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             Information and direction to such persons as are inclined to America, more especially those related to the province of Pensilvania
             Penn, William, 1644-1718.
          
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           Pennsylvania -- Description and travel.
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           INFORMATION
           AND
           DIRECTION
           TO
           Such
           Persons
           as
           are
           Inclined
           TO
           AMERICA
           ,
           More
           Especially
           Those
           Related
           to
           the
           Province
           OF
           PENSILVANIA
           .
        
         
           Re-printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1686
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Information
           and
           Direction
           to
           such
           Persons
           as
           are
           inclined
           to
           America
           ,
           &c
           :
        
         
           THat
           the
           value
           and
           improvement
           of
           Estates
           in
           our
           Parts
           of
           America
           ,
           may
           yet
           appear
           with
           further
           cleaness
           Assurance
           of
           Enquirers
           ,
           I
           propose
           to
           speak
           my
           own
           Knowledg
           ,
           and
           the
           observation
           of
           others
           ,
           as
           particularly
           as
           I
           can
           ;
           which
           I
           shall
           comprise
           under
           these
           Heads
           .
        
         
           I.
           
             The
             advance
             that
             is
             upon
             Money
             and
             Goods
             .
          
        
         
           II.
           
             The
             Advance
             that
             is
             upon
             Labour
             ,
             be
             it
             of
             Handicrafts
             or
             others
             .
          
        
         
           III.
           
             The
             Advance
             that
             is
             upon
             Land.
             
          
        
         
           IV.
           
             The
             Charge
             of
             Transporting
             a
             Family
             ,
             and
             fitting
             a
             Plantation
             .
          
        
         
           V.
           
             The
             Way
             the
             Poorer
             sort
             may
             be
             Transported
             ,
             and
             Seated
             ,
             with
             Advantage
             to
             the
             Rich
             that
             help
             them
             .
          
        
         
           VI.
           
             The
             easier
             and
             better
             provision
             that
             is
             to
             be
             made
             there
             for
             posterity
             ,
             especially
             by
             those
             that
             are
             not
             of
             great
             Substance
             .
          
        
         
           VII
           .
           
             What
             Vtensels
             and
             Goods
             are
             fitting
             to
             carry
             for
             Vse
             or
             Profit
             .
          
        
         
           For
           the
           first
           ,
           Such
           Money
           as
           may
           be
           carried
           ,
           as
           pieces
           of
           eight
           ,
           advances
           Thirty
           ,
           and
           Goods
           at
           least
           
             Fifty
             per
             cent
          
           .
           Say
           I
           have
           100
           
             l.
             sterl
          
           .
           If
           I
           am
           but
           six
           in
           Family
           ,
           I
           will
           pay
           my
           Passage
           with
           the
           advance
           upon
           my
           money
           ,
           and
           find
           my
           hundred
           pounds
           good
           in
           the
           Country
           at
           last
           .
           Upon
           Goods
           ,
           well
           bought
           and
           sorted
           ,
           there
           is
           more
           profit
           :
           but
           some
           money
           is
           very
           requisit
           for
           Trade
           sake
           ;
           for
           we
           find
           it
           gives
           Goods
           a
           better
           Market
           ;
           so
           that
           considering
           the
           great
           quantity
           of
           Goods
           already
           carried
           ,
           it
           were
           not
           amiss
           at
           present
           ,
           if
           one
           half
           were
           in
           Money
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           in
           Goods
           .
        
         
           Thus
           in
           General
           .
           But
           it
           particularly
           encourages
           Merchants
           ,
           because
           the
           profit
           by
           advance
           ,
           is
           seldom
           less
           then
           50
           
             l.
             sterl
             .
             per
             cent
          
           ,
           which
           is
           very
           considerable
           ;
           and
           we
           have
           already
           got
           some
           things
           for
           returns
           ,
           as
           
             Skins
             ,
             Furs
             ,
             Whale-Oyle
             ,
             Tobacco
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           II.
           For
           Labour
           ,
           be
           it
           of
           Handicrafts
           ,
           or
           Others
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           considerable
           Encouragement
           by
           advance
           of
           price
           ,
           to
           what
           is
           here
           ,
           because
           the
           Goods
           manufactured
           there
           advance
           equal
           to
           those
           the
           Merchant
           sells
           ,
           and
           where
           Provision
           is
           at
           least
           as
           cheap
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           such
           additional
           gain
           ,
           to
           the
           first
           gain
           of
           Handicrafts
           here
           (
           of
           whom
           the
           Merchant
           buys
           )
           the
           
             American
             Handicraft
             must
             have
             an
             extraordinary
             time
             of
             it
             .
          
           The
           like
           may
           be
           said
           of
           
             Vnder
             Labourers
          
           for
           some
           time
           ,
           untill
           the
           Country
           be
           better
           replenished
           with
           people
           .
        
         
           III.
           The
           Advance
           upon
           Land
           is
           Encouraging
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           best
           apprehended
           by
           an
           English
           understanding
           ,
           in
           a
           comparison
           with
           the
           Lands
           of
           England
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           familiarly
           acquainted
           with
           .
        
