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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00487 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1700-1753 |
| Title | Penn, et al v. Calvert, et al |
| Date | ca. 1737 |
| Document Type | Land transaction document; Legal document |
| Content Description | An interrogatory with eleven questions for a case before the Court of Chancery of Great Britain involving a dispute between the Penn family and the proprietors of Maryland about the border. Although unsigned, this document perhaps was prepared by (or for) Ferdinand John Paris, legal counsel in London for the Penn family. The land in question became modern Delaware. The dispute was resolved finally by the Mason-Dixon survey of 1763-1767. |
| Subjects | Quaker Boundary or Property Dispute Law Global History and Civics Land Transaction |
| Theme | Law; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |