Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1915 — Explains Delaware Boundary. [ARTICLE]

Explains Delaware Boundary.

Why the northern boundary of Delaware should have been circular In form is often a source of wonderment. It came about in this way: After William Penn had obtained a grant of Pennsylvania he was desirous of owning the land on the west bank of the Delaware to the sea. He procured from the duke of York, In 1682, a release of all his title and claim to New Castle and 12 miles ‘ around, and to the land between this tract and the sea. A line that was the arc of a circle of a 12-mile radius was then run 'with New Castte as a center. When the three “lower counties” on the Delaware became a state they retained this boundary.