Northern Boundary Line (Classic Reprint): The Circumstances Leading to the Establishment, in 1769, of the Northern Boundary Line Between New Jersey ... New Jersey and New York (Classic Reprint) - 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.

Ideal for readers of American legal and colonial history, and for anyone curious about how borders were negotiated in the era of royal commissions.

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