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         Penn, William, 1644-1718.
      
       
         
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             A further account of the province of Pennsylvania and its improvements for the satisfaction of those that are adventurers, and enclined to be so.
             Penn, William, 1644-1718.
          
           20 p.
           
             s.n.,
             [London? :
             1685]
          
           
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           A
           Further
           Account
           Of
           the
           Province
           of
           PENNSYLVANIA
           AND
           ITS
           IMPROVEMENTS
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Satisfaction
           of
           those
           that
           are
           Adventurers
           ,
           and
           enclined
           to
           be
           so
           .
        
         
           IT
           has
           ,
           I
           know
           ,
           been
           much
           expected
           from
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           give
           some
           farther
           Narrative
           of
           those
           parts
           of
           America
           ,
           where
           I
           am
           chiefly
           interested
           ,
           and
           have
           lately
           been
           ;
           having
           continued
           there
           above
           a
           Year
           after
           my
           
             former
             Relation
          
           ,
           and
           receiving
           since
           my
           return
           ,
           the
           freshest
           and
           fullest
           Advices
           of
           its
           Progress
           and
           Improvement
           .
           But
           as
           the
           reason
           of
           my
           coming
           back
           ,
           was
           a
           Difference
           between
           the
           
             Lord
             Baltamore
          
           and
           my self
           ,
           about
           the
           
             Lands
             of
             Delaware
          
           ,
           in
           consequence
           ,
           reputed
           of
           mighty
           moment
           to
           us
           ,
           so
           I
           wav'd
           publishing
           any
           thing
           that
           might
           look
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           Country
           or
           inviting
           to
           it
           ,
           whilst
           it
           lay
           under
           the
           Discouragement
           and
           Disreputation
           of
           that
           Lord's
           claim
           and
           pretences
           .
        
         
           But
           since
           they
           are
           ,
           after
           many
           fair
           and
           full
           hearings
           before
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Committee
           for
           Plantations
           justly
           and
           happily
           Dismist
           ,
           and
           the
           things
           agreed
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Letters
           which
           daily
           press
           me
           from
           all
           Pa●●s
           ,
           on
           the
           subject
           of
           America
           ,
           
           are
           so
           many
           and
           voluminous
           ,
           that
           to
           answer
           them
           severally
           ,
           were
           a
           Task
           too
           heavy
           ,
           and
           repeated
           to
           perform
           ,
           I
           have
           thought
           it
           most
           easie
           to
           the
           Enquirer
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           my self
           ,
           to
           make
           this
           Account
           Publick
           ,
           lest
           my
           silence
           ,
           or
           a
           more
           private
           intimation
           of
           things
           ,
           should
           disoblige
           the
           just
           inclinations
           of
           any
           to
           America
           ,
           and
           at
           a
           time
           too
           ,
           when
           an
           extraordinary
           Providence
           seems
           to
           favour
           its
           Plantation
           ,
           and
           open
           a
           Door
           to
           Europeans
           to
           pass
           thither
           .
           That
           then
           which
           is
           my
           part
           to
           do
           in
           this
           Advertisement
           is
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           
             To
             Relate
             our
             Progress
             ,
             especially
             since
             my
             last
             of
             the
             Month
             called
          
           August
           83.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           Capacity
           of
           the
           Place
           for
           farther
           Improvement
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           
             Which
             Way
             those
             that
             are
             Adventurers
             ;
             or
             incline
             to
             be
             so
             ,
             may
             imploy
             their
             Money
             to
             a
             fair
             and
             secure
             Profit
          
           ;
           such
           as
           shall
           equally
           encourage
           Poor
           and
           Rich
           ,
           which
           cannot
           fail
           of
           Advancing
           the
           Country
           in
           consequence
           .
        
         
           I.
           We
           have
           had
           about
           NINETY
           SAYL
           
             of
             Ships
             with
          
           PASSENGERS
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           82.
           and
           not
           one
           Vessel
           ,
           designed
           to
           the
           Province
           ,
           through
           Gods
           mercy
           ,
           hitherto
           miscarried
           .
        
         
           The
           Estimate
           of
           the
           People
           may
           be
           thus
           made
           ;
           Eighty
           to
           each
           Ship
           ,
           which
           comes
           to
           SEVEN
           THOUSAND
           TWO-HUNDRED
           PERSONS
           :
           At
           least
           a
           Thousand
           there
           before
           ,
           with
           such
           as
           from
           other
           Places
           in
           our
           neighbourhood
           are
           since
           come
           to
           reside
           among
           us
           :
           And
           I
           presume
           the
           Births
           at
           least
           equal
           to
           the
           Burials
           :
           For
           having
           made
           our
           first
           Settlement
           high
           in
           the
           Freshes
           of
           the
           Rivers
           ,
           we
           do
           not
           finde
           our selves
           subject
           to
           those
           Seasonings
           that
           affect
           some
           other
           Countries
           upon
           the
           same
           Coast
           .
        
         
           The
           People
           are
           a
           Collection
           of
           divers
           Nations
           in
           Europe
           :
           As
           ,
           
             French
             ,
             Dutch
             ,
             Germans
             ,
             Sweeds
             ,
             Danes
             ,
             Finns
             ,
             Scotch
             '
             Irish
             ,
          
           and
           
           English
           ;
           and
           of
           the
           last
           equal
           to
           all
           the
           rest
           :
           And
           which
           is
           admirable
           ,
           not
           a
           Reflection
           on
           that
           Account
           :
           But
           as
           they
           are
           of
           one
           kind
           ,
           and
           in
           one
           Place
           ,
           and
           under
           One
           Allegiance
           ,
           so
           they
           live
           like
           People
           of
           
             One
             County
          
           ;
           which
           Civil
           Union
           has
           had
           a
           considerable
           influence
           towards
           the
           prosperity
           of
           that
           Place
           .
        
         
           II.
           Philadelphia
           ,
           and
           our
           intended
           Metropolis
           ,
           as
           I
           formerly
           Writ
           ,
           is
           two
           Miles
           long
           ,
           and
           a
           Mile
           broad
           ,
           and
           at
           each
           end
           it
           lies
           thot
           mile
           ,
           
             upon
             a
             Navigable
             River
          
           .
           The
           scituation
           high
           and
           dry
           ,
           yet
           replenished
           with
           
             running
             streams
          
           .
           Besides
           the
           High-Street
           ,
           that
           runs
           in
           the
           midle
           from
           River
           to
           River
           ,
           and
           is
           an
           
             hundred
             foot
          
           broad
           ,
           it
           has
           Eight
           Streets
           more
           that
           run
           the
           same
           course
           ,
           the
           least
           of
           which
           is
           
             fifty
             foot
          
           in
           breath
           .
           And
           besides
           Broad-Street
           ,
           which
           crosseth
           the
           Town
           in
           the
           middle
           ,
           and
           is
           also
           an
           hundred
           foot
           wide
           ,
           there
           are
           twenty
           streets
           more
           ,
           that
           run
           the
           same
           course
           ,
           and
           are
           also
           fifty
           foot
           broad
           .
           The
           names
           of
           those
           Streets
           are
           mostly
           taken
           from
           the
           things
           that
           Spontaneously
           grow
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           
             As
             Vine-Street
             ,
             Mulbery-Street
             ,
             Chesnut-Srteet
             ,
             Wallnut-Street
             ,
             Strawbery-Street
             ,
             Cranbery-Street
             ,
             Plumb-Street
             ,
             Hickery-Street
             ,
             Pine-Street
             ,
             Oake-Street
             ,
             Beach-Street
             ,
             Ash-Street
             ,
             Popler-Street
             ,
             Sassafrax-Street
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
          
