On November 15, 1763, Charles Mason and James Dixon, who surveyed the now famous Mason-Dixon boundary line between Maryland and Pennsylvania, arrived in Philadelphia. Their work took them more than three years. November 15, 1774, is the traditional date given for the founding of Jefferson. On November 15, 1783, John Hanson, of Frederick, the first "President of The United States in Congress Assembled" under the Articles of Confederation, died while visiting relatives in Oxon Hill. On November 15, 1859, Meschach Browning, who was born in Frederick County in 1781 and who became one of the most prolific hunters in American history, died at the home of his daughter, Nancy Nattingly, at Hoyes in Garrett County. His diaries tell the story of early America and were published several times, beginning in 1859 as "Forty-Four Years in the Life of A Hunter." On November 15, 1911, President William Howard Taft addressed a standing room only crowd at The City Opera House on North Market Street in Frederick where the state convention of The Boards of Trade was being held. On November 15, 1946, The Episcopal Orphans House on the southeast corner of East Church Street and Middle Alley (now Maxwell Avenue) was sold at auction to Dr. P. S. Lansdale and Dr. Robert S. Tyson for $20,000. They converted the century-old building into apartments. On November 15, 1990, Judge William W. Wenner, of The Maryland Court of Special Appeals and a Brunswick native, was critically injured in a single-car accident in Rosemont. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]