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         Penn, William, 1644-1718.
      
       
         
           1681
        
      
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             A brief account of the province of Pennsylvania, lately granted by the King, under the great seal of England to William Penn and his heirs and assigns
             Penn, William, 1644-1718.
          
           8 p., 1 folded leaf of plates : map.
           
             Printed for Benjamin Clark ...,
             [London :
             1681?]
          
           
             Caption title.
             Imprint from colophon.
             Signed: William Penn.
             Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           A
           brief
           Account
           of
           the
           Province
           of
           Pennsylvania
           ,
           Lately
           Granted
           by
           the
           KING
           ,
           Under
           the
           GREAT
           Seal
           of
           England
           ,
           TO
           WILLIAM
           PENN
           AND
           HIS
           Heirs
           and
           Assigns
           .
        
         
           SInce
           (
           by
           the
           good
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Favour
           of
           the
           King
           )
           a
           Country
           in
           America
           is
           fallen
           to
           my
           Lot
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           not
           less
           my
           Duty
           ,
           then
           my
           Honest
           Interest
           ,
           to
           give
           some
           publick
           notice
           of
           it
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           those
           of
           our
           own
           or
           other
           Nations
           ,
           that
           are
           inclin'd
           to
           Transport
           Themselves
           or
           Families
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           may
           find
           another
           Country
           added
           to
           their
           Choice
           ;
           that
           if
           they
           shall
           happen
           to
           like
           the
           Place
           ,
           Conditions
           ,
           and
           Government
           ,
           (
           so
           far
           as
           the
           present
           Infancy
           of
           things
           will
           allow
           us
           any
           prospect
           )
           they
           may
           ,
           if
           they
           please
           ,
           fix
           with
           me
           in
           the
           Province
           ,
           hereafter
           described
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             The
             KING'S
             Title
             to
             this
             Country
             before
             he
             granted
             it
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             
               Jus
               Gentium
            
             ,
             or
             Law
             of
             Nations
             ,
             that
             what
             ever
             Waste
             ,
             or
             unculted
             Country
             ,
             is
             the
             Discovery
             of
             any
             Prince
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             right
             of
             that
             Prince
             that
             was
             at
             the
             Charge
             of
             the
             Discovery
             :
             Now
             this
             Province
             is
             a
             Member
             of
             that
             part
             of
             America
             ,
             which
             the
             King
             of
             Englands
             Ancestors
             have
             been
             at
             the
             Charge
             of
             Discovering
             ,
             and
             which
             they
             and
             he
             have
             taken
             great
             care
             to
             preserve
             and
             Improve
             .
          
           
             
               
               
                 
                   A
                   Map
                
                 of
                 Some
                 of
                 the
                 South
                 and
                 east
                 bounds
                 of
                 PENNSYLVANIA
                 in
                 America
                 being
                 par●ly
                 Inhabited
                 .
                 Sold
                 by
                 John
                 Thornton
                 at
                 the
                 Signe
                 of
                 England
                 Scotland
                 and
                 Ireland
                 in
                 the
                 Minories
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 John
                 Setler
                 at
                 his
                 Shop
                 in
                 Popes
                 head
                 Alley
                 in
                 Cornhill
                 LONDON
                 .
              
               
            
          
           
           
        
         
           
           
             II.
             William
             Penn's
             Title
             from
             the
             KING
             .
          
           
             
               An
               Abstract
               of
               the
               Patent
               GRANTED
               BY
               THE
               KING
               ,
               To
               VVilliam
               Penn.
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Fourth
                   of
                   March
                   ,
                   1681.
                   
                
              
            
             
               I.
               VVE
               do
               Give
               and
               Grant
               (
               upon
               divers
               considerations
               )
               to
               
                 William
                 Penn
              
               his
               )
               Heirs
               and
               Assigns
               for
               ever
               all
               that
               Tract
               of
               Land
               in
               America
               with
               all
               Islands
               thereunto
               belonging
               That
               is
               to
               say
               from
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               fortieth
               degree
               of
               
                 North
                 Latitude
              
               unto
               the
               forty
               third
               Degree
               (
               of
               
                 North
                 Latitude
              
               whose
               Eastern
               bounds
               from
               Twelve
               English
               Miles
               above
               New-Castle
               (
               alias
               
                 Delaware
                 Town
              
               )
               runs
               all
               along
               upon
               the
               side
               of
               Delaware
               River
               .
            
             
               II.
               Free
               and
               undisturb'd
               use
               and
               passage
               into
               and
               out
               of
               all
               Harbours
               Bays
               Waters
               Rivers
               Isles
               and
               Inlets
               belonging
               to
               or
               leading
               to
               the
               same
               Together
               with
               the
               Soyl
               Fields
               Woods
               Vnderwoods
               Mountains
               Hills
               Fenns
               Isles
               Lake
               &
               Rivers
               Waters
               Rivulets
               Bays
               and
               Inlets
               Scituate
               in
               or
               belonging
               unto
               the
               Limits
               and
               Bounds
               aforesaid
               Together
               with
               all
               sorts
               of
               Fish
               Mines
               Mettles
               ,
               &c.
               
               To
               have
               and
               to
               hold
               to
               the
               only
               behoof
               of
               the
               said
               
                 William
                 Penn
              
               his
               Heirs
               and
               Assigns
               for
               ever
               To
               be
               holden
               of
               us
               as
               of
               our
               Castle
               of
               Windsor
               in
               free
               and
               common
               soccage
               paying
               only
               two
               Beaver
               skins
               yearly
               .
            