         
           If
           500
           Acres
           of
           unclear'd
           Land
           there
           ,
           indifferently
           chosen
           ,
           will
           keep
           as
           many
           
             Milch
             Cowes
          
           ,
           or
           
             fat
             as
             many
             Bullocks
          
           for
           the
           Market
           in
           Summer
           ,
           as
           50
           Acres
           of
           improved
           Land
           in
           England
           ,
           as
           chosen
           aforesaid
           ,
           can
           do
           ;
           then
           by
           computing
           the
           value
           of
           the
           Summers
           Grass
           of
           such
           fifty
           Acres
           of
           Land
           here
           ,
           we
           shall
           the
           better
           find
           the
           value
           of
           500
           Acres
           of
           Land
           in
           America
           ;
           for
           within
           that
           compass
           ,
           the
           same
           quantity
           of
           Cattle
           may
           be
           well
           kept
           .
           Admit
           this
           then
           ,
           that
           the
           Summers
           Grass
           of
           50
           Acres
           of
           middling
           Land
           in
           England
           ,
           is
           worth
           15
           l.
           ,
           I
           conceive
           that
           makes
           20
           l.
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           price
           of
           the
           Inheritance
           of
           the
           500
           Acres
           ,
           no
           dear
           Purchass
           .
           The
           cost
           to
           go
           thither
           
           is
           no
           Objection
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           paid
           by
           the
           Advance
           that
           is
           upon
           the
           Money
           and
           Goods
           at
           the
           rate
           aforesaid
           .
           If
           the
           hazard
           of
           the
           Seas
           be
           objected
           ,
           we
           see
           that
           the
           
             five
             hundreth
          
           Ship
           using
           those
           parts
           ,
           does
           not
           miscarry
           ,
           and
           the
           Risk
           is
           run
           for
           themselves
           only
           .
           However
           ,
           except
           in
           Winter
           ,
           passages
           are
           pleasant
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           safe
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           Comparison
           draws
           an
           Objection
           upon
           us
           that
           must
           be
           obviated
           .
           
             What
             becomes
             of
             your
             stock
             in
             the
             Winter
          
           ?
           I
           say
           our
           Woods
           usually
           keep
           them
           for
           the
           Market
           till
           December
           ,
           and
           unless
           it
           be
           a
           more
           then
           ordinary
           Winter
           (
           which
           is
           observed
           to
           happen
           but
           once
           in
           four
           or
           five
           Years
           )
           or
           that
           they
           are
           young
           Stock
           ,
           or
           Cattel
           big
           with
           Young
           ,
           they
           mostly
           shift
           for
           themselves
           .
           But
           if
           Fodder
           be
           wanted
           ,
           we
           have
           a
           supply
           by
           Hay
           ,
           we
           mow
           in
           the
           Marshes
           and
           Woods
           ,
           or
           the
           Straw
           of
           the
           English
           Grain
           we
           use
           ,
           or
           the
           Tops
           and
           Stalks
           of
           Indian
           Corn
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           that
           it self
           ;
           a
           Thing
           
             hearty
             ,
             and
             easily
             ras'd
          
           ,
           and
           is
           good
           to
           fat
           as
           well
           as
           keep
           ,
           and
           answers
           to
           
             Oats
             ,
             Pease
             ,
             Beanes
          
           and
           and
           Fetches
           here
           ,
           tho
           we
           have
           of
           them
           also
           .
        
         
           This
           Scheam
           of
           Grazing
           and
           keeping
           of
           Stock
           ,
           may
           inform
           Inquirers
           what
           the
           Woods
           and
           unbroken
           Lands
           of
           those
           Countrys
           in
           some
           sort
           will
           do
           ,
           in
           proportion
           to
           Lands
           here
           ,
           allowing
           equally
           for
           Care
           and
           Fodder
           on
           both
           sides
           .
        
         
           To
           be
           short
           ,
           the
           produce
           of
           Wild
           Land
           there
           in
           this
           respect
           ,
           is
           within
           less
           than
           ten
           to
           one
           ,
           of
           what
           our
           cleared
           Land
           is
           here
           ,
           and
           the
           purchase
           here
           ,
           is
           an
           hundred
           to
           one
           Dearer
           ,
           which
           must
           needs
           make
           
             American
             Lands
          
           no
           hard
           Bargain
           to
           the
           Purchasers
           .
        
         
           Now
           for
           clearing
           our
           Wood-lands
           in
           order
           to
           corn
           ;
           the
           difficulty
           is
           not
           so
           great
           as
           is
           imagined
           ;
           our
           Trees
           ,
           being
           not
           so
           thick
           ,
           or
           not
           so
           burdensome
           ,
           but
           that
           four
           hands
           ,
           in
           four
           months
           time
           ,
           may
           easily
           clear
           five
           and
           twenty
           Acres
           for
           the
           Plow
           ;
           which
           ,
           at
           15
           d.
           English
           per
           Day
           ,
           for
           each
           hand
           comes
           to
           
             twenty
             five
             shillings
             per
             Acre
          
           .
           The
           encrease
           of
           which
           ,
           is
           with
           less
           then
           half
           the
           seed
           ,
           at
           least
           equal
           to
           the
           improv'd
           Land
           of
           England
           .
           Add
           to
           this
           ,
           the
           
             ten
             pence
          
           which
           buys
           the
           fee
           of
           an
           Acre
           unclear'd
           and
           an
           Acre
           of
           Land
           ,
           producing
           the
           like
           quantity
           with
           English
           Ground
           ,
           shall
           cost
           1
           l.
           5
           s.
           10
           d.
           which
           at
           eight
           years
           purchase
           ,
           ought
           to
           yield
           three
           shillings
           two
           pence
           three
           farthings
           
             per
             Annum
          
           .
           Now
           ,
           where
           it
           brings
           an
           increase
           equal
           to
           Land
           of
           ten
           shillings
           
             per
             Annum
          
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           what
           it
           produces
           ,
           yields
           not
           ,
           at
           present
           ,
           a
           less
           value
           ,
           the
           advantage
           is
           almost
           four
           to
           one
           ,
           which
           I
           conceive
           is
           no
           inconsiderable
           advance
           .
        
