032: The Line Between Pennsylvania and Maryland

The year: 1767 This episode is full of drama and scandal amongst the colonies when someone finally reads a contract. Randi covers the context including beavers as well as  the audacity of William Penn.  Why did  Jeremiah Dixon and Charles Mason have to come physically mark the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland ? Find out in this episode!  Sources:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrmFnuoG4N0   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iaopt5b_6ko https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/feature-articles/our-most-famous-border-mason-dixon-line https://www.mdhistory.org/when-maryland-almost-got-philadelphia-the-remarkable-story-of-the-mason-dixon-line/ https://www.argomaps.org/stories/mason-dixon-survey/ https://www.risingsunmd.org/department/division.php?structureid=51 Let us know what you're sippin' :Instagram.com/SipAndSaga_Society/Facebook.com/SipAndSaga/sipandsaga.onlineThank you to those who support the Society including :Trey Boles  for our wonderful intro and outro music!