        
         
           III.
           I
           mentioned
           in
           my
           last
           Account
           ,
           that
           from
           my
           Arival
           in
           
             Eighty
             two
          
           ,
           to
           the
           Date
           thereof
           ,
           being
           ten
           Moneths
           ,
           we
           had
           got
           up
           Four-score
           Houses
           at
           our
           Town
           ,
           and
           that
           some
           Villages
           were
           setled
           about
           it
           .
           From
           that
           time
           to
           my
           coming
           away
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           Year
           within
           a
           few
           Weeks
           ,
           the
           Town
           advanced
           to
           
             Three
             hundred
             and
             fifty
             seven
             Houses
          
           ;
           divers
           of
           them
           ,
           large
           ,
           well
           built
           ,
           with
           good
           Cellars
           ,
           three
           stories
           ,
           and
           some
           with
           Belconies
           .
        
         
           IV.
           There
           is
           also
           a
           fair
           Key
           of
           about
           three
           hundred
           foot
           square
           ,
           Built
           by
           
             Samuel
             Carpenter
          
           ,
           to
           which
           a
           Ship
           of
           
             five
             hundred
             Tuns
          
           may
           lay
           her
           broade
           side
           :
           and
           others
           intend
           to
           
           follow
           his
           example
           .
           We
           have
           also
           a
           Rope-walk
           made
           by
           
             B.
             Wilcox
          
           ,
           and
           cordage
           for
           shipping
           already
           spun
           at
           it
           .
        
         
           V.
           There
           inhabits
           most
           sorts
           of
           useful
           Trades-men
           ,
           As
           
             Carpenters
             ,
             Joyners
             ,
             Bricklayers
             ,
             Masons
             ,
             Plasterers
             ,
             Plumers
             ,
             Smiths
             ,
             Glasiers
             ,
             Taylers
             ,
             Shoemakers
             ,
             Butchers
             ,
             Bakers
             ,
             Brewers
             ,
             Glovers
             ,
             Tanners
             ,
             Felmongers
             ,
             Wheelrights
             ,
             Millrights
             ,
             Shiprights
             ,
             Boatrights
             ,
             Ropemakers
             ,
             Saylmakers
             Blockmakers
             ,
             Turners
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           VI.
           There
           are
           
             Two
             Markets
          
           every
           Week
           and
           
             Two
             Fairs
          
           every
           Year
           .
           In
           other
           places
           Markets
           also
           ,
           as
           at
           Chester
           and
           New-Castle
           .
        
         
           VII
           .
           Seven
           Ordinaries
           for
           the
           Intertainment
           of
           Strangers
           and
           Work-Men
           ,
           that
           are
           not
           House-keepers
           ,
           and
           a
           good
           Meal
           to
           be
           had
           for
           sixpence
           ,
           sterl
           .
        
         
           VIII
           .
           The
           hours
           for
           Work
           and
           Meals
           to
           Labourers
           ,
           are
           fixt
           ,
           and
           known
           by
           Ring
           of
           Bell.
           
        
         
           IX
           .
           After
           nine
           at
           Night
           ,
           the
           Officers
           go
           the
           Rounds
           and
           no
           Person
           ,
           without
           very
           good
           cause
           ,
           suffered
           to
           be
           at
           any
           Publick-House
           that
           is
           not
           a
           Lodger
           .
        
         
           X.
           Tho
           this
           Town
           seemed
           at
           first
           ,
           contrived
           for
           the
           Purchasers
           of
           the
           
             first
             hundred
             shares
          
           ,
           each
           share
           consisting
           of
           5000
           Acres
           ,
           yet
           few
           going
           ,
           and
           that
           their
           absence
           might
           not
           Check
           the
           Improvement
           of
           the
           Place
           ,
           and
           Strangers
           ,
           that
           flockt
           to
           us
           ,
           be
           thereby
           Excluded
           ,
           I
           added
           that
           half
           of
           the
           Town
           ,
           which
           lies
           on
           the
           Skulkill
           ,
           that
           we
           might
           have
           Room
           for
           present
           and
           after
           Commers
           ,
           that
           were
           not
           of
           that
           number
           ,
           and
           it
           hath
           already
           had
           great
           success
           to
           the
           Improvement
           of
           the
           Place
           .
        
         
           XI
           .
           Some
           Vessels
           have
           been
           here
           Built
           ,
           and
           many
           Boats
           ;
           and
           by
           that
           means
           ,
           a
           ready
           Conveniency
           for
           Passage
           of
           People
           and
           Goods
           .
        
         
           XII
           .
           Divers
           Brickerys
           going
           on
           ,
           many
           Cellars
           already
           Ston'd
           or
           Brick'd
           ,
           and
           some
           Brick
           Houses
           going
           up
           .
        
         
           XIII
           .
           The
           Town
           is
           well
           furnish'd
           with
           convenient
           Mills
           ;
           
           and
           what
           with
           their
           
             Garden
             Plats
          
           ,
           (
           the
           least
           half
           an
           Acre
           )
           the
           Fish
           of
           the
           River
           ,
           and
           their
           labour
           ,
           to
           the
           Country-man
           ,
           who
           begins
           to
           pay
           with
           the
           provisions
           of
           his
           own
           growth
           ,
           they
           live
           Comfortably
           .
        
         
           XIV
           .
           The
           Improvement
           of
           the
           place
           is
           best
           measur'd
           ,
           by
           the
           advance
           of
           Value
           upon
           every
           mans
           Lot.
           I
           will
           venture
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           worst
           Lot
           in
           the
           Town
           ,
           without
           any
           Improvement
           upon
           it
           ,
           is
           worth
           
             four
             times
          
           more
           then
           it
           was
           when
           it
           was
           lay'd
           out
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           forty
           .
           And
           though
           it
           seems
           unequal
           that
           the
           Absent
           should
           be
           thus
           benefited
           by
           the
           Improvments
           of
           those
           that
           are
           upon
           the
           place
           ,
           especially
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           serv'd
           no
           Office
           ,
           run
           no
           hazard
           ,
           nor
           as
           yet
           defray'd
           any
           Publick
           charge
           ,
           yet
           this
           advantage
           does
           certainly
           redound
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           whoever
           they
           are
           ,
           they
           are
           great
           Debtors
           to
           the
           Country
           ;
           of
           which
           I
           shall
           now
           speak
           more
           at
           large
           .
        
