginia; and I now live north of Horse hammock, on a\\npart of Orchard ridge now called Rogue s point, which I bought about\\ntwo months ago of Henry Dies, and the deed to me will be recorded\\nin Accomack county, Virginia; the Rogue s point where I live pur-\\nchased from Henry Dies has been always taxed in Maryland, though\\nit is I know recorded in Virginia; the stakes and flags have been put\\nat the stones within the past week since these commissioners have\\nbeen here. You can from one stone see two of the flags; from either\\nend of the line you can see the next flag but not the third, but from\\nthe centre you can see the flag at either end and tell whether the\\nthree are on a straight line.\\nJOHN W. EVANS.\\nCharles W. Marsh was next called, sworn and examined.\\n1 was 33 years of age last November; I live on Rogues point.\\nSmith s island. The first day I ever went to school, when about 9 or\\n10 years of age, I swung on the gum tree described by Mr. John W,\\nEvans and was told it was a line tree of the two states, Maryland\\nand Virginia, and I can corroborate what has been already related by\\nhim Mr. Evans, both as to the and stones. I can add only that\\nI believe the original Hog neck extended as high north as the stone\\nfound in the Chesapeake by Mr. Deis. The north end of Hog neck\\nhas washed at least 100 yards in my day, and is now cut through by\\ntwo small creeks.\\nCHARLES VV. MARSH.", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "211\\nCONTENTS.\\nCopy of paper exhibited by Maryland commissioners in the deposi-\\ntion of John Cullen. -i t 1\\nExtract from Maryland council proceedings, August 22, 1666, and\\nnote on same by Wise. J^. i. 1\\nExtract from records of Somerset county, September 2d, 1682, and\\nnotes by Mr. Wise, t L i 1\\nEarliest record December A. D. 1665 to 1668. f^ CL\\nMemoranda of colonial and commonwealth grants, tt i^i.i^f\\nPatents issued during the Regal Government of Virginia. (Pi^ -Ic o 1 i O\\nAccomack county index, ^x. i. o 1 1 q\\nNorthampton index. 1. i U", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "212\\nMARYLAND COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.\\nLiber H. H. Folio 268.\\nCommission to Stephen Horsey, William Stephens, William Thorn,\\nJames Jones, John Winder, Sidney Boston, George Johnston and\\nJohn Whilliugton, to lay out a county, bounded on the south by a\\nline drawn from Watkins point, being the north point of Ytbay into weg\\nthe river Wighco (formerly called Wighcocomaco and afterwards Po-\\ncomoke, and now Wicocomaco, againg dotg) to the ocean on the east,\\nNanticke river on the north, and by the sound of Chesp. bay on the\\nwest, to be erected into a county by the name Summerset, in honor\\nof our dear sister, Lady Mary Summerset.\\n22 August, 1666.*\\nNote by General Wise.\\nMr. Jones supposes Summerset was organized out of Dorchester.\\nSee same book. Worcester was carved out of Summerset by. act of\\nassembly 1742.\\nEXTRACT FROM RECORDS OF SUMMERSET Co., E. S. Va.\\nLiber M. A. Folio 730.\\nDeed John Evans of Accomack Co. in the Colony of Virginia\\nfrom Henry Smith and Anne his wife of Summerset County in the\\nProvince of Maryland renter grant of Lord Baltimore of 2d Septm\\n1682. Tract of land called Pitcraft bounded c. as per certificate\\n7th June 1679. parcel of land taken out of the said 1,000 acres\\n200 acres, beginning at a marked pine at North end of westernmost\\nside of a Ridge of land called Dogwood Ridge, and running Southerly\\nthe length of 200 acres, with an East course for containing\\n200 acres.