             
               III.
               And
               of
               our
               further
               Grace
               we
               have
               thought
               it
               fit
               to
               erect
               and
               we
               do
               hereby
               erect
               the
               aforesaid
               Countrey
               and
               Islands
               into
               a
               Province
               and
               Seigniory
               and
               do
               call
               it
               Pennsilvania
               and
               so
               from
               henceforth
               we
               will
               have
               it
               call'd
               .
            
             
               IV.
               That
               reposing
               special
               confidence
               in
               the
               wisdom
               and
               justice
               of
               the
               said
               
                 William
                 Penn
              
               we
               do
               grant
               to
               him
               and
               his
               Heirs
               and
               their
               Deputies
               for
               the
               good
               and
               happy
               Government
               thereof
               to
               ordain
               and
               enact
               and
               under
               his
               and
               their
               seals
               to
               publish
               any
               Laws
               whatever
               for
               the
               publick
               uses
               of
               the
               said
               Province
               by
               and
               with
               the
               Advice
               and
               Approbation
               of
               the
               Free-holders
               of
               the
               said
               Countrey
               or
               their
               delegates
               so
               as
               they
               be
               not
               repugnant
               to
               the
               Law
               of
               this
               Realm
               and
               to
               the
               Faith
               and
               Allegiance
               due
               unto
               us
               by
               the
               legal
               Government
               thereof
               .
            
             
               V.
               Full
               power
               to
               the
               said
               
                 William
                 Penn
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               to
               appoint
               Iudges
               Leiutenants
               Iustices
               Magistrates
               and
               Officers
               for
               what
               causes
               soever
               and
               with
               what
               Power
               and
               in
               such
               Form
               as
               to
               him
               seems
               convenient
               also
               to
               be
               able
               to
               Pardon
               and
               Abolish
               Crimes
               and
               Offences
               and
               to
               do
               all
               and
               every
               other
               thing
               that
               to
               the
               compleat
               Establishment
               of
               Iustice
               unto
               Courts
               and
               Tribunals
               forms
               of
               Iudicature
               and
               manner
               of
               proceedings
               
               do
               belong
               and
               our
               pleasure
               is
               and
               so
               we
               enjoyn
               and
               require
               that
               such
               Laws
               and
               Proceedings
               shall
               be
               most
               absolute
               and
               available
               in
               Law
               and
               that
               all
               the
               Leige
               People
               of
               us
               our
               Heirs
               and
               Successors
               inviolably
               keep
               the
               same
               in
               those
               parts
               saving
               to
               us
               smal
               appeals
               .
            
             
               VI.
               That
               the
               Laws
               for
               regulating
               Property
               as
               well
               for
               the
               discent
               of
               Lands
               as
               enjoyment
               of
               Goods
               and
               Chattels
               and
               likewise
               as
               to
               Felonies
               shall
               be
               the
               same
               there
               as
               here
               in
               England
               until
               they
               shall
               be
               altered
               by
               the
               said
               
                 William
                 Penn
              
               his
               Heirs
               or
               Assigns
               and
               by
               the
               Freemen
               of
               the
               said
               Province
               or
               their
               Delegates
               or
               Deputies
               or
               the
               greater
               part
               of
               them
               .
            
             
               VII
               .
               Furthermore
               that
               this
               new
               Colony
               may
               the
               more
               happily
               encrease
               by
               the
               multitude
               of
               People
               resorting
               thither
               therefore
               we
               for
               us
               our
               Heirs
               and
               Successors
               do
               hereby
               grant
               License
               to
               all
               the
               Leige
               People
               present
               and
               future
               of
               us
               ,
               &c.
               (
               excepting
               such
               as
               shall
               be
               specially
               forbidden
               )
               to
               Transport
               themselves
               and
               Families
               into
               the
               said
               Country
               there
               to
               Inhabit
               and
               Plant
               for
               the
               publick
               and
               their
               private
               Good.
               
            
             
               VIII
               .
               Liberty
               to
               Transport
               what
               Goods
               or
               Commodities
               are
               not
               forbidden
               paying
               here
               the
               Legal
               Customs
               due
               to
               us
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               IX
               .
               Power
               to
               divide
               the
               Countey
               into
               Counties
               Hundreds
               and
               Towns
               to
               Incorporate
               Towns
               into
               Burroughs
               and
               Burroughs
               into
               Cities
               to
               make
               Fairs
               and
               Markets
               with
               convenient
               Priviledges
               according
               to
               the
               merit
               of
               the
               Inhabitants
               or
               the
               fitness
               of
               the
               place
               And
               to
               do
               all
               other
               thing
               or
               things
               touching
               the
               premises
               which
               to
               the
               said
               
                 William
                 Penn
              
               his
               Heirs
               or
               Assigns
               shall
               seem
               meet
               and
               requisite
               albeit
               they
               be
               such
               as
               of
               their
               own
               nature
               might
               otherwise
               require
               a
               more
               special
               commandment
               and
               warrant
               then
               in
               those
               presents
               is
               express'd
               .
            
             
               X.
               Liberty
               to
               Import
               the
               Growth
               or
               Manufactures
               of
               that
               Province
               into
               England
               paying
               here
               the
               Legal
               duty
               .
            