         
           
             Of
             Country
             Settlements
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             WE
             do
             settle
             in
             the
             way
             of
             Townships
             or
             Villages
             ,
             each
             of
             which
             contains
             5000
             Acres
             in
             square
             and
             at
             least
             
               Ten
               Families
            
             :
             The
             regulation
             of
             the
             Country
             ,
             being
             a
             Family
             to
             each
             five
             hundred
             Acres
             :
             Some
             Townships
             have
             more
             ,
             where
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             People
             is
             less
             then
             that
             quantity
             ;
             which
             often
             falls
             out
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Many
             that
             had
             right
             to
             more
             Land
             ,
             were
             at
             first
             covetous
             to
             have
             their
             whole
             quantity
             ,
             without
             regard
             to
             this
             way
             of
             settlement
             ,
             tho
             by
             such
             Wilderness
             vacancies
             they
             had
             ruin'd
             the
             Country
             ,
             and
             their
             own
             interest
             of
             course
             .
             I
             had
             in
             my
             view
             ,
             
               Society
               ,
               Assistance
               ,
               Easy
               Commerce
               ,
               Instruction
               of
               Youth
               ,
               Goverment
               of
               Peoples
               manners
               ,
               Conveniency
               of
               Religious
               Assembling
               ,
               Encouragement
               of
               Mechanicks
               ,
               distinct
               and
               beaten
               Roads
               ,
            
             and
             it
             has
             answer'd
             in
             all
             those
             respects
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             to
             an
             Universall
             Content
             .
          
           
           
             3.
             
             Our
             Townships
             lie
             square
             :
             generally
             the
             Village
             in
             the
             Center
             ;
             the
             Houses
             either
             opposit
             ,
             or
             else
             opposit
             to
             the
             middle
             ,
             betwixt
             two
             houses
             over
             the
             way
             ,
             for
             nearer
             neighborhood
             .
             We
             have
             another
             Method
             ,
             that
             tho
             the
             Village
             be
             in
             the
             Center
             ,
             yet
             after
             a
             different
             manner
             :
             Five
             hundred
             Acres
             are
             allotted
             for
             the
             Village
             ,
             which
             among
             ten
             families
             comes
             to
             fifty
             Acres
             each
             :
             This
             lies
             square
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             outside
             of
             the
             square
             stand
             the
             Houses
             ,
             with
             their
             fifty
             Acres
             running
             back
             ,
             whose
             ends
             meeting
             ,
             make
             the
             Center
             of
             the
             500.
             
             Acres
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             to
             the
             whole
             .
             Before
             the
             Doors
             of
             those
             Houses
             ,
             lies
             the
             high
             way
             ,
             and
             cross
             it
             ,
             every
             mans
             450
             Acres
             of
             Land
             ,
             that
             makes
             up
             his
             Complement
             of
             500
             so
             that
             the
             Conveniency
             of
             Neighbourhood
             is
             made
             agreeable
             with
             that
             of
             the
             Land.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             I
             said
             nothing
             in
             my
             last
             of
             any
             number
             of
             Townships
             ,
             but
             there
             were
             at
             least
             FIFTY
             settled
             before
             my
             leaving
             those
             parts
             ,
             which
             was
             in
             the
             moneth
             call'd
             August
             1684.
             
          
           
             5.
             
             I
             visitted
             many
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             found
             them
             much
             advanc'd
             in
             their
             Improvements
             .
             Houses
             over
             their
             heads
             ,
             and
             
               Garden-Plots
               ,
               Coverts
            
             for
             their
             Cattle
             ,
             an
             encrease
             of
             stock
             ,
             and
             several
             Enclosures
             in
             Corn
             ,
             especially
             ,
             the
             first
             Commers
             ;
             and
             I
             may
             say
             of
             some
             Poor
             men
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             beginings
             of
             an
             Estate
             :
             The
             difference
             of
             labouring
             for
             themselves
             and
             for
             others
             ;
             of
             an
             Inheritance
             ,
             and
             a
             Rack
             Lease
             ,
             
               being
               never
               better
               understood
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Of
             The
             Produce
             of
             the
             Earth
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             THe
             EARTH
             ,
             by
             Gods
             blessing
             ,
             has
             more
             then
             answer'd
             our
             expectation
             ;
             the
             poorest
             places
             in
             our
             Judgment
             ,
             producing
             large
             Crops
             of
             Garden
             Stuff
             ,
             and
             Grain
             .
             And
             though
             our
             Ground
             has
             not
             generally
             the
             symptoms
             of
             the
             fat
             Necks
             ,
             that
             lie
             upon
             salt
             Waters
             in
             Provinces
             southern
             of
             us
             ,
             our
             Grain
             is
             thought
             to
             excell
             and
             our
             Crops
             to
             be
             as
             large
             .
             We
             have
             had
             the
             mark
             of
             the
             good
             Ground
             
             amongst
             us
             ;
             from
             
               Thirty
               to
               Sixty
               fold
            
             of
             English
             Corn.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Land
             requires
             less
             seed
             :
             
               Three
               Pecks
            
             of
             Wheat
             sow
             an
             Acre
             ;
             a
             Bushel
             at
             most
             ,
             and
             some
             have
             had
             the
             increase
             I
             have
             mention'd
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Upon
             Tryal
             ,
             we
             find
             that
             the
             Corn
             and
             Roots
             that
             grow
             in
             England
             ,
             thrive
             very
             well
             there
             ,
             as
             
               Wheat
               ,
               Barly
               ,
               Rye
               ,
               Oats
               ,
               Buck-Wheat
               ,
               Pease
               ,
               Beans
               ,
               Cabbages
               ,
               Turnips
               ,
               Carrets
               ,
               Parsnups
               ,
               Colleflowers
               ,
               Asparagus
               ,
               Onions
               ,
               Charlots
               ,
               Garlick
               ,
               and
               Irish
               Potatos
            
             ;
             we
             have
             also
             the
             Spanish
             ,
             and
             very
             good
             RICE
             which
             do
             not
             grow
             here
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Our
             Low
             Lands
             are
             excellent
             for
             Rape
             and
             Hemp
             and
             Flax.
             A
             Tryal
             has
             been
             made
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             two
             last
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             Considerable
             quantity
             Dress'd
             Yearly
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             The
             Weeds
             of
             our
             Woods
             feed
             our
             Cattle
             to
             the
             Market
             as
             well
             as
             Dary
             :
             I
             have
             seen
             fat
             Bullocks
             brought
             thence
             to
             Market
             before
             Mid-Summer
             .
             Our
             Swamps
             or
             Marshes
             yeeld
             us
             course
             Hay
             for
             the
             Winter
             ,
          
           
             6.
             
