        item: #1 of 8
          id: A25954
      author: Free Society of Traders in Pennsylvania.
       title: The articles, settlement, and offices of the Free Society of Traders in Pennsilvania agreed upon by divers merchants and others for the better improvement and government of trade in that province.
        date: 1682
       words: 4223
      flesch: 64
     summary: But this may be modestly said , It is a very Unusual Society , for it is an Absolute Free One , and in a Free Country : A Society without Oppression ; wherein all may be concerned that will ; and yet have the same Liberty of private Traffique , as though there were no Society at all . And for ever after , the General Court shall be held on the First Fifth Day called Thursday in the Ninth Month ( November ) every Year after in the Capital City in Pennsilvania , where Votes shall be Received by Letters to the Society's Secretary from all that do not appear there personally , for the chusing of Officers : Which Votes shall be Regulated by these following Conditions : IMPRIMIS .
    keywords: article; committee; deputy; office; pennsilvania; president; society
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        item: #2 of 8
          id: A30014
      author: Budd, Thomas, 1648-1699.
       title: Good order established in Pennsilvania & New-Jersey in America being a true account of the country; with its produce and commodities there made. And the great improvements that may be made by means of publick store-houses for hemp, flax and linnen-cloth; also, the advantages of a publick school, the profits of a publick-bank, and the probability of its arising, if those directions here laid down are followed. With the advantages of publick granaries. ... By Thomas Budd.
        date: 1685
       words: 14093
      flesch: 48
     summary: In general, first editions of a works in English were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably Latin and Welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. New Jersey -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Early works to 1800.
    keywords: cloth; corn; country; england; english; flax; good; granary; jersey; new; people; publick; quantities; river; school; time; years
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        item: #3 of 8
          id: A54104
      author: Penn, William, 1644-1718.
       title: 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
        date: 1681
       words: 4700
      flesch: 65
     summary: 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. 1681 Approx. 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.
    keywords: country; english; good; heirs; king; penn; province; tcp; text; william; william penn
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        item: #4 of 8
          id: A54139
      author: Penn, William, 1644-1718.
       title: The frame of the government of the province of Pennsilvania in America together with certain laws agreed upon in England by the governour and divers free-men of the aforesaid province : to be further explained and confirmed there by the first provincial council and General Assembly that shall be held, if they see meet.
        date: 1682
       words: 7536
      flesch: 57
     summary: WHEREAS King Charles the Second , by his Letters Patents , under the Great Seal of England , for the Considerations therein mentioned , hath been graciously pleased to Give and Grant unto Me William Penn ( by the Name of William Penn Esquire , Son and Heir of Sir Willam Penn deceased ) and to My Heirs and Assigns forever , All that Tract of Land or Province , called Pennsilvania , in America , with divers great Powers , Preheminencies , Royalties , Jurisdictions and Authorities necessary for the Well-being and Government thereof . Now know Ye , That for the Well-being and Government of the said Province , and for the Encouragement of all the Free-men and Planters that may be therein concerned , in pursuance of the Powers aforementioned , I the said William Penn have Declared , Granted and Confirmed , and by these Presents for Me , my Heirs and Assigns do Declare , Grant and Confirm unto all the Free-men , Planters and Adventurers of , in and to the said Province These Liberties , Franchises and Properties to be held , enjoyed and kept by the Free-men , Planters and Inhabitants of and in the said Province of Pennsilvania forever .
    keywords: assembly; council; day; good; government; governour; laws; men; province; shall; time
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        item: #5 of 8
          id: A54140
      author: Penn, William, 1644-1718.
       title: A further account of the province of Pennsylvania and its improvements for the satisfaction of those that are adventurers, and enclined to be so.
        date: 1685
       words: 7458
      flesch: 73
     summary: Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 96945) This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership.
    keywords: acres; brick; country; english; good; house; people; river; street; tcp; time; town; way; year
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        item: #6 of 8
          id: A54152
      author: Penn, William, 1644-1718.
       title: Information and direction to such persons as are inclined to America, more especially those related to the province of Pensilvania
        date: 1686
       words: 5271
      flesch: 66
     summary: The three Working hands may Plant and tend , especially vvith a little help of the Woman and Boy 20000 Indian Corn Hills ▪ vvhich generally make about 400 Bushels , vvhich at 2 s. per Bushel coms to 40 00 00 They may sovv eight Acres ; half vvith Summer Wheat , and half vvith Oats , vvhich computing at 15 Bushels per Acre , there vvill be 120 Bushels of both , and Oats at 2 s. per Bushel , and Wheat at 3 s. 6 d. per Bushel , come to . 16 10 00 To Indian Pease 01 10 00 To Gallavances and Patatoes ( a tollerable encrease ) 01 10 00   59 10 00 By this time the Year is brought about , and October is come again . Novv put the thirty , the nine , the eight , and the tvvo pounds eight shillings , and the three shillings together , and there vvill be forty nine pounds eleven shillings , vvhich vvants but nine shillings of fifty pounds , and you advance no more then money does in Ireland , that is neerer home , and an improv'd Country ▪ to vvhich add , the hazard that is Run , in this vvay , above a double Bond for the payment of the fifty pounds in Ireland ; for the ship perish , my money is gone , if the man or vvorking hands Dye , I have a Charge instead of a Revenue that vvill follovv me ; vvhich plainly evidences that the proposition is not grievous , but reasonable and charitable too , and especially vvhen vve Consider that Sixty five Days out of the Year , at eighteen pence by Day , vvill , vvithin half a Crovvn , pay the Rent , and as he has three Hundred to himself . Nor is this all , he is come to a Country vvhere Lands is cheap , and does Rise , and vvhere those that have hands cannot but live , and in a vvay too , not subject to the Contingiences & decays of Trades ; for as belovv the ground none can fall , so here every one falls upon his ovvn ; vvhich brings me to the Sixth Particular , about the benefit these Countries bring to Posterity . VI.
    keywords: acres; english; house; land; pounds; stock; vvhich; vvill
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        item: #7 of 8
          id: A54171
      author: Penn, William, 1644-1718.
       title: A letter from William Penn, poprietary and governour of Pennsylvania in America, to the Committee of the Free Society of Traders of that province residing in London containing a general description of the said province, its soil, air, water, seasons, and produce ... of the natives, or, aborigines, their language, customs, and manners ... of the first planters, the Dutch &c. ... to which is added an account of the city of Philadelphia ...
        date: 1683
       words: 10315
      flesch: 78
     summary: Jo●hua Ha●tins , Edward Betrice , Thomas Minchin , 18. John ap John , William Smith , Richard Collins , 19 Richard Snead , Dugel Gamel , William Russel , John Cole , 20 Richard Gunton Bazeleon Foster , John Marsh , Richard Hanns , James H●nt , 21. John Blunston , Henry Bayley , 22. John Penington , William Penington , Edward Penington , 23. Mary Penington , 23. John , Edward , William , & Mary Penington , 14 Richard Penn , 15. Samuel Fox , John Cole , William Russel , Henry Bayley , 16.
    keywords: city; edward; english; francis; george; good; hath; henry; james; john; jones; king; land; number; people; philadelphia; province; richard; river; robert; samuel; street; tcp; text; thomas; water; william
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        item: #8 of 8
          id: A90425
      author: Penn, William, 1644-1718.
       title: Some proposals for a second settlement in the province of Pennsylvania [by] William Penn.
        date: 1690
       words: 1742
      flesch: 59
     summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 150159) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2234:9)
    keywords: english; province; settlement; tcp; text
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