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The Preemption Line (also spelled Pre-Emption) divides the Indian lands of western New York State awarded to New York from those awarded to Commonwealth of Massachusetts by the Treaty of Hartford of 1786.〔 At Google Books.〕 It was defined as the meridian (north–south) line from the eighty-second milestone of the Pennsylvania–New York survey line at 76° 57' 58" W northward to Lake Ontario. == Origin and definition == By coincidence, the Preemption Line is near the meridian of the Capitol at Washington (77° 00' 33" W of Greenwich), but the popular assumption that the Preemption Line was intended to be on that meridian seems to be a myth, since the District of Columbia had not been surveyed at the time of the 1786 treaty; in fact Benjamin Ellicott helped map and survey the District of Columbia in 1791–1792 and then re-surveyed the Preemption line in 1792 (see below). The word "preemption" refers to the pre-emptive right that Massachusetts received to negotiate with the Indians—pre-empting New York State, and also to the pre-emptive rights of the two state governments with respect to individuals, who were forbidden to negotiate directly with the Indians without first securing a patent from the respective legislature. It is bounded on the east (New York portion) by: * the townships of Galen and Junius of the Central New York Military Tract north of Seneca Lake; * the Watkins and Flint Purchase south of the township of Reading in Schuyler County; * In between a narrow strip of land eastward to Seneca Lake purchased by James Watson. It is bounded on the west (Massachusetts portion) by the Phelps and Gorham Purchase. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Preemption Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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