Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Jeremiah Dixon” in entry united-states-of-america-pennsylvania of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...t New Castle to adjust boundary claims between Pennsylvania and Maryland......December, 1682
[Dispute not settled until 1760, when it was referred to two English mathematicians, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon , who ran the boundary-line due west 244 miles (1763-67) in lat. 39° 43′ 26″; stones erected every mile up to 132, every fifth stone bearing the arms of the Baltimore and Penn families...
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