Chapter 30: 296-301
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'Upon the day appointed...' December 5, 1763
...the House in Question, to establish its north Wall officially as the southernmost Point of Philadelphia.
According to personal communication with Todd M. Babcock, Chairman of the Mason and Dixon Line Preservation Partnership, thisto within 5'+/- is the location of the point they surveyed as the southernmost point. The house was called the Plumstead and Huddle House located at 30 South (Cedar) Street and was established as the southernmost point in 1763.
Odalisque
Turkish- Female slave in a harem
...erecting an Observatory in a vacant Piece, nearby...
Mr. Babcock gives this as the location of the Observatory to within 5'+/-.
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Flower-de-luce
another flower-named tavern (like the Orchid.)
"Flower of Light." A lily and a magnetical symbol for North. Also the
Fleur de lis
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Cryptoscope
Wouldnt be invented for some time, an early X-Ray machine of sorts, see THIS LINK - Later to be known as a Fluoroscope
Cecilius Calvert
Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (August 8, 1605 – November 30, 1675), usually called Cecil, was an English coloniser who was the first proprietor of the Maryland colony. He received the proprietorship that was intended for his father, George Calvert, the 1st Lord Baltimore, who died shortly before it was granted. Cecil established Maryland from his home in England, and as a Catholic continued the legacy of his father by promoting Religious tolerance in the colony. From WIKI
