Marjorie Bloy <mbloy@dial.pipex.com> wrote: > Lester (and others) - help!! I thought Vermont was a > "new settlement" - and illegal at that - in the 1760s, > and that it came on the wrong side of the Proclamation > Line in 1763. Was it part of New York? Similarly, I > didn't think that Maine existed, but was another bit > of Massachusetts in the 1760s. New Hampshire's > governor was Wentworth, wasn't he? - related to "my > Marquis". Vermont was indeed illegal. Maine was part of Massachusetts. And the New Hampshire guv was Benning Wentworth. I dropped by the library to review the dispute between New York and Vermont. It took only a few seconds for me to be firmly reminded why it was that I had earlier postponed further study of that subject. Gosh, what a mess! I believe I'm going to postpone that for a few months more. Lester ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

Greetings Lester - thanks for that information: I shall add it to my store of knowledge. Is there anyone (including Lester!) who could tell me what the attraction of Vermont WAS, exactly? Is it because it was out of the way of the Brits, or good land, or what? The most I've seen of the USA is a bit of Florida (no, not Disneyworld!!), and the fort that can be seen from the Canadian side of Niagara Falls - so US geography is a bit of a closed book to me. Cheers Marjie.