AREA HISTORY:  Temporary Line, Peach Bottom Township, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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THE TEMPORARY LINE – Page 767

At or near the fourth milestone, west of the Susquehanna, this line between 
Pennsylvania and Maryland is clearly defined by reference to old deeds and maps, 
now in possession of James Powell.  It runs at this point about forty-five rods 
south of Mason and Dixon’s line; it seems to run a little north or west, thus 
causing the two lines to converge.

Reference is made to this line in a lease dated February 13, 1755, for a tract 
of land called “Tom’s Knolls Resurveyed” wherein “the Hon. Edward Lloyd, Esq., 
agent and receiver-general of the Right Hon. Lord Proprietary of the Province of 
Maryland” lets for the term of ninety-nine years the said tract to Asbel 
Brannon.  This tract was sold in 1788 to Thomasville Steel, and in all the deeds 
the temporary line is mentioned.  (See page 55.)