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Pope Francis declared the missionaries martyrs in 2025, and the diocese expects 10,000 people at the special Mass.
- On Thursday, a manuscript map of the Mason-Dixon Line sold for $950,000 at Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina, marking a significant price for the historic survey.
- Originally intended to settle a border dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon completed the hand-drawn survey in 1768 to demarcate colonial boundaries.
- Lauren Brunk of Brunk Auctions reported that 45 bidders competed for the survey in just under three minutes, demonstrating strong collector interest in the artifact.
- Publisher Malcolm Forbes previously purchased the map in 1982 for $360,000 after outbidding the Library of Congress, showing the document's enduring value to institutions and collectors.
- The map's boundary lines became synonymous with fundamental divisions between free and slave states, divisions that escalated into civil war four decades later, cementing its historical significance.
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