\\nNote hy Governor Wise.\\nSeveral other deeds from same records, which will probably identify\\ndivisional line on Smiths island.\\nThis was before tbe line was run.", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "213\\nEARLIEST RECORD OF SUMMERSET COUNTY,\\n11th day of December, A. D., 1665 to 1668.\\nAnne Toft of Accomack recites on Manoaken, granted in\\nthe year 1665, in the year 1667, 19th day of June, granted land\\nof his and Randall Revell s land the Double purchase or Araroso to\\nHannah Cathern Revels.\\nMEMORANDA OF COLONIAL AND COMMONWEALTH\\nGRANTS.\\nDate.\\n1662\u00e2\u0080\u0094 March 12.\\n1663\u00e2\u0080\u0094 October 2.\\n1664 June and Sept.\\n1670\u00e2\u0080\u0094 October 6.\\n1678\u00e2\u0080\u0094 April 4.\\n1679\u00e2\u0080\u0094 April 30.\\n1680\u00e2\u0080\u0094 April 20.\\n1680\u00e2\u0080\u0094 October 2.\\n1699\u00e2\u0080\u0094 October 26.\\n1700\u00e2\u0080\u0094 November 27.\\n1703\u00e2\u0080\u0094 October 23.\\n1727\u00e2\u0080\u0094 June 16.\\nRobert Pitt books 5; 4,000 acres.\\nCol. E. Scarborough and John Wallas, 2,400.\\nWilliam Brittingham, east of Pocomoke, 450.\\nThomas Milbourne, Fox island N. of Watts\\nisland.\\nCol. S. Littleton, on the Forehead neck, N\\nside of King s creek at Pocomoke river.\\nMaj. Gen l John Custis, Cobham s island, in\\nPocomoke river.\\nJohn Tankard, 2,000 acres, between Gingo-\\nteag, Accomson and Pocomoke.\\nJohn Carter, Foxes North island.\\nWilliam Brittingham, 996, beginning at\\nKings alias Pitt s creek, Bt^* on the divi-\\nsional line betiveen Virginia and Mary-\\nland.\\nFrancis Mackensne, Arcadia Melboune, Dan l\\nSt. Thomas Jenifer, and John West, 3,804\\non Six island. 111^^5. S. H., near Nanti-\\ncoJce sound.\\nJohn Marshal. To a marked oak, being one\\nof the iW\u00c2\u00b0 division lines betiveen Virgin\\nnia and Maryland.", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "214\\n1787\u00e2\u0080\u0094 May 4.\\n1791_October 34.\\n1672\u00e2\u0080\u0094 October 7.\\n1680\u00e2\u0080\u0094 October 2.\\n1664 April.\\nJune.\\nAugust.\\n1682\u00e2\u0080\u0094 May 8.\\n1686 November 3.\\n1694\u00e2\u0080\u0094 April 20.\\n1695\u00e2\u0080\u0094 April 21.\\n1700\u00e2\u0080\u0094 April 24\\n1672\u00e2\u0080\u0094 April 24.\\n1691\u00e2\u0080\u0094 April 28.\\n1656 November 9.\\nSacker Nelson, northerly and easterly on Po-\\ncomoke sound, S. on the thoroughfare, W.\\non the Tangier sound.\\nRichard Evans, on Queen s ridge, beginning\\nat a marsh near Tangier sound.\\nWhere is Old Barn island, Piney island, Rich\\nhammock.^\\nJohn Robins, bounded northward C^^ 6y\\ntJie divisional line between Virginia and\\nMaryland.\\nCaptain Daniel Jenifer, 2,500 acres, between\\nCrooked cre^k and Pocomoke river, on the\\nnorth Messongo creek Gingoteague alias\\nJengoteage at Chincoteague.\\nCol. E. Scarborough, 4,150\\nCol. William Waters, 1,350\\nJohn Wallop, alias Ward-\\nIon, 3,050\\n8,550 acres.\\n1 Lient. Col. Daniel Jenifer 3,890 on Assa-\\nteague; William Kendall 2,725 acres,\\nf N. E. end of Chincoteague, including a\\nJ piney marsh called Piney island.\\nMajor John Robbins, 2,725, S. W. end of\\nChincoteague, including a little island of\\nmarsh.