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Northern Boundary Line (Classic Reprint): The Circumstances Leading to the Establishment, in 1769, of the Northern Boundary Line Between New Jersey and New York - Softcover
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How a 1769 border was finally set between New Jersey and New York—and who fought for it.
This nonfiction study clarifies the long, contested process behind the line that defined who owned land north of the Hudson and Delaware rivers.
Two short paragraphs frame the scope and value. It traces the early grant language that described the boundary, explains why maps and river courses created confusion, and shows how a royal commission and a diverse group of surveyors and officials finally moved toward a settlement. Readers will see how political rivalries, legal maneuvers, and careful surveying shaped land rights for generations of settlers, patentees, and governments.- Learn how the boundary was described in early grants and why those descriptions didn’t match later maps.
- Follow the sequence of commissions, meetings, and key figures who shaped the final line.
- Understand how the dispute affected land ownership, patents, and local communities on both sides of the border.
- See how a mix of diplomacy, legal authority, and practical surveying brought a resolution that honored existing claims.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is an exploration of the dispute over the boundary lines between New York and New Jersey between 1664 and 1769. This boundary dispute encapsulates several broader themes: the legacy of imprecise descriptions from early explorers; the complex legal processes of land rights in the New World; the development of a colonial legal system; and the ongoing bureaucratic legacy of haphazard record-keeping during a period of fast land grabs and claims in the New World. The author highlights the power of perseverance as New Jersey officials over many years repeatedly and creatively petitioned the Crown to settle the dispute, which was finally resolved by a commission of inquiry in 1769. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781333716875_0
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