LATITUDE OF the TOWN or ERIE. 



N". XXVI. 



Obfervations made on the Old French Landing at Prefqu 

 IJIe^ to determine the Latitude of the Town of Erie. Ln a 

 Letter from Andrew Ki.licott, to Robert Pat- 

 terson Secretary of the Society. 



Philadelphia, Sept. 15th, 1796. 

 Dear Sir, 



Read Sept. T^ H E following obfervations were made on the 

 16, 1796. Jl oid French landing at Prefqu' Ifle to deter- 

 mine the latitude of the Town of Erie on Lake Erie. 

 The inftrument I ufed was a fmall zenith fedor of 20 

 inches radius. 



Plane of iJie SeSor Enjl, 1795. 



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From thefe obfervations the latitude of the landing appears 



to be 42'' 8' 17" N. and the beginning of the Town being about 



G g 2 309 feet 