\\nCaptain John Custis, N. end Chincoteague.\\nHill Drummond, 183 acres on Pope s island.\\nWilliam Whittington, 5,800 acres, all Chin-\\ncoteague island.\\nMajor John Robins, 1,500 acres, being an\\nisland called Chincoteague island, and\\nparted from the main neck of Chincoteague,\\nGreat Mattapony or Swanseacute and\\nChincoteague creek, and neck on the main.\\nDaniel Selby, 600 acres, and one to Bishop,\\non Bockatenock creek, on Selby s bay.\\nEdward Smith, 700, and John Peck, 400,\\nboth N. of Daniel Selby s.", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "215\\n1675\u00e2\u0080\u0094 February 12.\\n1674\u00e2\u0080\u0094 April 9.\\n1675\u00e2\u0080\u0094 April.\\n1672\u00e2\u0080\u0094 March 26.\\n1671\u00e2\u0080\u0094 February 12.\\n1672\u00e2\u0080\u0094 October 3.\\n1672\u00e2\u0080\u0094 October 9.\\n1672\u00e2\u0080\u0094 October 7.\\n1673\u00e2\u0080\u0094 May 27.\\nDaniel Jenifer and Anne (Taft) his wife,\\n16,300, bounded east by Stokely s branch,\\nand shows where Chincoteague creek on\\nthe main was.\\nJohn Wallop, 450 on the Swanseacut or Mat-\\ntapony.\\nSamuel Taylor, 700, on Freshwater branch\\non Great Mattapony, by some called Swan-\\nseacutts.\\nColonel S. Littleton, 1,000.\\nMiles Gray, 400 acres, bounded northward\\non a southern freshwater branch of Great\\nMattapony, called Swanseacutes.\\nDaniel Jenifer, 5,000 acres, called Chingo-\\nteague, 3,000 of it granted to Colonel E.\\nScarbrough 20th June, 1664, and 2,000\\nacres of same lying N. W. of the 3,000\\nabove.\\nCaptain John West, 1,000 acres on Chinco-\\nteague creek.\\nJohn Wallop, 650 acres on Gingoteague, alias\\nChingoteague,\\nThomas Nickson, at Chincoteague creek, ad-\\njoining John Wallop.\\nSee back John Kobins, bounded northward\\nby the divisional line between Virginia and\\nMaryland.\\nThomas Mosier, 1,100 acres, in the upper\\npart of the county, in the woods near Gin-\\ngotake.", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "216\\n8\\nS\\n6\\n55\\no\\ns\\nJ*\\no^\\na\\n^o\\ng\\n2 2 1\\nIK\\no o\\n!2; 12; 02 n O\\n(B o a\\noooooooooooo\\nOOOOOuOOOOOOO\\nO^O^ O_O_C0_i0 o t- !--_\\nTt Ttl CO C-l to\\nr-l 1\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I I\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I 1\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I i-H i-H 1\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I\\nC f o o c f of cfj\\n(M I-H I-H ,-1 rH\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-S OQ i-j O i\u00c2\u00ab5 i-s\\n2 .S\\no\\ngas\\no J2 o\\n^-s a\\n5\\nO X 2 f^\\n3 S w^\\n.\u00c2\u00ab5!z; 02002\\noooooooo\\noooooooo\\nCI CO o o o \u00c2\u00abo\\nr-T c-f i-Tc-f\\nt- o o\\no ;o ;a\\nCO O CO\\nPh\\nO\\nf^\\na\\no\\n:z;\\n-e\\nS :i:f\\n02 a--\\no= s^ a\\n^^-\u00c2\u00a75 2 a-a g\\nt- t\u00e2\u0080\u0094 00 ClClOOOOr-i\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I\\niTt4;o ococo;o\u00c2\u00abo\\nO C-^ Cl CO \u00e2\u0096\u00a0tl r-H ITS t--\\nc^cococoeooo\u00c2\u00abo\u00c2\u00abo\\nC4 C^l", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "217\\n3\\nCO\\na\\nQQ\\nIS\\na\\na\\nS o to\\na w c4\\n^r. 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Lit\\no\\n2 3 d\\n(fh\\nlu~\\nrtjS ts\\n-73 P\\n\\\\sij=.