1763
summer
Mason and Maskelyne in London (p257)
August
M&D sign contract (p246)
October
07 Oct
Royal Proclamation of 1763 issued. Draws the Proclamation Line.
November
15 Nov
M&D reach Philadelphia (p257)
December
01 Dec
First meeting with the Commissioners of both Provinces. (p291)
05 Dec
"Upon the day appointed..."
(p296)
"...directed a carpenter to build an observatory"-the Journal
16 Dec
"...when word arriv'd of the Conestoga Massacre...[they] were taking their first Obs..." (p306)
28 Dec
There is a date error in the book for this day, see 29 Dec.
29 Dec
It is hard to tell if the events on (p302) and (p304)happen this day because Dixon says that it's "Wednesday Market." But that night on(p310) they find it too cloudy for Obs, which makes it the night of the 29th, the only cloudy night that week.
Date Index
| One: Events before the main story |
1693, 1697, 1706, 1728, 1729, 1732, 1733, 1742, 1743, 1744, 1745, 1750, 1752, 1754, 1755, 1756, 1757, 1758, 1759
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| Two: The Story |
1760, 1761, 1762, 1763, 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1771, 1779, 1786 |
| Three: Events After The Story |