             
               XI
               .
               Power
               to
               erect
               Ports
               Harbours
               Creeks
               Havens
               Keys
               and
               other
               places
               for
               Merchandizes
               with
               such
               Iurisdiction
               and
               Priviledges
               as
               to
               the
               said
               
                 William
                 Penn
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               shall
               seem
               expedient
               .
            
             
               XII
               .
               Not
               to
               break
               the
               Acts
               of
               Navigation
               neither
               Governour
               nor
               Inhabitants
               upon
               the
               penaltys
               contained
               in
               the
               said
               Acts.
               
            
             
               XIII
               .
               Not
               to
               be
               in
               League
               with
               any
               Prince
               or
               Country
               that
               is
               in
               War
               against
               us
               our
               Heirs
               and
               Successors
               .
            
             
               XIV
               .
               Power
               of
               safety
               and
               defence
               in
               such
               way
               and
               manner
               as
               to
               the
               said
               
                 William
                 Penn
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               seems
               meet
               .
            
             
               XV.
               Full
               power
               to
               Assign
               Alien
               Grant
               Demise
               or
               Enfeoff
               of
               the
               premises
               so
               many
               and
               such
               parts
               and
               parcels
               to
               those
               that
               are
               willing
               to
               purchase
               the
               same
               as
               the
               said
               
                 William
                 Penn
              
               thinks
               fit
               
                 to
                 have
                 and
                 to
                 hold
              
               to
               them
               the
               said
               Persons
               their
               Heirs
               or
               Successors
               in
               fee
               Simple
               or
               fee
               Tail
               or
               for
               term
               of
               Life
               or
               Lives
               or
               years
               to
               be
               held
               of
               the
               said
               
                 William
                 Penn
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               as
               of
               the
               said
               Seigniory
               of
               Windsor
               by
               such
               Services
               Customs
               and
               Rents
               as
               shall
               seem
               fit
               to
               the
               said
               
                 William
                 Penn
              
               his
               Heirs
               and
               Assigns
               and
               not
               immediately
               of
               us
               our
               Heirs
               or
               Successors
               and
               that
               the
               said
               Persons
               may
               take
               the
               premisses
               or
               any
               Parcel
               thereof
               of
               the
               said
               
                 William
                 Penn
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               and
               the
               same
               hold
               to
               themselves
               their
               Heirs
               and
               Assigns
               the
               Statute
               
                 Quia
                 emptores
                 Terrarum
              
               in
               any
               wise
               notwithstanding
               .
            
             
             
               XVI
               .
               We
               give
               and
               grant
               License
               to
               any
               of
               those
               Persons
               to
               whom
               the
               said
               
                 William
                 Penn
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               has
               granted
               any
               Estate
               of
               Inheritance
               as
               aforesaid
               with
               the
               consent
               of
               the
               said
               
                 William
                 Penn
              
               to
               erect
               any
               parcel
               of
               Lands
               within
               the
               said
               Province
               into
               Mannors
               to
               hold
               Courts
               Barron
               and
               view
               of
               Francke-pledge
               ,
               &c.
               by
               Themselves
               or
               Stewards
               .
            
             
               XVII
               .
               Power
               to
               those
               Persons
               to
               Grant
               to
               others
               the
               same
               Tenures
               in
               fee
               simple
               or
               otherwise
               to
               be
               held
               of
               the
               said
               Mannors
               respectively
               and
               upon
               all
               further
               Alienations
               the
               Land
               to
               be
               held
               of
               the
               Mannor
               that
               it
               held
               of
               before
               the
               Alienation
               .
            
             
               XVIII
               .
               We
               do
               Covenant
               and
               Grant
               to
               and
               with
               the
               said
               
                 William
                 Penn
              
               his
               Heirs
               and
               Assigns
               that
               we
               will
               not
               set
               or
               make
               any
               Custom
               or
               other
               Taxation
               upon
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
               the
               said
               Province
               upon
               Lands
               Houses
               Goods
               Chattels
               or
               Merchandizes
               except
               with
               the
               consent
               of
               the
               Inhabitants
               and
               Governour
               .
            
             
               XIX
               .
               A
               charge
               that
               no
               Officers
               nor
               Ministers
               of
               us
               our
               Heirs
               and
               Successors
               do
               presume
               at
               any
               time
               to
               attempt
               any
               thing
               to
               the
               contrary
               of
               the
               premises
               or
               in
               any
               sort
               withstand
               the
               same
               but
               that
               they
               be
               at
               all
               times
               aiding
               to
               the
               said
               
                 William
                 Penn
              
               and
               his
               Heirs
               and
               to
               the
               Inhabitants
               and
               Merchants
               their
               Factors
               and
               Assigns
               in
               the
               full
               use
               and
               benefit
               of
               this
               our
               Charter
               .
            
             
               XX.
               And
               if
               any
               doubts
               or
               questions
               shall
               hereafter
               arise
               about
               the
               true
               sense
               or
               meaning
               of
               any
               Word
               Clause
               or
               Sentence
               contained
               in
               this
               our
               Charter
               We
               will
               Ordain
               and
               Command
               that
               at
               all
               times
               and
               in
               all
               things
               such
               Interpretation
               be
               made
               thereof
               and
               allowed
               in
               any
               of
               our
               Courts
               whatsoever
               as
               shall
               be
               adjudged
               most
               advantageous
               and
               favourable
               unto
               the
               said
               
                 William
                 Penn
              
               his
               Heirs
               and
               Assigns
               so
               as
               it
               be
               not
               against
               the
               Faith
               and
               Allegiance
               due
               to
               us
               our
               Heirs
               and
               Successors
               .
            