             English
             
               GRASS-SEED
               takes
               well
            
             ;
             which
             will
             give
             us
             fatting
             Hay
             in
             time
             .
             Of
             this
             I
             made
             an
             Experiment
             in
             my
             own
             Court
             Yard
             ,
             upon
             sand
             ,
             that
             was
             dug
             out
             of
             my
             Cellar
             ,
             with
             seed
             that
             had
             layn
             in
             a
             Cask
             ,
             open
             to
             the
             weather
             two
             Winters
             and
             a
             Summer
             :
             I
             caus'd
             it
             to
             be
             sown
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             month
             called
             April
             ,
             and
             a
             fortnight
             before
             Midsummer
             it
             was
             fit
             to
             Mow
             :
             It
             grew
             very
             thick
             :
             But
             I
             ordered
             it
             to
             be
             fed
             ,
             being
             in
             the
             nature
             of
             a
             Grass
             Plott
             ,
             on
             purpose
             to
             see
             if
             the
             Roots
             lay
             firm
             :
             And
             though
             it
             had
             been
             meer
             sand
             ,
             cast
             out
             of
             the
             Cellar
             ,
             but
             a
             Year
             before
             ,
             the
             seed
             took
             such
             Root
             ,
             and
             held
             the
             earth
             so
             fast
             ,
             and
             fastened
             it self
             so
             well
             in
             the
             Earth
             ,
             that
             it
             held
             and
             fed
             like
             old
             English
             Ground
             .
             I
             mention
             this
             ,
             to
             confute
             the
             Objections
             that
             lie
             against
             those
             Parts
             ,
             as
             if
             that
             ,
             first
             ,
             English
             Grass
             would
             not
             grow
             ;
             next
             ,
             not
             enough
             to
             mow
             ;
             and
             lastly
             ,
             not
             firm
             enough
             to
             feed
             ,
             from
             the
             Levity
             of
             the
             Mould
             .
          
           
           
             7.
             
             All
             sorts
             of
             English
             fruits
             that
             have
             been
             tryed
             ,
             
               take
               mighty
               well
            
             for
             the
             time
             :
             The
             Peach
             Excellent
             ,
             on
             standers
             ,
             and
             in
             great
             quantities
             :
             They
             sun-dry
             them
             ,
             and
             lay
             them
             up
             in
             lofts
             ,
             as
             we
             do
             roots
             here
             ,
             and
             stew
             them
             with
             Meat
             in
             Winter
             time
             .
             Musmellons
             and
             
               Water
               Mellons
            
             are
             raised
             there
             ,
             with
             as
             little
             care
             as
             Pumpkins
             in
             England
             .
             The
             VINE
             especially
             ,
             prevails
             ,
             which
             grows
             every
             where
             ;
             and
             upon
             experience
             ,
             of
             some
             
               French
               People
               from
               Rochel
               ,
               and
               the
               Isle
               of
               Rhee
               ,
               GOOD
               WINE
            
             may
             be
             made
             there
             ,
             especially
             ,
             when
             the
             Earth
             and
             Stem
             are
             fin'd
             and
             civiliz'd
             by
             culture
             .
             We
             hope
             that
             good
             skill
             in
             our
             most
             Southern
             Parts
             will
             yeild
             us
             several
             of
             the
             Straights
             Commodities
             ,
             efpecially
             ,
             
               Oyle
               ,
               Dates
               ,
               Figgs
               ,
               Almonds
               ,
               Raisins
            
             and
             Currans
             .
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             Produce
             of
             our
             Waters
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             MIghty
             WHALES
             roll
             upon
             the
             Coast
             ,
             near
             the
             Mouth
             of
             the
             Bay
             of
             Delaware
             .
             Eleven
             caught
             ,
             and
             workt
             into
             Oyl
             one
             Season
             :
             We
             justly
             hope
             a
             considerable
             profit
             by
             a
             Whalery
             .
             They
             being
             so
             numerous
             and
             the
             Shore
             so
             suitable
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             STURGEON
             play
             continually
             in
             our
             Rivers
             in
             Summer
             :
             And
             though
             the
             way
             of
             cureing
             them
             be
             not
             generally
             known
             ,
             yet
             by
             a
             Receipt
             I
             had
             of
             one
             Collins
             ,
             that
             related
             to
             the
             Company
             of
             the
             Royal
             Fishery
             ,
             I
             did
             so
             well
             preserve
             some
             ,
             that
             I
             had
             of
             them
             good
             there
             three
             months
             of
             the
             Summer
             ,
             and
             brought
             some
             of
             the
             same
             so
             for
             England
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             ALLOES
             ,
             as
             they
             call
             them
             in
             France
             ,
             the
             Jews
             Allice
             ,
             and
             our
             Ignorants
             ,
             Shads
             ,
             are
             excellent
             Fish
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Bigness
             of
             our
             largest
             Carp
             :
             They
             are
             so
             Plentiful
             ,
             that
             Captain
             
             Smyth's
             Overseer
             ,
             at
             the
             Skulkil
             ,
             drew
             600
             and
             odd
             at
             one
             Draught
             ,
             300
             is
             no
             wonder
             ,
             100
             familierly
             .
             They
             are
             excellent
             Pickled
             or
             Smokt'd
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             boyld
             fresh
             :
             They
             are
             caught
             by
             nets
             only
             .
          
           
           
             4.
             
             ROCKS
             are
             somewhat
             rounder
             and
             larger
             ,
             also
             a
             whiter
             fish
             ,
             little
             inferior
             in
             rellish
             to
             our
             Mallet
             :
             We
             have
             them
             almost
             in
             the
             like
             plenty
             .
             These
             are
             often
             
               Barrell'd
               like
               Cod
            
             ,
             and
             not
             much
             inferior
             for
             their
             spending
             .
             Of
             both
             these
             the
             Inhabitants
             increase
             their
             Winter
             store
             :
             These
             are
             caught
             by
             Nets
             ,
             Hooks
             and
             Speers
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             The
             SHEEPSHEAD
             ,
             so
             called
             ,
             from
             the
             resemblance
             of
             its
             Mouth
             and
             Nose
             to
             a
             Sheep
             ,
             is
             a
             fish
             much
             preferr'd
             by
             some
             ,
             but
             they
             keep
             in
             salt
             Water
             ;
             they
             are
             like
             a
             Roach
             in
             fashion
             ,
             but
             as
             thick
             as
             a
             Salmon
             ,
             not
             so
             long
             .
             We
             have
             also
             the
             Drum
             ,
             a
             large
             and
             noble
             fish
             ,
             commended
             equal
             to
             the
             Sheepshead
             ,
             not
             unlike
             to
             a
             
               Newfoundland
               Cod
            
             ,
             but
             larger
             of
             the
             two
             :
             T
             is
             so
             call'd
             from
             a
             noise
             it
             makes
             in
             its
             Belly
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             taken
             ,
             resembling
             a
             Drum.
             There
             are
             three
             sorts
             of
             them
             ,
             the
             
