Fellow Pennsylvanians, we must join our neighbors from r/Maryland to defend our territory from the Delawarean scourge!
Submitted by MPA_Dad t3_zfmowr in Pennsylvania
Reply to comment by SSFx93 in Fellow Pennsylvanians, we must join our neighbors from r/Maryland to defend our territory from the Delawarean scourge! by MPA_Dad
We have to be careful though. Wasn't Pittsburgh part of West Virginia? Don't wanna stir things up. I mean. Steelers.
Virginia claimed that it was there and Jefferson when he was Virginia's governor sent some of his militia into PA. They were captured and a note was found from Jefferson that ended, "destroy this message".
What to be careful though is NY. They maybe a bit salty losing Erie.
They sold it. We still have the receipt.
NOW I have to go read more, thank you! Love going down history rabbit holes.
Oh no, not Erie! It won't go quietly though, too many Steeler fans.
Yeah, I wrote that half-awake but here is a better telling of the story of Virginia's claims in PA:
https://www.baltzermeyer.com/post/virginia-s-1774-border-dispute-with-pennsylvania
And another source:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/20086188#metadata_info_tab_contents
Keep in mind that Jefferson became governor in 1773.
I'm good with trading erie for delaware
That’s logistically silly. Having erie is a huge bonus for trade, shipping, and access to fresh water
I know you received some down votes, reversing one for the laugh out loud, outraging my poor husband, Erie grad.
Parts of it were Virginia until an agreement in 1779 that extended the Mason-Dixon line to a fixed point 5 degrees west of the Delaware River and drew Pennsylvania's western border as a true north-south straight line rather than a tracing of the course of the Delaware. This was done to compensate Pennsylvania for territory that it ceded between the Mason-Dixon line and the 39th parallel.
Thank you! I could ( and should ) have looked it up, very good to hear the right history.
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