its about Jeremiah dixon who went to the usa and surveyed the mason dixon line, think it was called sailing to philadelphia but who sung it
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I cannot make cornbread to save my life.
It is shameful ,dry, and bland.
I have a cast iron skillet passed on to me from my grandma and i hate to taint its good name .
Please give me your best, and I am not afraid of bacon grease.
I just want to know how you do it. Thanks !
Thanks !! Sounds great !
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Do you prefer to live North or South of the Mason Dixon line and why?
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Mason and Dixon were both from England. Some believe Dixon is the origin of the term Dixie so I would have to choose the Dixon side 
The border between Pennsylvania and Maryland is basically the Mason – Dixon line (Not exactly but close enough)
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Changes during different periods in US history. So it’s hard to say. Check the following website for further details.
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its a line somene drew between this girl named mason and this guy named dixon. it was drawn because they couldnt keep their hands off each other. i am sooo glad i coudl help you with this one
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Seriously, folks… The Northern states (mainly New England) used to run this country with a democratic iron fist because the south had no means of obtaining information. Now they had to go ahead and install cable internet in states like Tennessee and Texas. What gives? I mean, seriously, southerners should be happy with a trailer, a six-pack of Red Dog, and a BB Gun for ‘shootin’ squirrels’ (direct quote from a Kentuckian).
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No. It runs across the southern border of Pennsylvania until it reaches Delaware, at which point it heads south running between Maryland and Delaware.
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The Line that Divided the North and South
Alhough the Mason-Dixon line is most commonly associated with the division between the northern and southern (free and slave, respectively) states during the 1800s and American Civil War-era, the line was delineated in the mid-1700s to settle a property dispute. The two surveyors who mapped the line, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, will always be known for their famous boundary.
In 1632, King Charles I of England gave the first Lord Baltimore, George Calvert, the colony of Maryland. Fifty years later, in 1682, King Charles II gave William Penn the territory to the north, which later became Pennsylvania. A year later, Charles II gave Penn land on the Delmarva Peninsula (the peninsula that includes the eastern portion of modern Maryland and all of Delaware).
The description of the boundaries in the grants to Calvert and Penn did not match and there was a great deal of confusion as to where the boundary (supposedly along 40 degrees north) lay.
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