               Black
               ,
               Red
            
             and
             
               Gold
               colour
            
             ;
             the
             Black
             is
             fat
             in
             the
             Spring
             ,
             the
             Red
             in
             the
             Fall
             ,
             and
             the
             Gold
             colour
             believed
             to
             be
             the
             Black
             ,
             grown
             old
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             observ'd
             that
             young
             ones
             of
             that
             colour
             have
             not
             been
             taken
             .
             They
             generally
             ketch
             them
             by
             Hook
             and
             Line
             ,
             as
             Cod
             are
             ,
             and
             they
             save
             like
             it
             ,
             where
             the
             People
             are
             skilful
             .
             There
             are
             abundance
             of
             lesser
             fish
             to
             be
             caught
             of
             pleasure
             ,
             but
             they
             quit
             not
             cost
             ,
             as
             those
             I
             have
             mentioned
             ,
             neither
             in
             Magnitude
             nor
             Number
             ,
             except
             the
             Herring
             ,
             which
             swarm
             in
             such
             shoales
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             hardly
             Credible
             ;
             in
             little
             Creeks
             ,
             they
             almost
             shovel
             them
             up
             in
             their
             tubs
             .
             There
             is
             the
             Catfish
             ,
             or
             
               Flathead
               ,
               Lampry
               ,
               Eale
               ,
               Trout
               ,
               Perch
               black
            
             and
             
               white
               ,
               Smelt
               ,
               Sunfish
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             Also
             
               Oysters
               ,
               Cockles
               ,
               Cunks
               ,
               Crabs
               ,
               Mussles
               ,
               Mannanoses
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             Provision
             in
             General
          
           
             1.
             
             IT
             has
             been
             often
             said
             ,
             we
             were
             starv'd
             for
             want
             of
             food
             ;
             some
             were
             apt
             to
             suggest
             their
             fears
             ,
             others
             to
             insinuate
             their
             prejudices
             ,
             and
             when
             this
             was
             contradicted
             ,
             and
             they
             
             assur'd
             we
             had
             plenty
             ,
             both
             of
             
               Bread
               ,
               Fish
            
             and
             Flesh
             ;
             then
             't
             was
             objected
             ,
             we
             were
             forc't
             to
             fetch
             it
             from
             other
             places
             at
             great
             Charges
             :
             but
             neither
             is
             all
             this
             true
             ,
             tho
             all
             the
             World
             will
             think
             we
             must
             either
             carry
             Provision
             with
             us
             ,
             or
             get
             it
             of
             the
             Neighbourhood
             till
             we
             had
             gotten
             Houses
             over
             our
             heads
             ,
             and
             a
             little
             Land
             in
             tillage
             .
             We
             fetcht
             none
             ,
             nor
             were
             we
             wholly
             helpt
             by
             Neighbours
             ;
             the
             
               Old
               Inhabitants
            
             supplied
             us
             with
             most
             of
             the
             Corn
             we
             wanted
             ,
             and
             a
             good
             share
             of
             Pork
             and
             Beef
             :
             t
             is
             true
             ,
             
               New-York
               ,
               New-England
            
             and
             Road-Ifland
             ,
             did
             with
             their
             provisions
             fetch
             our
             Goods
             and
             Money
             ,
             but
             at
             such
             Rates
             ,
             that
             some
             sold
             for
             almost
             what
             they
             gave
             ,
             and
             others
             carried
             their
             provisions
             back
             ,
             expecting
             a
             better
             Market
             neerer
             ,
             which
             showed
             no
             scarcity
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             were
             not
             totally
             destitute
             in
             our
             own
             River
             .
             But
             if
             my
             advice
             be
             of
             any
             Value
             ,
             I
             would
             have
             them
             buy
             still
             ,
             and
             not
             weaken
             their
             Herds
             ,
             by
             killing
             up
             their
             Young
             Stock
             
               too
               soon
            
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             But
             the
             right
             measure
             of
             information
             must
             be
             the
             proportion
             of
             Value
             of
             Provisions
             there
             ;
             to
             what
             they
             are
             in
             more
             planted
             and
             mature
             Colonies
             .
             Beef
             is
             commonly
             sold
             at
             the
             rate
             of
             
               two
               pence
               per
               Pound
            
             ;
             and
             Pork
             for
             
               two
               pence
               half-penny
               ;
               Veal
            
             and
             Mutton
             at
             
               three
               pence
            
             ,
             or
             
               three
               pence
               half
               penny
            
             ,
             that
             Country
             mony
             ;
             an
             English
             Shilling
             going
             for
             
               fifteen
               pence
            
             .
             Grain
             fells
             by
             the
             
               Bushel
               ;
               Wheat
            
             at
             
               four
               shillings
               ;
               Rye
            
             ,
             and
             excellent
             good
             ,
             at
             
               three
               shillings
               ;
               Barly
               two
               shillings
               six
               pence
               ;
               Indian
               Corn
               two
               shillings
               six
               pence
               ,
               Oats
               two
               shillings
               ,
            
             in
             that
             money
             still
             ,
             which
             in
             a
             new
             Country
             ,
             where
             Grain
             is
             so
             much
             wanted
             for
             seed
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             food
             ,
             cannot
             be
             called
             dear
             ,
             and
             especially
             if
             we
             consider
             the
             Consumption
             of
             the
             many
             new
             Commers
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             There
             is
             so
             great
             an
             encrease
             of
             Grain
             ,
             by
             the
             dilligent
             application
             of
             People
             to
             Husbandry
             ,
             that
             within
             three
             Years
             ,
             some
             Plantations
             have
             got
             Twenty
             Acres
             in
             Corn
             ,
             some
             Forty
             ,
             some
             Fifty
             .
          
           
           
             4.
             
             They
             are
             very
             careful
             to
             encrease
             their
             stock
             ,
             and
             get
             into
             Daries
             ,
             as
             fast
             as
             they
             can
             .
             They
             already
             make
             good
             Butter
             and
             Cheese
             .
             A
             good
             Cow
             and
             Calf
             by
             her
             side
             may
             be
             worth
             
               three
               pounds
            
             sterling
             ,
             in
             goods
             at
             first
             Cost
             .
             A
             pare
             of
             Working
             