         
           Having
           given
           this
           general
           account
           of
           Lands
           in
           those
           parts
           of
           America
           ,
           which
           for
           Variety
           of
           Earth
           ,
           and
           Number
           of
           Fountains
           ,
           falls
           not
           short
           ,
           in
           my
           Opinion
           ,
           of
           any
           Country
           I
           have
           seen
           in
           Europe
           ;
           I
           shall
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           for
           their
           help
           and
           Direction
           that
           intend
           thither
           .
        
         
           IV.
           First
           ,
           
             Set
             down
             the
             Charge
             of
             Transporting
             an
             ordinary
             Family
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
             The
             Method
             and
             Charge
             of
             their
             setling
             a
             Plantation
             when
             there
             ,
          
           vvhich
           vvill
           serve
           for
           all
           Ranks
           ,
           proportion
           still
           considered
           .
           I
           vvill
           suppose
           my self
           vvorth
           but
           one
           hundred
           Pounds
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                  
              
               
                 l.
                 
              
               
                 s.
                 
              
               
                 d.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 For
                 my Self
                 ,
                 Wife
                 ,
                 and
                 tvvo
                 Men
                 Servants
                 at
                 5
                 pound
                 per
                 head
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 Child
                 of
                 ten
                 years
                 old
                 ,
                 50
                 s.
                 (
                 for
                 to
                 that
                 age
                 Children
                 pay
                 no
                 more
                 )
              
               
                 22
              
               
                 10
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                 For
                 a
                 Tunn
                 of
                 Goods
                 ,
                 each
                 a
                 Chest
                 gratis
                 ,
              
               
                 02
              
               
                 00
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                 For
                 the
                 Ship
                 Doctor
                 ,
                 per
                 head
                 2
                 s
                 6
                 d.
                 
              
               
                 00
              
               
                 12
              
               
                 06
              
            
             
               
                 For
                 4
                 Gallons
                 of
                 Brandy
                 and
                 24
                 pounds
                 of
                 Suger
                 for
                 the
                 Voyage
                 .
              
               
                 01
              
               
                 00
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                 For
                 Cloaths
                 for
                 my
                 Servants
                 ,
                 each
                 6
                 Shirts
                 ,
                 2
                 Wastcoats
                 a
                 Summer
                 and
                 a
                 Winter
                 Suite
                 ,
                 one
                 Hat
                 ,
                 2
                 pair
                 of
                 Shooes
                 ,
                 Stokins
                 and
                 Drawers
                 .
              
               
                 12
              
               
                 00
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 38
              
               
                 02
              
               
                 06
              
            
          
        
         
         
           When
           it
           pleases
           God
           vve
           are
           vvel
           arrived
           vvhich
           I
           suppose
           to
           be
           about
           the
           first
           of
           October
           ,
           the
           first
           thing
           is
           to
           get
           a
           Lodging
           in
           some
           Tovvn
           or
           Village
           at
           hand
           ,
           for
           my
           Family
           and
           there
           stay
           one
           Week
           ,
           and
           take
           something
           for
           our
           health
           ,
           refresh
           our selves
           and
           advise
           vvhere
           to
           settle
           ,
           if
           my
           Land
           be
           not
           already
           fixt
           :
           This
           done
           ,
           I
           take
           my
           tvvo
           men
           and
           go
           to
           my
           Lot
           ,
           vvhich
           is
           ,
           say
           
             five
             hundred
             Acres
          
           .
           I
           lodg
           them
           at
           the
           next
           Village
           ,
           or
           House
           to
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           then
           go
           to
           felling
           of
           Trees
           ,
           proper
           for
           a
           first
           House
           ,
           vvhich
           vvill
           very
           vvel
           serve
           for
           the
           presented
           occasion
           ,
           and
           aftervvards
           be
           a
           good
           out
           House
           ,
           till
           plenty
           vvill
           allovv
           me
           to
           build
           a
           Better
           .
        
         
           To
           build
           then
           an
           house
           of
           thirty
           foot
           long
           and
           eighteen
           foot
           broad
           ,
           vvith
           a
           Partition
           neer
           the
           middle
           ,
           and
           an
           other
           to
           divide
           one
           end
           of
           the
           House
           into
           tvvo
           small
           Rooms
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           eight
           Trees
           of
           about
           sixteen
           Inches
           square
           ,
           and
           cut
           off
           ,
           to
           Posts
           of
           about
           fifteen
           foot
           long
           ,
           vvhich
           the
           house
           must
           stand
           upon
           ,
           and
           four
           pieces
           ,
           tvvo
           of
           thirty
           foot
           long
           ,
           and
           two
           of
           eighteen
           foot
           long
           for
           Plates
           ,
           vvhich
           must
           lie
           upon
           the
           top
           of
           those
           Posts
           ,
           the
           vvhole
           length
           and
           bredth
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           for
           the
           Gists
           to
           rest
           upon
           .
           There
           must
           be
           ten
           Gists
           of
           tvventy
           foot
           long
           ,
           to
           bear
           the
           Loft
           ,
           and
           tvvo
           false
           Places
           of
           thirty
           foot
           long
           to
           lie
           upon
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Gists
           for
           the
           Rafters
           to
           be
           fixed
           upon
           twelve
           pair
           of
           〈◊〉
           of
           about
           tvventy
           foot
           ,
           to
           bear
           the
           Roof
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           vvith
           several
           other
           smal
           pieces
           ;
           as
           
             Wind-beams
             ,
             Braces
             ,
             Studs
          
           ,
           &c
           ,
           vvhich
           are
           made
           out
           of
           the
           Waste
           Timber
           .
           For
           covering
           the
           House
           ,
           Ends
           ▪
           and
           sides
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           loft
           ,
           vve
           use
           Clabboard
           ,
           vvhich
           is
           
             Rived
             Feather-edg●●
          
           ,
           of
           five
           foot
           and
           a
           half
           long
           ,
           t●at
           vvell
           dravvn
           ,
           lyes
           close
           and
           smooth
           :
           The
           lodging
           Room
           may
           be
           lined
           vvith
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           fil●'d
           up
           betvveen
           ,
           vvhich
           is
           very
           Warm
           ,
           These
           houses
           usually
           endure
           ten
           years
           vvithout
           Repair
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                  
              
               
                 l.
                 
