Mason-Dixon Line Drawn

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The Mason-Dixon Line was drawn on between 1763 and 1767 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon to resolve the boundary between the overlapping claims of the British colonies in Colonial America. It is a demarcation line between four US states; Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia.

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