               Oxen
               ,
               eight
               pounds
            
             :
             A
             pare
             of
             fat
             ones
             ,
             Little
             more
             ,
             and
             a
             plain
             Breeding
             Mare
             about
             
               five
               pounds
            
             sterl
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             For
             Fish
             ,
             it
             is
             brought
             to
             the
             Door
             ,
             both
             fresh
             and
             salt
             .
             Six
             Alloes
             or
             Rocks
             for
             
               twelve
               pence
            
             ,
             and
             salt
             fish
             ,
             at
             
               three
               fardings
            
             per
             
               pound
               ,
               Oysters
            
             at
             2
             s.
             per
             bushel
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Our
             DRINK
             has
             been
             Beer
             and
             Punch
             ,
             made
             of
             Rum
             and
             Water
             :
             Our
             Beer
             was
             mostly
             made
             of
             Molosses
             ,
             which
             well
             boyld
             ,
             with
             Sassafras
             or
             Pine
             infused
             into
             it
             ,
             makes
             very
             tollerable
             drink
             ;
             but
             now
             they
             make
             Mault
             ,
             and
             Mault
             Drink
             begins
             to
             be
             common
             ,
             especially
             at
             Ordinaries
             ,
             and
             the
             Houses
             of
             the
             more
             substantial
             People
             .
             In
             our
             great
             Town
             there
             is
             an
             
               able
               Man
            
             ,
             that
             has
             set
             up
             a
             large
             Brew-House
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             furnish
             the
             People
             with
             good
             Drink
             ,
             both
             there
             ,
             and
             up
             and
             down
             the
             River
             .
             Having
             faid
             this
             of
             the
             Country
             ,
             for
             the
             time
             I
             was
             there
             ,
             I
             shall
             add
             one
             of
             the
             many
             Letters
             that
             have
             come
             to
             my
             hand
             ,
             because
             brief
             and
             full
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             is
             known
             to
             be
             a
             Person
             of
             an
             extraordinary
             Caution
             as
             well
             as
             Truth
             ,
             in
             what
             he
             is
             wont
             to
             Write
             or
             Speak
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   Philadelphia
                   
                     the
                     3d.
                     of
                     the
                     6th
                     .
                     month
                     (
                     August
                     )
                     1685.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   Governour
                   .
                
              
               
                 HAving
                 an
                 opportunity
                 by
                 a
                 Ship
                 from
                 this
                 River
                 ,
                 (
                 out
                 of
                 which
                 several
                 have
                 gone
                 this
                 Year
                 )
                 I
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 give
                 a
                 short
                 account
                 of
                 proceedings
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 settlements
                 here
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Improvements
                 both
                 in
                 Town
                 and
                 Country
                 .
                 As
                 to
                 the
                 Country
                 the
                 Improvements
                 are
                 large
                 ,
                 and
                 settlements
                 very
                 throng
                 ,
                 by
                 way
                 of
                 TOWNSHIPS
                 and
                 VILLAGES
                 .
                 Great
                 inclinations
                 to
                 Planting
                 Orchards
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 easily
                 raised
                 ,
                 and
                 soon
                 brought
                 to
                 perfection
                 .
                 Much
                 Hay-Seed
                 sown
                 ,
                 and
                 much
                 
                 Planting
                 of
                 Corn
                 this
                 Year
                 ,
                 and
                 great
                 produce
                 said
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 both
                 of
                 
                   Wheat
                   ,
                   Rye
                
                 and
                 
                   Rise
                   ;
                   Barly
                
                 and
                 Oates
                 prove
                 very
                 well
                 ,
                 besides
                 
                   ●●●ian
                   Corn
                
                 and
                 Pease
                 of
                 several
                 sorts
                 ;
                 also
                 Kidny-Beans
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   English
                   Pease
                
                 of
                 several
                 kinds
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 had
                 in
                 my
                 own
                 Ground
                 ,
                 with
                 English
                 Roots
                 ,
                 
                   Turnaps
                   ,
                   Parsnaps
                   ,
                   Carrets
                   ,
                   Onions
                   ,
                   Leeks
                   ,
                   Radishes
                
                 and
                 Cabbidges
                 ,
                 with
                 abundance
                 of
                 sorts
                 of
                 Herbs
                 and
                 Flowers
                 :
                 I
                 know
                 but
                 of
                 few
                 seeds
                 that
                 have
                 mist
                 ,
                 except
                 Rosemary
                 seed
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 English
                 might
                 be
                 old
                 .
                 Also
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 such
                 plenty
                 of
                 
                   Pumpkins
                   ,
                   Musmellons
                   ,
                   Watermellons
                   ,
                   Squashes
                   ,
                   Coshaws
                   ,
                   Bucks-hens
                   ,
                   Cowcumbers
                
                 and
                 Simnells
                 of
                 Divers
                 kinds
                 ;
                 admired
                 at
                 by
                 new
                 Commers
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Earth
                 should
                 so
                 plentifully
                 cast
                 forth
                 ,
                 especially
                 the
                 first
                 Years
                 breaking
                 up
                 ;
                 and
                 on
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 counted
                 the
                 WORST
                 SORT
                 OF
                 SANDY
                 LAND
                 .
                 I
                 am
                 satisfied
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 more
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Earth
                 is
                 very
                 fertil
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 hath
                 done
                 his
                 part
                 ,
                 if
                 Man
                 use
                 but
                 a
                 moderate
                 Diligence
                 .
                 
                   Grapes
                   ,
                   Mulberies
                   ,
                   and
                   many
                   wilde
                   Fruits
                   ,
                   and
                   natural
                   Plums
                   ,
                
                 in
                 abundance
                 ,
                 this
                 Year
                 have
                 I
                 seen
                 and
                 eat
                 of
                 .
                 A
                 brave
                 Orchard
                 and
                 Nursery
                 have
                 I
                 planted
                 ,
                 and
                 thrive
                 mightily
                 ,
                 and
                 Fruit
                 the
                 first
                 Year
                 .
                 I
                 endeavor
                 choice
                 of
                 Fruits
                 ,
                 and
                 Seeds
                 from
                 many
                 parts
                 ;
                 also
                 Hay-Seed
                 ;
                 and
                 have
                 sowed
                 a
                 field
                 this
                 spring
                 for
                 tryal
                 .
                 First
                 ,
                 I
                 burn'd
                 the
                 leaves
                 ,
                 then
                 had
                 it
                 Grub'd
                 ,
                 not
                 the
                 field
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 small
                 Roots
                 up
                 ,
                 then
                 sowed
                 great
                 and
                 small
                 Clover
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 
                   old
                   Grass-seed
                
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 it
                 only
                 raked
                 over
                 ,
                 not
                 Plowed
                 nor
                 Harrowed
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 grows
                 exceedingly
                 :
                 also
                 for
                 experience
                 I
                 sowed
                 some
                 patches
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 sort
                 in
                 my
                 Garden
                 and
                 Dunged
                 some
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 grows
                 worst
                 .
                 I
                 have
                 planted
                 the
                 Irish
                 Potatoes
                 ,
                 and
                 hope
                 to
                 have
                 a
                 brave
                 increase
                 to
                 Transplant
                 next
                 Year
                 .
                 
