Fellow Pennsylvanians, we must join our neighbors from r/Maryland to defend our territory from the Delawarean scourge!SSFx93 t1_izcncyh wrote
Plot twist, the northern section of Delaware was Pennsylvania at first.
upghr5187 t1_izdqugz wrote
All of Delaware was Pennsylvania
Saltine_Machine t1_izdrq9r wrote
Yea, but we didn't want those people.
Blexcr0id t1_izds4gq wrote
As Wayne Campbell once said "Hi, I'm in...Delaware...".
BasilHaydensBitch t1_izeb0m9 wrote
And as Milton VanHorn once said “I’m going to visit a screen door factory!”
Jaylon_Wennings t1_izeiltj wrote
Delawarean here, actually you did. I think you wanted the 3 Delaware counties for access to ports and rights to the Delaware river, but the citizens of Delaware felt they had already established a culture and didn’t want to be a part of PA.
Mor_Tearach t1_ize1p88 wrote
We have to be careful though. Wasn't Pittsburgh part of West Virginia? Don't wanna stir things up. I mean. Steelers.
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.
worstatit t1_izeflfq wrote
They sold it. We still have the receipt.
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.
randomnighmare t1_izgxg1x wrote
Yeah, I wrote that half-awake but here is a better telling of the story of Virginia's claims in PA:
https://www.baltzermeyer.com/post/virginia-s-1774-border-dispute-with-pennsylvania
And another source:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/20086188#metadata_info_tab_contents
Keep in mind that Jefferson became governor in 1773.
und88 t1_izeevy0 wrote
I'm good with trading erie for delaware
Jaylon_Wennings t1_izeiqqi wrote
That’s logistically silly. Having erie is a huge bonus for trade, shipping, and access to fresh water
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.
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.
Mor_Tearach t1_izgv0zg wrote
Thank you! I could ( and should ) have looked it up, very good to hear the right history.
cn45 t1_ize0s26 wrote
The three lower counties! What once was shall return !
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