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Mor_Tearach t1_ize1p88 wrote

Reply to comment by SSFx93 in Fellow Pennsylvanians, we must join our neighbors from r/Maryland to defend our territory from the Delawarean scourge! by MPA_Dad

We have to be careful though. Wasn't Pittsburgh part of West Virginia? Don't wanna stir things up. I mean. Steelers.

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randomnighmare t1_ize806b wrote

Virginia claimed that it was there and Jefferson when he was Virginia's governor sent some of his militia into PA. They were captured and a note was found from Jefferson that ended, "destroy this message".

What to be careful though is NY. They maybe a bit salty losing Erie.

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Mor_Tearach t1_izgvfga wrote

NOW I have to go read more, thank you! Love going down history rabbit holes.

Oh no, not Erie! It won't go quietly though, too many Steeler fans.

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und88 t1_izeevy0 wrote

I'm good with trading erie for delaware

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Jaylon_Wennings t1_izeiqqi wrote

That’s logistically silly. Having erie is a huge bonus for trade, shipping, and access to fresh water

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Mor_Tearach t1_izgvxuo wrote

I know you received some down votes, reversing one for the laugh out loud, outraging my poor husband, Erie grad.

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heili t1_izeol1s wrote

Parts of it were Virginia until an agreement in 1779 that extended the Mason-Dixon line to a fixed point 5 degrees west of the Delaware River and drew Pennsylvania's western border as a true north-south straight line rather than a tracing of the course of the Delaware. This was done to compensate Pennsylvania for territory that it ceded between the Mason-Dixon line and the 39th parallel.

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Mor_Tearach t1_izgv0zg wrote

Thank you! I could ( and should ) have looked it up, very good to hear the right history.

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