![]() equal to 223.3 miles, supposing a degree of a great circle to be 69 m. This being our comprehension of longitude, that of our latitude, taken between this and Mason and Dixon's line, is 3°. of longitude, reckoning 55 miles and 3144 feet to the degree. By admeasurements through nearly the whole of this last line, and supplying the unmeasured parts from good data, the Atlantic and Missisipi, are found in this latitude to be 758 miles distant, equal to 13°. 30′ North: and on the South by the line of latitude last mentioned. Mason and Dixon thence by that line, and a continuation of it westwardly to the completion of five degrees of longitude from the eastern boundary of Pennsylvania, in the same latitude, and thence by a meridian line to the Ohio: on the West by the Ohio and Missisipi, to latitude 36°. 42.4″ which divides Maryland from Pennsylvania, and which was marked by Messrs. 57′ North latitude from thence by a streight line to Cinquac, near the mouth of Patowmac thence by the Patowmac, which is common to Virginia and Maryland, to the first fountain of its northern branch thence by a meridian line, passing through that fountain till it intersects a line running East and West, in latitude 39°. Virginia is bounded on the East by the Atlantic: on the North by a line of latitude, crossing the Eastern Shore through Watkins's Point, being about 37°. 188ĪN exact description of the limits and boundaries of the state of Virginia? Productions mineral, vegetable, and animal. They are now offered to the public in their original form and language. He had a few copies printed, which he gave among his friends: and a translation of them has been lately published in France, but with such alterations as the laws of the press in that country rendered necessary. To these circumstances some of their imperfections may with truth be ascribed the great mass to the want of information and want of talents in the writer. To apologize for this by developing the circumstances of the time and place of their composition, would be to open wounds which have already bled enough. The subjects are all treated imperfectly some scarcely touched on. THE following Notes were written in Virginia in the year 1781, and somewhat corrected and enlarged in the winter of 1782, in answer to Queries proposed to the Author, by a Foreigner of Distinction, then residing among us. STREET, BETWEEN FRONT AND SECOND STREETS. PRINTED AND SOLD BY PRICHARD AND HALL, IN MARKET Revised TEIHeader and created catalog record for the electronic edition.įinished TEI-conformant encoding and final proofing. Spell-check and verification made against printed text using Author/Editor (SoftQuad) and Microsoft Word spell check programs. Indentation in lines has not been preserved. On page 61 the reference represented by a dagger has been made to match a note represented by an asterisk.Īny hyphens occurring in line breaks have been removed, and the trailing part of a word has been joined to the preceding line.Īll quotation marks, em dashes and ampersand have been transcribed as entity references.Īll double right and left quotation marks are encoded as " and " respectively.Īll single right and left quotation marks are encoded as ' and ' respectively. Encountered typographical errors have been preserved, and appear in red type.Īll footnotes are inserted at the point of reference within paragraphs. Original grammar, punctuation, and spelling have been preserved. The text has been encoded using the recommendations for Level 4 of the TEI in Libraries Guidelines. The text has been entered using double-keying and verified against the original. This electronic edition is a part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill digital library, Documenting the American South. J42 (Rare Book Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (title page) Notes on the State of Virginia.Ĭall number F230. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.įunding from the University of North Carolina Library supported the electronic publication of this title.Īpex Data Services, Inc., Amanda Page, and Sarah Ficke
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