             
               In
               Witness
               whereof
               we
               have
               caused
               our
               Letters
               to
               be
               made
               Patents
               .
               
                 Witness
                 our self
                 at
                 Westminster
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               The
               KING's
               Declaration
               TO
               The
               Inhabitants
               and
               Planters
               of
               the
               Province
               of
               PENNSYLVANIA
               .
            
             
               
                 CHARLES
                 R.
                 
              
            
             
               VVHereas
               His
               Majesty
               in
               consideration
               of
               the
               great
               merit
               and
               faithful
               services
               of
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Penn
              
               deceased
               ,
               and
               for
               divers
               other
               good
               Causes
               Him
               thereunto
               moving
               ,
               hath
               been
               Graciously
               pleased
               by
               Letters
               Patents
               bearing
               Date
               the
               Fourth
               day
               of
               March
               last
               past
               ,
               to
               Give
               and
               Grant
               unto
               
                 William
                 Penn
              
               Esquire
               ,
               Son
               and
               Heir
               of
               the
               said
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Penn
              
               ,
               all
               that
               Tract
               of
               Land
               in
               
               America
               ,
               called
               by
               the
               Name
               of
               Pennsylvania
               ,
               as
               the
               same
               is
               Bounded
               on
               the
               East
               by
               Delaware
               River
               ,
               from
               Twelve
               miles
               distance
               Northwards
               of
               New-Castle
               Town
               ,
               unto
               the
               three
               and
               fourtieth
               Degree
               of
               Northern
               Latitude
               ,
               if
               the
               said
               River
               doth
               extend
               so
               far
               Northwards
               ,
               and
               if
               the
               said
               River
               shall
               not
               extend
               so
               far
               North-ward
               ,
               then
               by
               the
               said
               River
               so
               far
               as
               it
               doth
               extend
               :
               And
               from
               the
               Head
               of
               the
               said
               River
               ,
               the
               Eastern
               Bounds
               to
               be
               determined
               by
               a
               Meridian
               Line
               to
               be
               drawn
               from
               the
               Head
               of
               the
               said
               River
               ,
               unto
               the
               said
               Three
               and
               fourtieth
               Degree
               ,
               the
               said
               Province
               to
               extend
               Westward
               Five
               Degrees
               in
               Longitude
               ,
               to
               be
               Computed
               from
               the
               said
               Eastern
               Bounds
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               Bounded
               on
               the
               North
               ,
               by
               the
               Beginning
               of
               the
               Three
               and
               fourtieth
               Degree
               of
               Northern
               Latitude
               ,
               and
               on
               the
               South
               ,
               by
               a
               Circle
               Drawn
               at
               Twelve
               Miles
               distance
               from
               New-Castle
               Northwards
               ,
               and
               Westwards
               unto
               the
               Beginning
               of
               the
               Fourtieth
               Degree
               of
               Northern
               Latitude
               ,
               and
               then
               by
               a
               straight
               Line
               Westwards
               to
               the
               limit
               of
               Longitude
               above
               mentioned
               ,
               together
               with
               all
               Powers
               ,
               Preheminencies
               ,
               and
               Iurisdictions
               necessary
               for
               the
               Government
               of
               the
               said
               Province
               ,
               as
               by
               the
               said
               Letters
               Patents
               ,
               Reference
               being
               thereunto
               had
               ,
               doth
               more
               at
               large
               appear
               .
            
             
               His
               Majesty
               doth
               therefore
               hereby
               Publish
               and
               Declare
               his
               Royal
               Will
               and
               Pleasure
               ,
               That
               all
               persons
               Setled
               or
               Inhabiting
               within
               the
               Limits
               of
               the
               said
               Province
               ,
               do
               yield
               all
               Due
               Obedience
               to
               the
               said
               
                 William
                 Penn
              
               ,
               His
               Heirs
               and
               Assigns
               ,
               as
               absolute
               Proprietaries
               and
               Governours
               thereof
               ,
               as
               also
               to
               the
               Deputy
               or
               Deputies
               ,
               Agents
               or
               Lieutenants
               ,
               Lawfully
               Commissionated
               by
               him
               or
               them
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Powers
               and
               Authorities
               Granted
               by
               the
               said
               Letters
               Patents
               ;
               Wherewith
               His
               Majesty
               Expects
               and
               Requires
               a
               ready
               Complyance
               from
               all
               Persons
               whom
               it
               may
               concern
               as
               they
               tender
               his
               Majesties
               Displeasure
               .
            
             
               Given
               at
               the
               Court
               at
               Whitehall
               the
               Second
               day
               of
               
                 April
                 ,
                 1681.
              
               
               In
               the
               Three
               and
               thirtieth
               year
               of
               Our
               Reign
               .
            
             
               
                 By
                 His
                 Majesties
                 Command
                 ,
                 CONWAY
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             III.
             The
             Reason
             of
             the
             Grant.
             
          
           
             The
             reason
             and
             ground
             of
             this
             Grant
             from
             the
             King
             ,
             to
             Him
             and
             his
             Heirs
             ,
             &c.
             
             Was
             his
             Petition
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             set
             forth
             .
             