                   Captain
                   Rapel
                
                 (
                 the
                 French
                 man
                 )
                 saith
                 ,
                 he
                 made
                 good
                 WINE
                 of
                 the
                 Grapes
                 (
                 of
                 the
                 Country
                 )
                 last
                 Year
                 ,
                 and
                 Transported
                 some
                 ,
                 but
                 intends
                 to
                 make
                 more
                 this
                 Year
                 .
                 Also
                 a
                 French
                 man
                 in
                 this
                 Town
                 intends
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 for
                 Grapes
                 are
                 very
                 Plentiful
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 Town
                 of
                 PHILADELPHIA
                 it
                 goeth
                 on
                 in
                 Planting
                 and
                 Building
                 to
                 admiration
                 ,
                 both
                 in
                 the
                 front
                 &
                 backward
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 are
                 about
                 600
                 Houses
                 in
                 3
                 years
                 time
                 .
                 And
                 since
                 I
                 built
                 my
                 
                   Brick
                   House
                
                 ,
                 the
                 foundation
                 of
                 which
                 was
                 laid
                 at
                 thy
                 going
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 did
                 design
                 after
                 a
                 good
                 manner
                 ,
                 to
                 incourage
                 others
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 from
                 building
                 with
                 Wood
                 ;
                 it
                 being
                 the
                 first
                 ,
                 many
                 take
                 example
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 that
                 built
                 Wooden
                 Houses
                 ,
                 are
                 sorry
                 for
                 it
                 :
                 Brick
                 building
                 is
                 said
                 to
                 be
                 
                   as
                   cheap
                
                 :
                 Bricks
                 are
                 exceeding
                 good
                 ,
                 and
                 better
                 then
                 when
                 I
                 built
                 :
                 More
                 Makers
                 fallen
                 in
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Bricks
                   cheaper
                
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 before
                 at
                 16
                 s.
                 English
                 per
                 1000
                 ,
                 and
                 now
                 many
                 
                   brave
                   Brick
                   Houses
                   are
                   going
                   up
                   ,
                
                 with
                 good
                 Cellars
                 .
                 
                   Arthur
                   Cook
                
                 is
                 building
                 him
                 
                 a
                 brave
                 Brick
                 House
                 near
                 
                   William
                   Frampton's
                
                 ,
                 on
                 the
                 front
                 :
                 For
                 
                   William
                   Frampton
                
                 hath
                 since
                 built
                 
                   a
                   good
                   Brick
                   house
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Brew-house
                   and
                   Bake-house
                   ,
                
                 and
                 let
                 the
                 other
                 for
                 an
                 Ordinary
                 .
                 
                   John
                   Wheeler
                
                 ,
                 from
                 New-England
                 ,
                 is
                 building
                 
                   a
                   good
                   Brick
                   house
                
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 
                   Blew
                   Anchor
                
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 two
                 Brickmakers
                 
                   a
                   Double
                   Brick
                
                 House
                 and
                 Cellars
                 ;
                 besides
                 several
                 others
                 going
                 on
                 :
                 
                   Samuel
                   Carpenter
                
                 has
                 built
                 another
                 house
                 by
                 his
                 .
                 I
                 am
                 Building
                 
                   another
                   Brick
                
                 house
                 by
                 mine
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 three
                 large
                 Stories
                 high
                 ,
                 besides
                 a
                 good
                 large
                 Brick
                 Cellar
                 under
                 it
                 ,
                 of
                 two
                 Bricks
                 and
                 a
                 half
                 thickness
                 in
                 the
                 wall
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 next
                 story
                 half
                 under
                 Ground
                 ,
                 the
                 Celler
                 hath
                 an
                 Arched
                 Door
                 for
                 a
                 Vault
                 to
                 go
                 (
                 under
                 the
                 Street
                 )
                 to
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 to
                 bring
                 in
                 goods
                 ,
                 or
                 deliver
                 out
                 .
                 
                   Humphery
                   Murry
                
                 ,
                 from
                 New-York
                 ,
                 has
                 built
                 a
                 large
                 Timber
                 house
                 ,
                 with
                 Brick
                 Chimnies
                 .
                 
                   John
                   Test
                
                 has
                 almost
                 finished
                 a
                 
                   good
                   Brick
                
                 House
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Bake-house
                 of
                 Timber
                 ;
                 and
                 
                   N.
                   Allen
                
                 a
                 good
                 house
                 ,
                 next
                 to
                 
                   Thomas
                   Wynns
                
                 front
                 Lot.
                 
                   John
                   Day
                
                 a
                 good
                 house
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 London
                 fashion
                 ,
                 most
                 Brick
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 large
                 frame
                 of
                 Wood
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 front
                 ,
                 for
                 shop
                 Windows
                 ;
                 all
                 these
                 have
                 
                   Belconies
                   .
                   Thomas
                   Smith
                
                 and
                 
                   Daniel
                   Pege
                
                 are
                 Partners
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 to
                 making
                 of
                 Brick
                 this
                 Year
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 are
                 very
                 good
                 ;
                 also
                 ,
                 Pastorus
                 ,
                 the
                 German
                 Friend
                 ,
                 Agent
                 for
                 the
                 
                   Company
                   at
                   Frankford
                
                 ,
                 with
                 his
                 Dutch
                 People
                 ,
                 are
                 preparing
                 to
                 
                   make
                   Brick
                
                 next
                 year
                 .
                 
                   Samuel
                   Carpenter
                
                 ,
                 is
                 our
                 
                   Lime
                   burner
                
                 on
                 his
                 Wharf
                 .
                 Brave
                 LIME
                 STONE
                 found
                 here
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Workmen
                 say
                 ,
                 being
                 proved
                 .
                 We
                 build
                 most
                 Houses
                 with
                 
                   Belconies
                   .
                   Lots
                   are
                   much
                   desir'd
                   in
                   the
                   Town
                   ,
                   great
                   buying
                   one
                   of
                   another
                   .
                
                 We
                 are
                 now
                 laying
                 the
                 foundation
                 of
                 a
                 