              
               
                 s.
                 
              
               
                 d.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 For
                 the
                 Carpenters
                 vvork
                 for
                 such
                 an
                 House
                 ,
                 I
                 and
                 my
                 Servants
                 assisting
                 him
                 ,
                 together
                 vvith
                 his
                 Diet.
                 
              
               
                 07
              
               
                 00
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                 For
                 a
                 Barn
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Building
                 and
                 Dimentions
                 .
              
               
                 05
              
               
                 00
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                 For
                 Nailes
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 things
                 to
                 finish
                 both
              
               
                 03
              
               
                 10
              
               
                 00
              
            
          
        
         
           The
           lovver
           flour
           is
           the
           Ground
           ,
           the
           upper
           Clabbord
           :
           This
           may
           seem
           a
           mean
           vvay
           of
           Building
           ,
           but
           't
           is
           sufficient
           and
           safest
           for
           ordinary
           beginners
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           some
           of
           our
           folks
           have
           exceeded
           much
           even
           in
           Villages
           ;
           but
           hovv
           vvise
           they
           vvere
           in
           it
           ,
           is
           the
           Question
           :
           An
           ordinary
           House
           ,
           and
           a
           good
           Stock
           ,
           is
           the
           Planters
           Wisdom
           ;
           Else
           ,
           some
           of
           our
           Neighbouring
           Provinces
           ,
           improv'd
           by
           persons
           ,
           vvhom
           necessity
           had
           made
           ingenious
           and
           provident
           ,
           had
           not
           succeeded
           so
           vvell
           as
           they
           have
           done
           .
           Hovvbeit
           ,
           if
           better
           are
           desired
           ,
           people
           may
           have
           them
           sutable
           to
           their
           abilities
           .
        
         
           This
           House
           may
           be
           finished
           by
           the
           middle
           of
           November
           ,
           the
           Barn
           by
           the
           Spring
           ,
           but
           there
           being
           little
           use
           for
           it
           ,
           till
           the
           next
           fall
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           built
           at
           leasure
           ,
           and
           the
           Winter
           imploy'd
           to
           clear
           Land
           ;
           or
           the
           Spring
           ,
           by
           vvhich
           time
           ,
           they
           may
           easily
           have
           clear'd
           fifteen
           Acres
           .
        
         
           The
           Spring
           come
           a
           stock
           must
           be
           bought
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                  
              
               
                 l.
                 
              
               
                 s.
                 
              
               
                 d.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 For
                 three
                 Milch
                 Covvs
                 and
                 Calves
                 by
                 their
                 sides
                 .
              
               
                 10
              
               
                 00
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                 For
                 a
                 Yoke
                 of
                 Oxen
                 ,
              
               
                 08
              
               
                 00
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                 For
                 a
                 Breeding
                 Mare
                 ,
              
               
                 05
              
               
                 00
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                 For
                 tvvo
                 Young
                 Sovvs
                 and
                 a
                 Boar
                 ,
              
               
                 01
              
               
                 10
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 24
              
               
                 10
              
               
                 00
              
            
          
        
         
           H●re
           vv●ll
           fitly
           ●●me
           in
           our
           Years
           Provision
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                  
              
               
                 l.
                 
              
               
                 s.
                 
              
               
                 d.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 To
                 each
                 person
                 of
                 the
                 〈◊〉
                 ●
                 Bushels
                 of
                 Indian
                 Corn
                 at
                 2
                 s.
                 per
                 Bushel
                 ,
                 and
                 5
                 Bushels
                 of
                 English
                 Wheat
                 at
                 3
                 s.
                 6
                 d.
                 per
                 Bushel
                 ,
                 vvhich
                 comes
                 for
                 five
                 persons
                 to
                 .
              
               
                 08
              
               
                 07
              
               
                 06
              
            
             
               
                 
                 For
                 tvvo
                 Barrels
                 of
                 Molasses
                 ,
                 for
                 Beer
                 .
              
               
                 03
              
               
                 00
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                 For
                 Beef
                 and
                 Pork
                 ,
                 at
                 a
                 120
                 pounds
                 per
                 head
                 ,
                 and
                 2
                 d.
                 per
                 pound
              
               
                 05
              
               
                 00
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                 For
                 5
                 Gall.
                 of
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 at
                 2
                 s.
                 per
                 Gall.
                 
              
               
                 00
              
               
                 10
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 16
              
               
                 07
              
               
                 06
              
            
          
        
         
           I
           fall
           novv
           to
           the
           Land
           I
           have
           clear'd
           to
           Plant
           ,
           upon
           vvhich
           ,
           vvith
           Gods
           ordinary
           Providence
           ,
           a
           Crop
           may
           be
           thus
           made
           of
           divers
           Grain
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           
             
               
                  
              
               
                 l.
                 
              
               
                 s.
                 
              
               
                 d.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 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
           .
           Let
           us
           see
           novv
           vvhat
           vve
           are
           Worth.
           
        
         
           
             
               Planter
               Debitor
               .
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 l.
                 
              
               
                 s.
                 