               His
               Fathers
               Services
               ,
               his
               own
               Sufferings
               and
               Losses
               ,
               in
               relation
               to
               his
               Fathers
               Estate
            
             ;
             And
             lastly
             .
             
               His
               long
               and
               costly
               Attendance
               without
               success
               :
            
             In
             right
             ,
             and
             consideration
             of
             which
             ,
             the
             King
             was
             graciously
             pleased
             to
             make
             the
             aforesaid
             Grant
             ;
             to
             which
             Title
             ,
             the
             said
             
               William
               Penn
            
             adds
             that
             of
             the
             Natives
             by
             purchase
             from
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             IV.
             Of
             the
             Country
             ,
             and
             its
             Produce
             .
          
           
             It
             lies
             600.
             
             Miles
             South
             of
             the
             Latitude
             of
             England
             ;
             and
             as
             it
             is
             of
             the
             same
             side
             of
             the
             Line
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             about
             the
             same
             degree
             with
             Mompellier
             in
             France
             ,
             or
             Naples
             in
             Italy
             :
             The
             Air
             is
             generally
             clear
             and
             sweet
             ,
             the
             Summer
             is
             longer
             and
             Hotter
             ,
             and
             Winter
             shorter
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             Colder
             than
             in
             England
             :
             The
             Soil
             is
             said
             to
             be
             as
             good
             as
             any
             in
             those
             parts
             .
             It
             commonly
             produceth
             
               Oak
               ,
               Cedar
               ,
               Mulbery
               ,
               Chesnut
               ,
               Walnut
               ,
               Firr
               ,
               Cyprus
               ,
               Ash
               ,
               Beech
               ,
               Popaler
               ,
               Saxafras
               ,
               Medaler
               ,
               Plumbs
               ,
               Grapes
               ,
               Peaches
               ,
               Strawberries
               ,
               Huckleberries
               ,
               Cranberries
               ,
               
               Hopps
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             English
             Fruit
             takes
             kindly
             ,
             and
             produceth
             suddainly
             and
             plentifully
             :
             The
             Woods
             are
             furnished
             with
             Store
             of
             Wild
             Fowl
             ,
             as
             
               Turkeys
               ,
               Pheasants
               ,
               Heath-Cocks
               ,
               Patridges
               ,
               Pidgeons
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             The
             Earth
             well
             Watered
             with
             Springs
             and
             Rivers
             ,
             and
             the
             Rivers
             stored
             with
             Fish
             ,
             as
             
               Sturgion
               ,
               Sheepsheads
               ,
               Drums
               ,
               Cat-fish
               ,
               Shads
               ,
               Ecles
               ,
            
             and
             abundance
             more
             :
             With
             Fowl
             ,
             as
             
               Swans
               ,
               Gray
               and
               White
               Geese
               ,
               Duck
               ,
               Mallard
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             The
             Corn
             of
             the
             Country
             used
             by
             the
             Indians
             ,
             produceth
             four
             hundred
             sold
             ,
             is
             Good
             and
             Hearty
             ,
             both
             in
             Milk
             ,
             and
             made
             into
             Bread
             ;
             the
             price
             two
             Shillings
             six
             pence
             the
             Bushel
             :
             There
             is
             also
             good
             English
             Corn
             ,
             as
             
               Wheat
               ,
               Barly
               ,
               Rye
               ,
               and
               Oates
               ;
               Wheat
            
             under
             four
             Shillings
             the
             Bushel
             ,
             
               Barly
               and
               Rye
            
             ,
             under
             three
             Shillings
             the
             Bushel
             ,
             Oates
             about
             two
             Shillings
             the
             Bushel
             :
             There
             are
             also
             very
             good
             
               Pease
               ,
               and
               Beans
            
             of
             several
             sorts
             .
             The
             Beef
             is
             good
             ,
             but
             Pork
             is
             very
             Sweet
             :
             The
             Beef
             at
             three
             pence
             ,
             the
             Pork
             at
             two
             pence
             half-penny
             the
             pound
             ;
             Batter
             at
             six
             pence
             a
             pound
             ,
             Peaches
             to
             Eat
             ,
             or
             make
             Drink
             of
             ,
             at
             eight
             pence
             the
             Bushel
             ;
             a
             
               Cow
               and
               Calf
            
             about
             the
             Spring
             of
             the
             Year
             ,
             at
             five
             pounds
             ,
             a
             pair
             of
             Oxen
             at
             ten
             pounds
             ,
             a
             good
             
               Breeding
               Sow
            
             at
             thirty
             Shillings
             ,
             a
             
               Young
               good
               Breeding
               Mare
            
             ,
             at
             eight
             pounds
             .
             
             But
             it
             is
             to
             be
             Noted
             ,
             that
             these
             foregoing
             prises
             and
             sums
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             paid
             
               with
               one
               half
               of
               the
               Value
               in
            
             English
             Goods
             ,
             at
             the
             Rates
             they
             are
             bought
             at
             in
             England
             ;
             for
             example
             ,
             four
             pounds
             English
             paies
             for
             the
             
               Breeding
               Mare
            
             ,
             that
             is
             Rated
             at
             eight
             pounds
             ,
             the
             like
             with
             the
             rest
             .
          