\\nM^a\\nP^l\\n3,^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2A 5 9 ^t^\\nO i\\n.2\\no a 0)\\nO jS o o^\\nrt\\n29\\nCD 00\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0rt OO\\nOS CO\\nO CO\\nO o\\nI-H t(\\nO I-H eo\\nCO CO \u00c2\u00abo\\n28\\nr^ C5 CO t-\\neo CO t^ t~-\\nco CO \u00c2\u00abo CO\\nCO t-- ut) o\\nCO lO 00 o\\nl-H l-H (M\\neo O", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "218\\n1\\na\\n-a\\n00\\na\\ns\\n\u00c2\u00aba\\n-c\\nc5\\na\\n^0\\n.ill\\nc\\nT.\\nis\\n-5\\neck, N. of Kings creek at Pocomo\\ns island.\\nWatts Little, alias Qoat island.\\na\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a23\\ns\\n6\\na\\na\\n!s\\nc\\na\\nc\\nnd.\\nChincoteague, and island of in\\n9f Chincoteague island.\\n.s\\na\\n.2\\nis\\n9\\nc\\n2\\nu\\nX\\nC\\n05\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2S\\n2\\n9\\nn\\n8\\n1\\nCS\\nB\\nbc\\n_c\\nc\\nc\\nEc\\nu\\nU\\n(C\\n3\\ntD\\n^8\\n1\\na\\nI\\na\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a20\\n1\\na\\nC\\nrtU\\nrt\\no-o\\no\\noT\\n1\\n1\u00c2\u00b0\\n.2 g\\na B t\u00c2\u00ab\\nes a\\nii-o\\ns:2\\nJ5 sp\\nfcC\\n.5\\n5\\ng 35\\nCO.*\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2a\\na\\n.9\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0jW\\nOl\\nEd\\nM\\n02\\nV\\n4)\\nCi\\nC rt\\nc\\ns t\\nwiz;\\nWojtz;\\n(i^ll^\\nM\\nOMO\\nK\\nP\\nGO\\n8\\n005\\n000\\n\u00c2\u00abo\\n\u00c2\u00abo\\nOO\\nj\\neo\\n(4\\no e^\\n50 kO\\nCO 05\\n05\\nlOvO C4\\n01\\nt^\\no\\nec i-\\nlO t- C l\\nl-H\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1 1\u00e2\u0080\u00941\\n00\\n05 0_\\nO\\neo\\nC^\\nc^c^\\neo\\nrH\\nJ\\n_\\nE-\\nh-\\n.-H e f\\n0\\nO5~o\\ng\\ncf\\nco\\nco io\\nt-^\\noo\\nOi C5\\ni ff5\\nOi\\n00\\nCI\\nto\\n\u00c2\u00abD ?D\\no\\n\u00c2\u00abo l^\\nt-\\nt- t-\\n_\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\nt^\\nr^\\nP4\\n,-H 00\\n05\\nT-H 1-H\\n.-1\\n,_ ,_ eo r-\\nf^\\no\\no ta 0005\\nrt S\\nt^\\nlO\\neo fed\\nc j 10 eo\\nC) O CI C 1\\nM w (N\\n(N CI\\nN\\ni-H\\no\\ni2 D\\nC\\no\\n!z;\\no\\nsh?\\n1-5\\ns\\na\\n3\\net\\ns*^\\n1\\n-d\\n00\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00abA\\nfa\\n_o\\na\\nEH\\no\\nw\\nS\\ntXJ\\n3\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2S\\na\\n.2\\nOS\\na c\\n\u00c2\u00ab2 .2\\ne^\\n1\\ni\\n_c\\nS-a S\\na\\nc\\nm\\nr- 4;\\nC\\n4\\ne\\nS rt\\n3\\n03\\nJ3\\n-s\\nla\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a03 c\\nrt a\\ne^\\n:So\\ns\\nlb\\nsiblh\\nbit\\nshih\\na\\na)\\nblh\\nlb\\nCO\\n(M k\u00c2\u00bb\\n\u00c2\u00abo to 00\\nOtJI\\n\u00c2\u00bbo\\nK-O\\nCI r-\\nl-H\\nM\\n\u00c2\u00abo\\nOOS\\nCO-^r-l\\no\u00c2\u00bb\\n00\\n\u00c2\u00abo\\nt- CJ\\nO\\nlO\\nrH M\\nN\\n(M M\\nc\\nTt( 10\\neo\\nf-H\\n1\\nk\\nk\\nfh\\nB\\nS", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "219\\nJ*\\no\\nsi\\ntl\\nx:\\nJ\\na\\no a\\n-a\\nt m\\n=5\\na\\nO Vh\\n02 O\\ni .2\\n3 O\\nO Ck\\nl\\nm\\nH\\ni-i\\niJ\\nO g c3\\no\\n|gaj\\no\\nP \u00c2\u00aepq\\niJ\\nM ,r\\no a\\nO rt Wl\\n,hS\\neJ,^\u00c2\u00a7 3\\nH\\n3\\nS tf X 3\\ns-i fl \u00c2\u00ab8\\nS S\\no S3 a\\n!z; (1^ o\\nnj\\n\u00c2\u00abo t- o\\n1- 00\\nTf 00\\no\\n_\\nt- I-H I-H\\n00 03 rjl\\nt-- t- CO\\nPh\\nrH rH l-H\\nrH\\nPh\\nO\\nM\\nO\\no\\nO CO\\no\\n00\\n0^\\na\\n_ fj\\n15\\n!z W 3\\no3 .cq\\n-ai t-st\\nfttt\\\\ .ftto\\nsB^fi\\no eo t^\\npj\\n00 fcO lO\\no\\nto\\nCL^", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "220\\n3 O\\n2 y\\n.2 rt\\nc5 Sd\\na s\\nrt 4} (U\\n1^\\nri\\nCo ri\\ntt\\nS\\no\\nO\\naj