PTOTES ON VIRGINIA. 



QUERY I. 



^N exact description of the limits and boundaries of 

 tlie State of Virginia ? 



Vircriaia is bounded on ihe Fast by the Atlantic: on 

 the North by a line of hitiiiide, crossing the Eastern 

 Shore I'lroiigh \V;\tki;i'tf Point, being about 37°. 57'. 

 North latitude ; from thence by a straight line to Cin- 

 quac, near ihe mouth of Patowmac ; thence by the 

 Paiowmac, whicli is common to Virginia and Maryland, 

 to the first fountain /)f its northern hranch ; thence by 

 a meridian line, passing through that fountain till it 

 intersects a line running East and West, in latitude 

 39^^. 48 . 42.4". which divides Maryland from Pennsyl- 

 vania, and which was marked l)y Messrs. Mason and 

 Dixon ; thence by that line, and a continuation of it 

 westwardly to tlic completion of five degrees of longi- 

 tude from the eastern houndary of Peimsylvania, in 

 the same latitude, and thence l)y a meridian line to tne 

 Ohio : on the West by the Ohio and Mississi[)pi, to the 

 latitude 3()^. 30 . North : and on the South by the line of 

 latitude last mentioned. JJy admeasurements throtigh 

 nearly the whole of this last line, and supplying the 

 unmeasured |)arts from good data, the At'antic and 

 Mississippi are found in this latitude to be 758 miles 

 distant, equal to 3(F. 38'. of longitude, reckoning 55 

 miles and 3144 feet to the degree. This being our com- 

 prehension of longitude, that of our latitude, taken he- 

 tween this and Mason and Dixon's line, is 3°. 13'. 42. 4". 

 equal to 223.3 miles, supposing a degree of a great cir- 

 cle to he <j9 m. 864 feet as computed by Cassini. These 

 boundaries include an area somewhat triangular, of 



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