           
             The
             Country
             also
             abounds
             with
             several
             sorts
             of
             Wild
             Creatures
             ,
             as
             
               Elkes
               ,
               Deer
               ,
               Beavers
               ,
               Racoons
               ,
               Mincks
               ,
               Martins
               ,
               Wild
               Catts
               ,
               Otters
               ,
            
             &c.
             some
             of
             which
             are
             good
             Food
             ,
             and
             Cheap
             ,
             as
             a
             Fat
             Buck
             at
             two
             Shillings
             ,
             English
             Goods
             ,
             others
             of
             them
             considerable
             for
             their
             Furs
             :
             The
             way
             of
             Traffique
             ,
             is
             to
             send
             to
             the
             Southren
             Plantations
             ,
             
               Corn
               ,
               Beef
               ,
               Pork
               ,
               Fish
               ,
               Sider
               ,
            
             and
             Pipe-staves
             ;
             the
             Skins
             and
             Furs
             for
             England
             .
             The
             Conveniency
             that
             belongs
             to
             the
             Province
             in
             point
             of
             Navigation
             ,
             is
             two
             fold
             ;
             the
             one
             through
             
               Chesapeak
               Bay
            
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             
               Delaware
               Bay
            
             ,
             by
             which
             Ships
             of
             great
             Burthen
             may
             come
             and
             Trade
             to
             the
             said
             Province
             .
          
        
         
           
             V.
             Of
             the
             present
             Inhabitants
             .
          
           
             That
             part
             of
             the
             Country
             which
             is
             at
             all
             Inhabited
             ,
             is
             at
             the
             head
             of
             
               Chesapeak
               Bay
            
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             West
             side
             of
             Delaware
             River
             ,
             they
             are
             by
             Nation
             ,
             
               Sweeds
               ,
               Dutch
               ,
               English
            
             ,
             who
             are
             capable
             of
             giving
             Entertainment
             to
             New
             Commers
             ,
             till
             they
             can
             provide
             for
             themselves
             .
          
        
         
           
             VI.
             What
             the
             Country
             is
             believed
             capable
             of
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             thought
             by
             several
             knowing
             Persons
             ,
             that
             have
             Travelled
             those
             parts
             of
             America
             ,
             and
             have
             been
             well
             acquainted
             with
             places
             in
             Europe
             of
             the
             same
             degree
             ,
             that
             there
             may
             be
             Silke
             ,
             and
             Wine
             ,
             if
             not
             Oyle
             ;
             and
             for
             
               Flax
               ,
               Hemp
               ,
               Woad
               ,
               Madder
               ,
               Liquorish
               ,
               Pot-ashes
               ,
            
             and
             Iron
             ,
             there
             needs
             to
             be
             no
             question
             .
          
        
         
           
             VII
             .
             Of
             the
             Government
             .
          
           
             1st
             .
             The
             Governour
             and
             Free-holders
             ,
             have
             the
             power
             of
             
               making
               Laws
            
             ,
             so
             that
             no
             Law
             can
             be
             made
             ;
             nor
             Money
             raised
             ,
             
               But
               by
               the
               Peoples
               consent
            
             .
          
           
             2ly
             .
             That
             the
             Rights
             of
             the
             People
             of
             England
             are
             in
             force
             there
             .
          
           
             3ly
             .
             That
             making
             no
             Law
             against
             Allegiance
             ,
             they
             may
             make
             all
             Laws
             requisite
             for
             the
             Prosperity
             ,
             and
             Security
             of
             the
             said
             Province
             .
          
        
         
           
             VIII
             .
             Of
             the
             Conditions
             .
          
           
             The
             Province
             is
             cast
             at
             a
             penny
             an
             Acre
             ;
             But
             he
             sets
             apart
             several
             parcels
             ,
             which
             he
             calls
             Shares
             ;
             these
             he
             sells
             ;
             saving
             a
             Quit-rent
             ,
             necessary
             for
             to
             secure
             the
             Title
             and
             Tenure
             :
             That
             is
             ,
             whereas
             5000.
             
             Acres
             (
             which
             makes
             a
             Share
             )
             comes
             (
             at
             a
             penny
             an
             Acre
             )
             to
             
               20.
               l.
               16.
               s.
               8.
               d.
            
             yearly
             ,
             for
             
               100
               ▪
               l.
            
             down
             ,
             he
             sells
             off
             the
             yearly
             Rent
             of
             
               18.
               l.
               6.
               s.
               8.
               d.
            
             and
             reserves
             but
             
               50.
               s.
            
             which
             may
             be
             reduc'd
             as
             the
             purchaser
             pleases
             ,
             but
             something
             must
             be
             reserved
             for
             the
             Security
             of
             the
             Title
             :
             To
             which
             ,
             the
             Royalties
             proper
             to
             Mannors
             in
             England
             ,
             as
             
               Hunting
               ,
               Fowling
               ,
               Fishing
            
             ,
             with
             all
             common
             
               Mines
               ,
               Minerals
            
             ,
             and
             a
             Proportion
             of
             
               Royal
               Mines
            
             also
             (
             if
             sound
             within
             any
             ones
             propriety
             )
             is
             affixed
             by
             the
             general
             Concessions
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             such
             as
             are
             not
             able
             to
             purchase
             ,
             yet
             willing
             to
             go
             ,
             and
             capable
             
             to
             pay
             their
             Passage
             ,
             and
             their
             Servants
             ,
             may
             not
             be
             excluded
             .
             It
             is
             hereby
             Declared
             ,
             that
             every
             such
             Person
             ,
             for
             himself
             ,
             and
             Wife
             ,
             and
             every
             Child
             ,
             Male
             or
             Female
             ,
             if
             sixteen
             Years
             of
             Age
             ,
             shall
             have
             right
             to
             take
             up
             at
             
