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Survey of the Mason-Dixon Line 1850
Survey of the Mason-Dixon Line 1850
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Heading: (Mason-Dixon Line)
Author: Thomas, P.F.
Title: Message from the Governor of Maryland, transmitting the Reports of the Joint Commissioners, and of Lt. Col. Graham, U. S. Engineers, in relation to the Intersection of the Boundary Lines of the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania & Delaware.
Place Published: Washington
Publisher:Gideon & Co.
Date Published: 1850
Description:


87, [1] pp. Errata slip tipped in at rear. Folding map. (8vo) 21x14 cm (8¼x5½"), later plain paper wrappers. First Edition.



Rare first edition (slightly more common in the 1862 second edition). The results of a joint survey commissioned in 1845 by Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware to determine the exact course of the Mason-Dixon Line through portions of those three states. Well represented in institutional collections but no copies currently located in the trade and no copies in recent auction records. Sabin 45088.

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Minor wear, short closed tear to map at stub; very good.
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Survey of the Mason-Dixon Line 1850

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