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Transpeninsular Line Marker

Fenwick Isle, Delaware

A unique marker erected during the 18th-century. 

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Erected in 1751, this stone marker indicates the surveyed east-west boundary between the colonies of Pennsylvania and Maryland. The three lower counties of Pennsylvania would eventually become Delaware.

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