               1.
               d.
               per
            
             Acre
             ,
             Fifty
             Acres
             by
             the
             Head
             ,
             to
             him
             and
             his
             Heirs
             for
             ever
             ,
             in
             lieu
             of
             Purchasing
             ,
             which
             shall
             be
             by
             the
             Surveyor
             of
             the
             Country
             set
             out
             so
             soon
             as
             the
             said
             person
             comes
             to
             take
             it
             up
             :
             And
             to
             encourage
             such
             Children
             and
             Servants
             to
             serve
             their
             
               Parents
               ,
               Masters
            
             ,
             or
             Mistresses
             ,
             the
             full
             time
             for
             which
             they
             are
             Engaged
             ,
             Diligently
             and
             Faithfully
             ;
             Every
             such
             Child
             or
             Servant
             ,
             shall
             have
             Right
             to
             take
             up
             50.
             
             Acres
             at
             but
             two
             Shillings
             Quit-Rent
             for
             ever
             ,
             which
             makes
             him
             a
             Free-holder
             of
             the
             Country
             .
          
        
         
           
             IX
             .
             Persons
             fittest
             for
             Plantations
             .
          
           
             
               Those
               persons
               that
               Providence
               seems
               to
               have
               fitted
               for
               Plantations
               ,
               are
            
             Industrious
             Husbandmen
             ,
             Laborious
             Handicrafts
             :
             As
             Carpenters
             ,
             Ship-wrights
             ,
             Rope-makers
             ,
             Smiths
             ,
             Brick-makers
             ,
             Weavers
             ,
             Taylors
             ,
             Tanners
             ,
             Coopers
             ,
             Mill-wrights
             ,
             Joyners
             ,
             Shooe-makers
             ,
             Turners
             ,
             Potters
             ,
             such
             as
             dress
             Flax
             ,
             Hemp
             ,
             and
             Wool
             ;
             
               With
               many
               others
            
             .
          
           
             It
             seems
             also
             a
             fit
             place
             for
             
               Younger
               Brothers
               ,
               and
               Men
               of
               small
               Estates
               ,
            
             who
             with
             the
             Industry
             of
             a
             few
             Servants
             ,
             may
             in
             two
             or
             three
             years
             time
             ,
             be
             plentifully
             accommodated
             ;
             Also
             all
             Ingenious
             Men
             ,
             that
             are
             lovers
             of
             
               Planting
               ,
               Gardening
            
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             quiet
             ,
             and
             useful
             Imployments
             .
          
           
             A
             Plantation
             seems
             a
             fit
             place
             for
             those
             Ingenious
             Spirits
             ,
             that
             being
             Low
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             are
             much
             clog'd
             and
             oppressed
             about
             a
             Lively-hood
             ;
             for
             the
             means
             of
             Subsisting
             being
             easy
             there
             ,
             they
             may
             have
             time
             ,
             and
             opportunity
             to
             Gratify
             their
             Inclinations
             ;
             and
             thereby
             improve
             Science
             ,
             and
             help
             Nurseries
             of
             People
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             an
             other
             sort
             of
             Persons
             ,
             not
             only
             fit
             for
             ,
             but
             necessary
             in
             Plantations
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             Men
             of
             Universal
             Spirits
             ,
             that
             have
             an
             Eye
             to
             the
             good
             of
             Posterity
             ;
             and
             that
             both
             understand
             ,
             and
             delight
             to
             promote
             good
             Discipline
             ,
             and
             
               Just
               Government
            
             among
             a
             Plain
             and
             Well
             intending
             People
             :
             Such
             Persons
             may
             find
             room
             in
             Colonies
             ,
             for
             their
             good
             
               Counsil
               and
               Contrivance
            
             ,
             who
             are
             shut
             out
             from
             being
             of
             much
             use
             or
             service
             to
             great
             Nations
             ,
             under
             settled
             Customs
             .
          
           
             But
             they
             that
             go
             ,
             must
             wisely
             count
             the
             Cost
             ,
             
               For
               they
               must
               either
               work
               themselves
               ,
               or
               be
               able
               to
               imploy
               others
               .
            
             A
             Winter
             goes
             before
             a
             Summer
             ,
             and
             the
             first
             work
             will
             be
             Countrey
             Labour
             ,
             to
             
               clear
               Ground
            
             ,
             and
             
               raise
               Provision
            
             ;
             other
             things
             by
             degrees
             .
          
        
         
           
             X.
             What
             is
             fit
             for
             the
             Journey
             ,
             and
             first
             to
             be
             done
             there
             .
          
           
             1st
             .
             The
             Passage
             for
             Men
             and
             Women
             is
             
               Five
               Pounds
            
             a
             head
             ,
             for
             Children
             under
             Ten
             Years
             ,
             
               Fifty
               Shillings
            
             ,
             Sucking
             Children
             Nothing
             ,
             for
             Freight
             of
             Goods
             .
             
               Forty
               Shilling
               per
            
             Tun
             ;
             but
             one
             Chest
             to
             every
             Passenger
             Free.
             
