Mike,
Yeah, I think we should really have Ran or Ben just lock this thread. And, you are defending me!
I spoke with TePaul this morning. He is, on his own account, searching MCC, deeds, and even in Washington DC for evidence or copies of Wilson's working topos. Now, it may take months, but when and if he finds them, we might have something more to discuss regarding any interim boundary. For the record, he is in the "there must have been another boundary" camp. You know, there could have been but it was certainly just another line on a paper, since there is no deed or record of such a line delineating a specific 117 acres.
So, once again, let's give it a rest and start a new thread when new evidence comes out. Endlessly debating this is not productive and its perhaps costing some friendships, or as Lincoln would put it, "breaking the bonds of our affection."
And, there is some possible danger in turning internet speculation into fact that isn't. Here's a new one - the MJ autopsy shows he had a crumpled copy of Merion threads in his hands when he died, and he was so angry it caused cardiac arrest. Hey, just because there is no evidence that MJ was reading Merion threads the day he died, it doesn't mean it didn't happen, right? Isn't that about the level we have stooped to here?
As to the 13 acres, I think that MCC decided it was an unlucky number and backed out of the option......no seriously, I think its just another one of those newspaper mistakes that seem to happen with regularity.
In sort of a related subject, we know gca hadn't really developed the professional standards of today. Does anyone with a journalism background know if rigid journalistic fact checking had developed by that point for local papers?
Actually, don't answer that!
Ran and Ben, Take Down This Thread!