MDDM Ch. 68

[Dave Monroe]

"According to A. Hughlett Mason's transcription of 
The Journal of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon
(Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1969),
Mason writes 'Youghiogeny' as 'Yochio Geni.'  So, the
spelling comes straight from the horse's mouth (or 
pen)."

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=9804&msg=26344&sort=date

And see as well ...

Foreman, David.  "Historical Documents Relating
   to Mason & Dixon."  Pynchon and Mason & Dixon.
   Ed. Brooke Horvath and Irving Malin.
   Newark: U of Delaware P, 2000.  143-66 

--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> 658.19 Big Yochio Geni ... Youghiogheny
> 
> http://fay-west.com/youghtrail/
> 
> http://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/rec/lakes/youghiog.htm

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