          
           
             2ly
             .
             The
             Goods
             fit
             to
             take
             with
             them
             for
             use
             or
             sale
             ;
             are
             all
             Utensils
             for
             
               Husbandary
               and
               Building
            
             ,
             and
             House-hold-stuff
             ;
             Also
             all
             sorts
             of
             things
             for
             Apparrel
             ,
             as
             
               Cloath
               ,
               Stuffes
               ,
               Linnen
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             Wherein
             all
             that
             desire
             ,
             may
             be
             more
             particularly
             Informed
             ,
             by
             
               Philip
               Ford
            
             ,
             at
             the
             
               Hood
               and
               Scarf
            
             in
             Bow-lane
             in
             London
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             Being
             by
             the
             Mercy
             of
             God
             safely
             Arrived
             ;
             be
             it
             in
             October
             ,
             Two
             Men
             may
             clear
             as
             much
             Ground
             for
             Corn
             ,
             as
             usually
             brings
             by
             the
             following
             Harvest
             about
             Twenty-Quarters
             ;
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             they
             must
             buy
             Corn
             ,
             which
             they
             may
             have
             as
             aforesaid
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             buy
             them
             two
             Cows
             ,
             and
             two
             
               Breeding
               Sows
            
             ;
             with
             what
             the
             Indians
             for
             a
             small
             matter
             will
             bring
             in
             ,
             of
             
               Fowl
               ,
               Fish
               ,
               and
               Venison
            
             (
             which
             is
             incredibly
             Cheap
             ,
             as
             a
             
               Eat
               Buck
            
             for
             
               Two
               Shillings
            
             )
             that
             ,
             and
             their
             industry
             will
             supply
             them
             .
             It
             is
             Apprehended
             ,
             that
             
               Fifteen
               Pounds
            
             stock
             for
             each
             Man
             (
             who
             is
             first
             well
             in
             Cloaths
             ,
             and
             provided
             with
             fit
             working
             Tools
             for
             himself
             )
             will
             (
             by
             the
             Blessing
             of
             God
             )
             carry
             him
             thither
             ,
             and
             keep
             him
             ,
             till
             his
             own
             Plantation
             will
             Accommodate
             him
             .
             But
             all
             are
             most
             seriously
             cautioned
             ,
             how
             they
             proceed
             in
             the
             disposal
             of
             themselves
             ;
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             
               The
               Earth
               is
               the
               Lords
               ,
               and
               the
               Fullness
               thereof
            
             ;
             and
             it
             seems
             to
             many
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             time
             wherein
             those
             desolate
             Western
             parts
             of
             the
             World
             are
             to
             be
             Planted
             ,
             
             and
             have
             their
             Day
             ,
             as
             
               Asia
               ,
               Africa
            
             ,
             and
             Europe
             have
             had
             (
             of
             which
             the●
             are
             divers
             Prophesies
             extant
             )
             yet
             let
             all
             have
             a
             Reverend
             regard
             ●o
             God's
             Providence
             in
             their
             Removal
             ,
             and
             be
             serious
             in
             it
             ,
             rather
             seeking
             the
             Comforts
             of
             retirement
             ,
             and
             a
             sufficiency
             for
             Life
             (
             like
             the
             Blessed
             Patriarke
             of
             Old
             )
             th●
             Ease
             ,
             Fulness
             ,
             and
             Wealth
             .
          
           
             And
             it
             is
             further
             Advised
             ,
             that
             all
             such
             as
             go
             ,
             would
             at
             least
             get
             the
             Permission
             ,
             if
             not
             the
             good
             Likeing
             of
             their
             near
             Relations
             ;
             for
             that
             is
             both
             Natural
             ,
             and
             a
             Duty
             incumbent
             upon
             all
             :
             And
             by
             this
             means
             will
             natural
             Affection
             be
             Preserved
             ,
             and
             a
             Friendly
             and
             Profitable
             Correspondence
             maintained
             between
             them
             .
             In
             all
             which
             ,
             
               God
               Almighty
            
             (
             who
             is
             the
             Salvation
             of
             the
             Ends
             of
             the
             Earth
             )
             Direct
             us
             ,
             that
             His
             Blessings
             may
             attend
             our
             Honest
             Indeavours
             ;
             and
             then
             the
             Consequence
             of
             all
             our
             Undertakings
             ,
             will
             be
             to
             the
             Glory
             of
             His
             Great
             Name
             ,
             and
             the
             true
             Happiness
             of
             Us
             ,
             and
             our
             Posterity
             .
             Amen
             .
          
           
             
               William
               Penn.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
           POSTSCRIPT
           .
        
         
           WHoever
           are
           desirous
           to
           be
           concern'd
           in
           this
           Province
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           treated
           with
           ,
           and
           further
           Satisfied
           ,
           at
           
             Philip
             Fords
          
           in
           Bow-lane
           in
           Cheap-side
           ,
           and
           at
           
             Thomas
             Rudyards
          
           ,
           or
           
             Benjamin
             Clarks
          
           in
           George-yard
           in
           Lombard-street
           ,
           London
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           likewise
           Printed
           a
           
             Map
             of
             Pennsylvania
          
           ,
           together
           with
           a
           Description
           at
           the
           End
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           some
           Proposals
           .
        
         
           THE
           END
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Benjamin
             Clark
          
           in
           George-yard
           in
           Lom-bard-street
           .
           1681.
           
        
      
       
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