Maryland State Archives

Virginia exhibit 7

[specific mention is made of ferries over the Potomac:

From the land of George Brett, in the county of Prince William, over Potowmack river to the land of Roger Chamberlayne, in the province of Maryland- man or horse, 1/6
From the land of Josias Clapham, in the county of Fairfax, over Potowmack river, to the land on either side of the Monocachisey creek in the province of Maryland- man or horse 4p,
outlines charges for carriages, tobacco (same as one horse per hogshead), cattle, etc.]

Virginia exhibit 8

[Includes rates set for Robert Harper, in the county of Frederick, over Potowmack river, to his land on the opposite side, in the Province of Maryland- then goes up the Shenandoah?, leaving the Potomac.]

Virginia exhibit 9

[establishes a ferry from Thomas Shepherd's land in the town of Mecklenburg to his land on the opposite shore in Maryland]

Virginia exhibit 10

[Repeals act of 1765? re: ferry from land of Thomas Shepherd at Mecklenburg, in Frederick County to Maryland, as unnecessary because nearby is the ferry of Thgomas Swearingen over Potowmack river to Maryland.]

Virginia exhibit 11

[Contains provisions for fees for a ferry from the land of Benjamin Foreman, in Frederick County, over Potowmack river, to the land of the right honourable lord Baltimore, in Maryland]

Virginia exhibit 13

[a ferry from the land of the right honourable earl of Tankerville, in Loudoun county, in the tenure and occupation of John Farrow and Alexander Reame over Potowmack river, to the opposite shore, in Maryland].

Virginia exhibit 14

Virginia exhibit 15

[Includes Article 21 "the territories contained within the charters erecgting the colonies Maryland, Pennsylvania, North and South Carolina, are hereby ceded, released, and forever confirmed to the people of those colonies respectively, with all the rights of property, jurisdiction, and government, and all other rights whatsoever which may at any time heretofore have been claimed by Virginia, except the free navigation anduse of the rivers Potowmack and Pohomoke, with the property of the Virginia shores or strands bordering on either of the said rivers, and all improvements which have been made or shall be made thereon." [Note particularly that the explicit language following the ceding of charter rights refers only to improvements made to property bordering the mentioned rivers. When the sovereignty or ownership of the water is contained in the charter rights ceded, improvements can only refer to those made on the land and cannot extend to wharves, dikes and dams to divert or obstruct water, artificial fishing holes, and anything else that would interfere with the riparian rights of the owners of the river itself, which in this case is the State of Maryland or those who hold title under the State. ecp 1/27/01].

Virginia exhibit 16

Virginia exhibit 19

Virginia exhibit 20

Virginia exhibit 22

Virginia exhibit 23