Harrison, Benjamin (ca. 1726-1791) to John Dickinson
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04871 Author/Creator: Harrison, Benjamin (ca. 1726-1791) Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 June 1783 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 29.8 cm, Width: 18.4 cm Order a Copy
Written by Harrison, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as Governor of Virginia to Dickinson as President of Pennsylvania.
Written "In Council." Regarding the ownership of land along the Virginia-Pennsylvania border. This problem dated to the 1740s and was temporarily resolved during the Revolution, but became an issue after the war. Surveys were finally done in 1784 that gave the land definitively to Pennsylvania by 1786. This letter is asking Dickinson for an update on the problem.
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