| [William Pinkney Whyte and Isaac D. Jones] Joint Commission for making the boundary line between Maryland and Virginia. Reprint of the report of the Maryland Commissioners Appointed by Act Chapter 370, of 1868, to settle and Admust the Boundary Line Between the States of Virginia & Maryland Made to the General Assembly of Maryland At January Session, 1872. Baltimore: Innes & Co., Printers, and Binders, 1876. Maryland Historical Society Pamphlets 1241. [Commissioners met for the first time on 2/1/1872 (p.4). Virginia admits that for the first time they are raising the question of the ownership of the whole Potomac (pp. 4-5). "...General Wise, for the Commissioners of Virginia, said, that they were authorized to adjust and settle the entire boundary line between the two States; that their investigations, and the maps and documents in their possession showed that Virginia was entitled to the whole Potomac River to its northern shore. ... To this it was replied, on behalf of the Maryland Commissioners, that their authority did not extend to any question affecting the line of the Potomac river, but was restricted to settling and adjusting the line of division upon the Eastern Shore of the bay; that Maryland was not aware that any other question was in issue or could be raised. ..."]
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