              
               
                 d.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 TO
                 Passage
                 and
                 Cloaths
                 for
                 my
                 Servants
                 ,
                 being
                 part
                 of
                 my
                 first
                 Principle
                 .
              
               
                 38
              
               
                 02
              
               
                 06
              
            
             
               
                 To
                 tvvo
                 months
                 Lodging
                 till
                 an
                 house
                 be
                 built
              
               
                 01
              
               
                 00
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                 To
                 an
                 House
                 and
                 Barn
              
               
                 15
              
               
                 10
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                 To
                 Provisions
                 for
                 one
                 Year
                 for
                 the
                 Family
              
               
                 16
              
               
                 17
              
               
                 06
              
            
             
               
                 To
                 a
                 Stock
                 in
                 Covvs
                 ,
                 Oxen
                 ,
                 Svvine
                 and
                 a
                 Mare
                 .
              
               
                 24
              
               
                 10
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 96
              
               
                 00
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                 Rest
                 Due
              
               
                 04
              
               
                 00
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 100
              
               
                 00
              
               
                 00
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Per
               Contr.
               Creditor
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 l.
                 
              
               
                 s.
                 
              
               
                 d.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 By
                 the
                 remaining
                 part
                 of
                 my
                 100
                 pounds
              
               
                 04
              
               
                 00
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                 To
                 the
                 advance
                 of
                 five
                 and
                 twenty
                 per
                 Cent.
                 upon
                 thirty
                 pounds
                 worth
                 of
                 goods
                 to
                 bring
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 sterling
                 value
                 of
                 money
              
               
                 07
              
               
                 10
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                 By
                 an
                 House
                 and
                 Barn
                 worth
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 assistance
                 the
                 Carpenter
                 had
              
               
                 30
              
               
                 00
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                 By
                 15
                 Acres
                 of
                 Land
                 Clear'd
              
               
                 18
              
               
                 15
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                 By
                 Corn
                 and
                 Grain
                 ,
                 being
                 the
                 produce
                 of
                 this
                 years
                 Crop
              
               
                 59
              
               
                 10
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                 By
                 the
                 stock
                 ,
                 as
                 good
                 as
                 when
                 Bought
                 ,
              
               
                 24
              
               
                 10
              
               
                 00
              
            
             
               
                 144
              
               
                 05
              
               
                 00
              
            
          
        
         
         
           With
           the
           overplus
           of
           the
           Grain
           I
           have
           ,
           to
           what
           I
           want
           ,
           I
           furnish
           my self
           the
           ensuing
           Year
           with
           two
           Barrels
           of
           Molosses
           ,
           two
           of
           meat
           ,
           and
           two
           of
           Fish
           ,
           to
           save
           my
           young
           stock
           ;
           and
           proceed
           to
           clear
           more
           Land
           for
           
             Indian
             Corn
          
           and
           Oates
           ,
           and
           Imploy
           the
           other
           Land
           to
           
             English
             Wheat
          
           and
           Barley
           :
           A
           
             Garden
             Plat
          
           ,
           next
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           an
           Acre
           in
           an
           Orchard
           ,
           follow
           of
           course
           .
           And
           thus
           I
           end
           with
           my
           settlement
           of
           a
           Plantation
           ,
           leaving
           the
           Planter
           to
           live
           by
           his
           industry
           and
           encrease
           ,
           and
           make
           what
           he
           can
           of
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           five
           hundred
           Acres
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           this
           very
           settlement
           ,
           is
           in
           reputation
           worth
           ,
           
             three
             times
             more
             then
             it
             was
             .
          
        
         
           For
           those
           that
           have
           greater
           abilities
           ,
           and
           aim
           at
           better
           settlements
           ,
           they
           have
           the
           means
           in
           their
           own
           Hands
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           of
           the
           Country
           skill
           enough
           to
           answer
           their
           desires
           ,
           be
           it
           in
           fine
           Timber
           or
           very
           good
           Brick
           Buildings
           .
           But
           for
           the
           Poorer
           sort
           ,
           that
           either
           can
           but
           just
           transport
           themselves
           ,
           or
           that
           are
           not
           well
           able
           of
           themselves
           to
           do
           that
           ,
           I
           shall
           for
           the
           encouragement
           of
           such
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           those
           that
           shall
           assist
           them
           ,
           propose
           my
           former
           Methods
           somewhat
           better
           explain'd
           .
        
         
           V.
           The
           way
           the
           Poorer
           sort
           may
           be
           transported
           ,
           with
           advantage
           to
           the
           Rich
           that
           help
           them
           ,
           is
           thus
           ;
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           there
           are
           such
           as
           are
           able
           to
           transport
           ,
           themselves
           and
           Families
           ,
           but
           are
           unable
           to
           build
           or
           stock
           themselves
           when
           they
           are
           there
           ;
           others
           that
           have
           not
           enough
           to
           transport
           themselves
           and
           Families
           ,
           and
           such
           will
           come
           under
           a
           different
           Consideration
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           of
           these
           may
           be
           entertained
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           Say
           I
           have
           5000
           Acres
           I
           will
           settle
           
             Ten
             Families
          
           upon
           them
           ,
           in
           way
           of
           Village
           ,
           and
           build
           each
           an
           house
           ,
           an
           out-house
           for
           Cattle
           ,
           furnish
           every
           Family
           with
           stock
           ;
           as
           four
           Cows
           ,
           two
           Sows
           ,
           a
           couple
           of
           Mares
           ,
           and
           a
           yoke
           of
           Oxen
           ,
           with
           a
           Town
           
