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MSA SC 5796-2-3
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1757
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Description
Chapter 10, reprinted in, 7 Hening's Statutes at Large 125 (1820). "An Act for appointing several new Ferries, and for other purposes therein mentioned." [7tp]
[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
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MSA SC 5796-2-4
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1761
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Original
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Description
Chapter 9, reprinted in, 7 Hening's Statutes at Large 401 (1820). "An Act for appointing several new Ferries." [7tp]
[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
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MSA SC 5796-2-11
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1776
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Description
Constitution of Virginia, 1776 reprinted in 9 Hening's Statutes at Large, Chapter 2 (1821). [9tp] [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
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