o a\\ng\\n2 g\\nt: -2 -o\\no-^ e g\\ni\\nC i^ O o\\no2 J\\nC-J C\\n-d\\n5 2\\nrt \u00e2\u0096\u00baH a\\nfe i s\\n1(2\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A 2\\nI S\\n!z; 5* rt o\\nas a\\na -d;\\nCQ\\nT rt\\na\\no\\n13\\n.22 02\\ns\\no o t^ _\\n3\\nO aj re %_\\nM o a\\nS--* Z -a si)\\n3 a S 3\\nO CS 5)\\n5 .S\\n3\\nm O ,3 3\\n.5 a .2,\\n3 .3\\nt\u00c2\u00a3 4;!C O\\n3 cj 3\\ni3 5 tJD \u00c2\u00abr -r\\no o rt C.i\\ng 5 S -a\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00a78^2\\n=o6.S\\noo\\no o\\noo o\\nO O lO\\noq_o__ K-o^\\noo\\noo\\n\u00c2\u00ab0 \u00c2\u00abD\\nO c-l .-H\\no\\n50 \u00c2\u00ab0\\n!M CO O\\nn\\ntC\\nt- o\\nc. o\\nCO \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00ab5\\na\\nU)\\nrt\\n.-3 (U\\n3\\n:S^\\na\\ni i\\na\\no\\nSd\\na\\nf J J\\n3\\nM 3 1\\navO-\\nfttft\\nifc-G\\nS-sf\\ntet\\nS4\\nS5\\n,-1 CO\\no\\nCO\\nCO\\nnx CI\\nCO\\nCO PS\\nCO\\nT\u00c2\u00bbt Tji\\n-Oi\\no\\n5:^\\nPh\\nO)\\nr^\\nw\\nn\\nrt\\nQ\\n3\\nbl\\neS\\na\\n3\\nbC\\ncS\\n5\\nu,\\na\\nTS bl^\\ns a\\n3\\n4\\n1.0\\nO -H\\nCC 3D\\n0 J\\nb .3\\no\\ncp5\\nQ", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "221\\nThe following paper was copied by Hon. I. D. Jones, one of the\\noommissionerg of Maryland, aod exhibited in the deposition of John\\nCullen\\nMr. Jones s caption is as follows\\nCommission from the of Summerset to John S. Handy,\\nJohn Cullen and Henry Thomas, of Summerset Co., in the state of\\nMaryland, to lay off so much of Smith s island as lies within the body\\nof Summerset county aforesaid, into a separate and additional election\\ndistrict, before 1st April, [Aug st] 1836. Commission dated 8th\\nApril, 1835. Return dated 16th June, 1835. In pursuance of the\\nsaid order, we have viewed, laid out, and return as follows for said\\nelection district, to wit Beginning on the east side of said island at\\na place well known by the name of Dunn Point thence westerly\\ncross to the bay, to a Hammock called Sassafras, lying on the bay\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00achore thence by and with the bay up to Kedge s straits thence by\\nand with the sound to Dunn Point, to the beginning. And that\\nwe at the same time have elected the Methodist meeting house as the\\nmost suitable and convenient place for holding the elections in said\\ndistrict.\\nIn witness, c., June 16th, 1835.\\nJOHN S. HANDY. [Seal.]\\nJOHN CULLEN. [Seal.]\\nHENRY THOMAS. [Seal.]\\nLiber G. H. No. 8, folio 35 and 36.", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0225.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0226.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "FINAL REPORT\\nVIRGINIA COMMISSIONERS\\nlARYLAND AND VIRGIilA BODNDART\\nGOVERJs^OR OF VIRGINIA.\\nj:r.\\\\\\nRICHMOND:\\nR. F. WALKER, SUPT. PUBLIC PRINTING.\\n1874.", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0227.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0228.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0229.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3536", "width": "1961", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0230.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3519", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0231.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3598", "width": "2070", "jp2-path": "finalreportofvir00virg_0232.jp2"}}