             Porse
             ,
             Bull
             and
             Boar
          
           ;
           I
           find
           them
           with
           Tools
           ,
           and
           give
           each
           their
           first
           Ground-seed
           .
           They
           shall
           continue
           Seven
           Years
           ,
           or
           more
           ,
           as
           we
           agree
           at
           
             half
             encrease
          
           ,
           being
           bound
           to
           leave
           the
           Houses
           in
           repair
           ,
           and
           a
           Garden
           and
           Orchard
           ,
           I
           paying
           for
           the
           Trees
           ,
           and
           at
           least
           
             twenty
             Acres
          
           of
           Land
           within
           Fence
           ,
           and
           improved
           to
           Corn
           and
           Grass
           :
           The
           charge
           will
           come
           to
           about
           sixty
           pounds
           English
           for
           each
           Family
           :
           At
           the
           seven
           years
           end
           ,
           the
           Improvement
           Will
           be
           worth
           ,
           as
           things
           go
           now
           ,
           120
           l.
           besides
           the
           value
           of
           the
           encrease
           of
           the
           Stock
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           near
           as
           much
           more
           ,
           allowing
           for
           casualities
           ;
           especially
           ,
           if
           the
           People
           are
           honest
           and
           careful
           ,
           or
           a
           man
           be
           upon
           the
           spot
           himself
           ,
           or
           have
           an
           Overseer
           sometimes
           to
           inspect
           them
           .
           The
           charge
           in
           the
           whole
           is
           832
           l.
           And
           the
           value
           of
           stock
           and
           improvements
           24●0
           l.
           I
           think
           I
           have
           been
           modest
           in
           my
           computation
           .
           These
           Farms
           are
           aftewards
           fit
           for
           Leases
           at
           full
           Reat
           ,
           or
           how
           else
           the
           Owner
           shall
           please
           to
           dispose
           of
           them
           .
           Also
           the
           People
           will
           by
           this
           time
           be
           skilled
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           well
           provided
           to
           settle
           themselves
           with
           stock
           upon
           their
           own
           Land
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           a
           thousand
           Acres
           their
           Land-lord
           will
           give
           them
           ,
           which
           is
           own
           hundred
           to
           each
           Family
           ,
           in
           some
           part
           of
           his
           five
           thousand
           Acres
           ,
           they
           only
           paying
           for
           the
           same
           ten
           shillings
           yearly
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           shilling
           for
           each
           Family
           .
        
         
           The
           advantage
           of
           this
           way
           ;
           is
           chiefly
           to
           those
           that
           go
           ,
           for
           as
           the
           benefit
           seems
           greater
           ,
           so
           is
           the
           hazard
           ,
           by
           loss
           or
           embezlement
           of
           stock
           ,
           unless
           one
           were
           present
           ,
           or
           a
           dilligent
           and
           honest
           Overseer
           there
           :
           But
           those
           that
           design
           going
           ,
           and
           have
           money
           ,
           and
           aim
           to
           live
           with
           most
           Ease
           ,
           cannot
           do
           better
           ;
           for
           the
           half
           encrease
           of
           the
           stock
           and
           labour
           of
           those
           Families
           will
           supply
           them
           with
           Provisions
           ;
           so
           that
           they
           need
           not
           toyl
           ,
           in
           a
           way
           ,
           they
           are
           perhaps
           unacquainted
           with
           ,
           for
           their
           accommodations
           of
           life
           .
           And
           if
           half
           encrease
           be
           thought
           a
           way
           too
           uncertain
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           brought
           to
           a
           certain
           value
           ,
           by
           paying
           a
           yearly
           Rent
           for
           suck
           stock
           as
           aforesaid
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           sort
           of
           
             poor
             people
          
           my
           be
           very
           beneficially
           transported
           upon
           these
           terms
           :
           
           Say
           I
           have
           5000
           Acres
           I
           should
           settle
           as
           before
           ,
           I
           will
           give
           to
           each
           Family
           100
           Acres
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           whole
           makes
           1000
           ;
           and
           to
           each
           Family
           
             thirty
             pounds
          
           English
           ,
           half
           in
           hand
           ,
           and
           half
           there
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           whole
           comes
           to
           300
           l.
           After
           four
           years
           are
           expired
           ,
           in
           which
           time
           they
           may
           be
           easie
           ,
           &
           in
           a
           good
           condition
           ,
           they
           shall
           each
           of
           them
           pay
           five
           pounds
           ,
           
             and
             so
             yearly
             for
             ever
             ,
             as
             a
             Fee-Farm
             rent
          
           ;
           vvhich
           in
           the
           vvhole
           comes
           to
           50
           l.
           a
           Year
           .
           Thus
           a
           man
           that
           ,
           buys
           5000
           Acres
           may
           secure
           and
           settle
           his
           40000
           by
           gift
           of
           one
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           vvay
           ,
           that
           hazard
           and
           interest
           allovved
           for
           ,
           amounts
           to
           at
           least
           ten
           
             per
             cent
          
           .
           upon
           Land
           security
           ;
           besistes
           the
           value
           it
           puts
           upon
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           5000
           Acres
           ,
           vvhich
           vvill
           be
           ,
           for
           that
           reason
           ,
           really
           vvorth
           three
           times
           as
           much
           as
           before
           .
           In
           these
           Families
           I
           propose
           that
           there
           be
           at
           least
           
             two
             working
             hands
          
           besides
           the
           wife
           ,
           vvhether
           son
           or
           servant
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           oblige
           vvhat
           they
           carry
           ;
           and
           for
           further
           security
           bind
           themselves
           as
           servants
           for
           some
           time
           ,
           that
           they
           vvill
           settle
           the
           said
           Land
           accordingly
           ,
           and
           vvhen
           they
           are
           once
           seated
           ,
           their
           improvements
           are
           security
           enough
           for
           the
           Rent
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           yet
           another
           expedient
           ,
           &
           that
           is
           ,
           give
           to
           
