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Jim Murphy 6/15/21 Jim Murphy 6/15/21

Why the Mason Dixon Survey Started on Philly’s South Street

Today, most people know the Mason Dixon Line as the boundary between the country’s North and South. But that was never the intention of the Mason-Dixon survey.

Jim Murphy 6/1/21 Jim Murphy 6/1/21

Want To Learn History Easily?

I woke up in the middle of the night with three words in my mind: "The Last Farewell." The next morning, I realized why I had written these words.