tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post7977973255387336370..comments2024-03-21T21:53:01.837-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: What Could Nine Stripes Mean?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-80674865165677978852007-04-27T22:37:00.000-05:002007-04-27T22:37:00.000-05:00Yes, Delaware's legal position as part of Pennsylv...Yes, Delaware's legal position as part of Pennsylvania appears in some official proclamations during the Revolutionary War. And Franklin, being a Pennsylvania politician, would certainly proclaim the preeminence of his adopted colony. <BR/><BR/>It's out of my geographic focus, but I've wondered about the regional politics that led Delaware to become independent of its larger neighbor again, and what the response from Pennsylvania was. <BR/><BR/>Now at the same time as that was being sorted out, New Jersey was still in some ways two colonies with two capitals, united under one appointed governor. <BR/><BR/>For all the emphasis the early U.S. of A. placed on the number 13, it's interesting to see how the colonies could have been numbered in other ways.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-20040844092835405432007-04-27T21:59:00.000-05:002007-04-27T21:59:00.000-05:00And indeed Delaware was part of Pennsylvania - con...And indeed Delaware was part of Pennsylvania - constituting its lower three counties - from 1682 when William Penn successfully petitioned the Duke of York for the land on the west side of the bay until 1776 when Delaware not only declared its Independance but also established itself as a state in its own right apart from Pennsylvania. Its northern boundaries were surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon between 1763-1768. Therefore, Franklin was technically correct to include Delaware with Pennsylvania in his 1754 cartoon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com