             ten
             Families
          
           1000
           Acres
           for
           ever
           ,
           at
           a
           
             small
             acknowledgment
          
           ,
           and
           settle
           them
           in
           vvay
           of
           Village
           ,
           as
           before
           ;
           by
           their
           seating
           thus
           ,
           the
           Land
           taken
           up
           is
           secured
           from
           others
           ,
           because
           the
           method
           of
           the
           Country
           is
           ansvvered
           ,
           and
           the
           value
           such
           a
           settlement
           gives
           to
           the
           rest
           reserved
           ,
           is
           not
           inconsiderable
           ;
           I
           mean
           ,
           the
           4000
           Acres
           ;
           especially
           that
           vvhich
           is
           Contiguous
           :
           For
           their
           Children
           vvhen
           grovvn
           up
           ,
           and
           Handicrafts
           vvill
           soon
           covet
           to
           fix
           next
           them
           ,
           and
           such
           after
           settlements
           beginning
           at
           an
           
             Improved
             Rent
             in
             Fee
             ,
             or
             for
             long
             Leases
             ,
             on
             small
             Acknowledgments
             ,
             and
             good
             Improvements
             ,
          
           must
           advance
           the
           vvhole
           considerably
           .
           I
           conceive
           any
           of
           these
           methods
           to
           issue
           in
           a
           sufficient
           advantage
           to
           adventurers
           ,
           and
           they
           all
           give
           good
           encouragement
           to
           feeble
           and
           poor
           Families
           .
           Novv
           I
           knovv
           some
           think
           this
           looks
           a
           little
           hard
           upon
           the
           People
           that
           are
           to
           pay
           the
           said
           Rent
           ,
           the
           thing
           that
           is
           most
           contrary
           to
           my
           inclinations
           ,
           as
           vvell
           as
           design
           in
           making
           this
           proposal
           .
           But
           I
           am
           of
           another
           mind
           ;
           for
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           money
           bears
           the
           Interest
           of
           
             ten
             per
             cent
          
           :
           Thirty
           pounds
           then
           ,
           will
           deserve
           three
           pounds
           a
           Year
           ,
           three
           Years
           Interest
           makes
           9
           l.
           The
           100
           Acres
           surveyed
           ct
           Patented
           are
           worth
           8
           l.
           at
           least
           ,
           for
           that
           is
           one
           of
           the
           lowest
           prises
           Parchasers
           sell
           again
           at
           .
           The
           Interest
           of
           this
           8
           l.
           for
           three
           Years
           at
           
             ten
             per
             cent
          
           ,
           is
           
             Eight
             and
             forty
             shillings
          
           ;
           there
           is
           also
           three
           shillings
           for
           three
           years
           rent
           .
           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.
           
             There
             is
             an
             easier
             and
             better
             provision
             to
             be
             made
             there
             for
             posterity
             ,
             especially
             of
             such
             as
             are
             not
             of
             great
             substance
             .
          
           I
           never
           thought
           ,
           but
           mere
           Trades
           vvould
           do
           as
           vvell
           here
           as
           there
           ,
           but
           vvhen
           People
           have
           gain'd
           something
           here
           by
           their
           ingenuity
           and
           Toyl
           say
           
           ●000
           l.
           hovv
           much
           Land
           vvill
           that
           buy
           here
           ,
           and
           hovv
           much
           income
           vvill
           that
           fetch
           ;
           perhaps
           50
           
             l.
             per
             Ann.
          
           on
           Bond
           ,
           or
           40
           in
           Land
           ,
           vvhich
           at
           ten
           shillings
           by
           the
           Acre
           ,
           comes
           to
           fourscore
           Acres
           .
           This
           ,
           to
           bring
           up
           five
           Children
           ,
           
             Feed
             ,
             Cloath
             ,
             School
          
           ,
           and
           
             Portion
             them
          
           ,
           vvill
           be
           very
           scanty
           ;
           but
           then
           ,
           vvhat
           vvill
           this
           do
           to
           Estate
           their
           Children
           ,
           and
           so
           forvvard
           .
        
