PRINTER'S NO. 2918
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
385
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY MERSKI, BIZZARRO, HARKINS, KINSEY, KHAN, HILL-
EVANS, GIRAL, CONKLIN AND D. WILLIAMS, APRIL 10, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 10, 2024
A RESOLUTION
Designating April 18, 2024, as "Erie Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, On April 18, 1795, an act passed by the General
Assembly authorized the surveying of land near Presque Isle on
the southeastern shore of Lake Erie to plan what would later
become the City of Erie and resolve the boundary between
Pennsylvania and New York; and
WHEREAS, William Irvine and Andrew Ellicott, the State
Commissioners appointed to lay out Erie, arrived in June 1795,
accompanied by a corps of surveyors and escorted by a company of
State troops; and
WHEREAS, Erie was laid out in three sections, each about one
square mile, and extending from the bay south to 12th Street;
and
WHEREAS, The first section ran from Parade Street to Chestnut
Street, the second section from Chestnut Street to Cranberry
Street and the third section from Cranberry Street to West
Street; and
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