         
           Novv
           in
           America
           ,
           a
           thousand
           Pounds
           discreetly
           laid
           out
           ,
           is
           an
           Exchequer
           to
           a
           family
           .
           I
           vvill
           suppose
           I
           have
           one
           hundred
           Pounds
           in
           Land
           ,
           vvhich
           contains
           3000
           Acres
           .
           This
           I
           stock
           ,
           to
           half
           increase
           ,
           for
           360
           l.
           upon
           this
           half
           increase
           I
           live
           vvell
           ,
           till
           my
           Children
           are
           of
           age
           .
           By
           this
           time
           at
           least
           ,
           the
           Tennants
           Term
           is
           up
           ,
           and
           I
           place
           my
           Children
           in
           those
           Tenements
           ,
           vvith
           a
           proportion
           of
           stock
           ,
           vvithout
           Portions
           or
           Rents
           to
           pay
           :
           Each
           has
           500
           Acres
           ,
           besides
           my
           five
           hundred
           after
           my
           decease
           .
           If
           each
           of
           them
           have
           five
           Children
           ,
           there
           is
           an
           hundred
           Acres
           a
           piece
           for
           them
           ,
           besides
           the
           500
           Acres
           I
           leave
           them
           ;
           and
           if
           any
           take
           to
           Trades
           ,
           the
           rest
           have
           the
           more
           Land.
           By
           this
           time
           ,
           an
           hundred
           Acres
           may
           be
           reasonably
           presum'd
           to
           be
           vvorth
           as
           much
           as
           a
           1000
           vvas
           in
           their
           Fathers
           time
           ,
           and
           it
           must
           advance
           yet
           :
           All
           improv'd
           Countries
           teach
           us
           this
           .
           Novv
           this
           is
           a
           vvay
           of
           putting
           people
           into
           the
           natural
           Channal
           of
           life
           to
           vvit
           ,
           Agriculture
           ,
           and
           of
           Adjourning
           care
           for
           posterity
           to
           the
           Fourth
           Generation
           .
           Let
           it
           be
           remembred
           that
           there
           is
           but
           360
           l.
           expended
           of
           the
           1000
           l.
           so
           that
           to
           carry
           me
           and
           my
           Family
           ,
           and
           settle
           us
           in
           some
           proportion
           to
           our
           degree
           ,
           as
           also
           to
           Traffick
           and
           encrease
           portions
           ,
           there
           rests
           640
           l.
           Novv
           if
           a
           1000
           l.
           in
           Europe
           ,
           cannot
           have
           so
           natural
           an
           increase
           ,
           free
           of
           those
           Contingences
           that
           other
           means
           of
           life
           are
           subject
           to
           ,
           I
           conceive
           America
           somevvhat
           a
           better
           place
           for
           the
           good
           of
           Posterity
           ,
           especially
           of
           such
           as
           are
           not
           vvealthy
           ,
           or
           have
           many
           Children
           ,
           that
           they
           vvould
           nor
           should
           too
           unequally
           live
           and
           be
           provided
           for
           .
        
         
           VII
           .
           Novv
           as
           to
           vvhat
           Utensels
           and
           Goods
           are
           fittest
           to
           carry
           for
           use
           and
           profit
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           in
           general
           ,
           all
           things
           relating
           to
           
             Apparrel
             ,
             Building
             ,
             Houshouldstuff
             ,
             Husbandry
             ,
             fowling
          
           and
           Fishing
           :
           but
           for
           Particulars
           ,
           
             English
             Woollen
          
           ,
           and
           
             German
             Linnen
          
           ,
           as
           ordinary
           
             broad-Clothes
             ,
             Kereseys
             ,
             Searges
             ,
             Norwich-Stuffs
             ,
          
           some
           
             Duffels
             ,
             Cottons
          
           &
           Stroud-waters
           ,
           for
           the
           Natives
           ,
           and
           White
           and
           Blew
           Ozenburgs
           ,
           Shoes
           ,
           and
           
             Stockins
             ,
             Buttons
             ,
             Silk
             ,
             Threed
             ,
             Iron
             ware
             ,
          
           especially
           
             Felling
             Axes
             ,
             How
             's
             ,
             Indian
             How
             's
             ,
             Saws
             ,
             Frows
             ,
             Drawing-Knives
             ,
             Nailes
             ,
          
           but
           of
           6.
           d.
           and
           8.
           d.
           a
           treble
           quantity
           ,
           because
           they
           use
           them
           for
           shingling
           ,
           or
           covering
           of
           Houses
           .
           Powder
           and
           Lead
           are
           often
           vvanted
           for
           the
           Woods
           ,
           in
           Winter
           ,
           for
           Water
           Fovvl
           that
           are
           very
           numerous
           .
           There
           are
           lesser
           things
           that
           vvill
           be
           convenient
           to
           carry
           ;
           but
           being
           trivial
           in
           themselves
           ,
           and
           vvhat
           People
           〈◊〉
           hardly
           miss
           to
           think
           upon
           ;
           I
           shall
           close
           this
           Information
           and
           direction
           vvith
           my
           usual
           Caution
           ,
           and
           good
           Wishes
           .
           Let
           none
           be
           Hasty
           or
           Presumptuous
           .
           The
           even
           humble
           Temper
           vvill
           best
           endure
           the
           difference
           of
           the
           Change
           either
           vvay
           .
           A
           Wilderness
           must
           vvant
           some
           things
           improv'd
           Countries
           do
           enjoy
           ;
           but
           Time
           and
           Labour
           vvill
           reprize
           ,
           vvhere
           Industry
           sooner
           makes
           an
           Inheritance
           .
           And
           tho
           vve
           have
           not
           the
           Ornaments
           of
           Life
           ,
           vve
           vvant
           not
           the
           Conveniences
           ;
           and
           if
           their
           Cost
           vvere
           put
           in
           Ballance
           vvith
           their
           Benefit
           ,
           the
           World
           vvould
           be
           greatly
           debtor
           on
           Account
           .
           If
           then
           vve
           have
           less
           of
           Art
           ,
           vve
           have
           more
           of
           Nature
           ;
           and
           the
           Works
           of
           God
           are
           〈◊〉
           objects
           for
           meditation
           and
           Delight
           ;
           then
           the
           Inventions
           of
           men
           .
           In
           vain
           do
           vve
           admire
           the
           First
           and
           Simpler
           Ages
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           stile
           them
           Golden
           ,
           vvhile
           vve
           object
           against
           
             America's
             Rusticity
          
           and
           Solitude
           .
        
         
           I
           vvill
           say
           no
           more
           ,
           but
           if
           Jacob
           dvvelt
           in
           Tents
           ,
           and
           Herds
           and
           Flocks
           vvere
           his
           Revenue
           ,
           a
           Life
           like
           his
           should
           be
           no
           stop
           vvith
           those
           that
           love
           his
           Plainness
           and
           Integrity
           .
           I
           beseech
           God
           it
           may
           be
           so
           vvith
           them
           that
           go
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           vvill
           not
           have
           much
           Reason
           to
           repent
           their
           Change.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