                   large
                   plain
                   Brick
                   house
                
                 ,
                 for
                 a
                 Meeting
                 House
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Center
                 ,
                 (
                 sixty
                 foot
                 long
                 ,
                 and
                 about
                 forty
                 foot
                 broad
                 )
                 and
                 hope
                 to
                 have
                 it
                 soon
                 up
                 ,
                 many
                 hearts
                 and
                 hands
                 at
                 work
                 that
                 will
                 do
                 it
                 .
                 A
                 large
                 Meeting
                 House
                 ,
                 50
                 foot
                 long
                 ,
                 and
                 38
                 foot
                 broad
                 ,
                 also
                 going
                 up
                 ,
                 on
                 the
                 front
                 of
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 for
                 an
                 evening
                 Meeting
                 ,
                 the
                 work
                 going
                 on
                 a
                 pace
                 .
                 Many
                 Towns
                 People
                 setling
                 their
                 liberty
                 Lands
                 .
                 I
                 hope
                 the
                 Society
                 will
                 rub
                 off
                 the
                 Reproaches
                 some
                 have
                 cast
                 upon
                 them
                 .
                 We
                 now
                 begin
                 to
                 gather
                 in
                 some
                 thing
                 of
                 our
                 many
                 great
                 Debts
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 do
                 understand
                 three
                 COMPANIES
                 FOR
                 WHALE
                 CATCHING
                 are
                 designed
                 to
                 fish
                 in
                 the
                 Rivers
                 Mouth
                 this
                 season
                 ,
                 and
                 find
                 through
                 the
                 great
                 Plenty
                 of
                 fish
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 begin
                 early
                 .
                 A
                 Fisherman
                 this
                 Year
                 found
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 catch
                 Whiteins
                 in
                 this
                 River
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 's
                 expected
                 many
                 sorts
                 of
                 fish
                 more
                 then
                 hath
                 been
                 yet
                 caught
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 taken
                 by
                 the
                 skilful
                 .
                 Fish
                 are
                 in
                 such
                 plenty
                 ,
                 that
                 many
                 sorts
                 on
                 tryal
                 ,
                 have
                 been
                 taken
                 with
                 Nets
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Winter
                 time
                 :
                 The
                 Sweeds
                 laughing
                 at
                 the
                 English
                 for
                 going
                 to
                 try
                 ,
                 have
                 since
                 tried
                 themselves
                 .
                 The
                 River
                 so
                 big
                 ,
                 and
                 full
                 of
                 several
                 sorts
                 of
                 
                 brave
                 fish
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 s
                 believed
                 ,
                 except
                 frozen
                 over
                 ,
                 we
                 may
                 catch
                 any
                 time
                 in
                 the
                 Winter
                 .
                 It
                 's
                 great
                 pity
                 ,
                 but
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 experienced
                 Fishermen
                 were
                 here
                 to
                 Ply
                 this
                 River
                 ,
                 to
                 salt
                 and
                 
                   serve
                   fresh
                   to
                   the
                   Town
                
                 .
                 A
                 good
                 way
                 to
                 
                   Pickle
                   Sturgion
                
                 is
                 wanting
                 ;
                 such
                 abundance
                 in
                 this
                 River
                 ,
                 even
                 before
                 the
                 Town
                 :
                 many
                 are
                 Catcht
                 ,
                 Boyld
                 and
                 Eaten
                 .
                 Last
                 Winter
                 
                   great
                   plenty
                   of
                   Dear
                
                 brought
                 in
                 by
                 the
                 Indians
                 and
                 English
                 from
                 the
                 Country
                 .
                 We
                 are
                 generally
                 very
                 Well
                 and
                 Healthy
                 here
                 ,
                 but
                 abundance
                 Dead
                 in
                 Maryland
                 this
                 Summer
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Manufacture
                 of
                 Linnen
                 by
                 the
                 Germans
                 goes
                 on
                 finely
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 make
                 
                   fine
                   Linnen
                   :
                   Samuel
                   Carpenter
                
                 having
                 been
                 lately
                 there
                 ,
                 declares
                 ,
                 they
                 had
                 gathered
                 one
                 
                   Crop
                   of
                   Flax
                
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 sowed
                 for
                 the
                 Second
                 ,
                 and
                 saw
                 it
                 come
                 up
                 well
                 :
                 And
                 they
                 say
                 ,
                 might
                 have
                 had
                 forwarder
                 and
                 better
                 ,
                 had
                 they
                 had
                 
                   old
                   seed
                
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 stayed
                 so
                 long
                 for
                 the
                 Growth
                 of
                 the
                 
                   new
                   seed
                   to
                   sow
                   again
                
                 .
                 I
                 may
                 believe
                 it
                 ,
                 for
                 large
                 hath
                 my
                 experience
                 been
                 this
                 Years
                 ,
                 though
                 in
                 a
                 small
                 peece
                 of
                 Ground
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 admiration
                 of
                 many
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 signify
                 thus
                 much
                 ,
                 knowing
                 thou
                 wouldst
                 be
                 glad
                 to
                 hear
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 and
                 Provinces
                 welfare
                 ;
                 the
                 Lord
                 preserve
                 us
                 all
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 way
                 for
                 thy
                 return
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 much
                 desired
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 by
                 our
                 Friends
                 ,
                 but
                 all
                 sorts
                 .
              
               
                 
                   I
                   am
                   ,
                   &c.
                   thy
                   truly
                   Loving
                   Friend
                   .
                   ROBERT
                   TVRNER
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             Further
             Improvements
             for
             Trade
             and
             Commerce
             .
          
           
             THose
             things
             that
             we
             have
             in
             prospect
             for
             Staples
             of
             Trade
             ,
             are
             
               Wine
               ,
               Linnen
               ,
               Hemp
               ,
               Potashes
               ,
            
             and
             
               Whale
               Oyle
            
             ;
             to
             say
             nothing
             of
             our
             Provisions
             for
             the
             Islands
             ,
             our
             
               Saw-Mills
               ,
               Sturgeon
            
             ,
             some
             Tobacco
             ,
             and
             our
             Furs
             and
             Skins
             ,
             which
             of
             themselves
             are
             not
             contemptible
             ;
             I
             might
             add
             Iron
             (
             perhaps
             Copper
             too
             )
             for
             there
             is
             much
             Mine
             ;
             and
             it
             will
             be
             granted
             us
             ,
             that
             we
             want
             no
             Wood
             ,
             though
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             I
             cannot
             tell
             how
             to
             help
             preferring
             a
             domestick
             or
             self
             subsistance
             ,
             to
             a
             life
             of
             much
             profit
             ,
             by
             the
             extream
             Toyl
             of
             forraign
             Traffick
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Advice
             to
             Adventurers
             how
             to
             imploy
             their
             Estates
             ,
             with
             fair
             profit
             .
          
           
             IT
             is
             fit
             now
             ,
             that
             I
             give
             some
             Advertisement
             to
             Adventurers
             ,
             which
             way
             they
             may
             lay
             out
             their
             Money
             to
             best
             advantage
             ,
             so
             as
             it
             may
             yeild
             them
             fair
             returns
             ,
             and
             with
             content
             to
             all
             concerned
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             last
             part
             of
             my
             present
             task
             ;
             and
             I
             must
             needs
             say
             so
             much
             wanting
             ,
             that
             it
             has
             perhaps
             given
             some
             occasion
             to
             ignorance
             and
             prejudice
             to
             run
             without
             mercy
             ,
             measure
             or
             distinction
             against
             America
             ,
             of
             which
             Pennsylvania
             to
             be
             sure
             has
             had
             its
             share
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             It
             is
             agreed
             on
             all
             hands
             ,
             that
             the
             Poor
             are
             the
             Hands
             and
             Feet
             of
             the
             Rich.
             It
             is
             their
             labour
             that
             improves
             Countries
             ;
             and
             to
             encourage
             them
             ,
             is
             to
             promote
             the
             real
             benefit
             of
             the
             publick
             .
             Now
             as
             there
             are
             abundance
             of
             these
             people
             in
             many
             parts
             of
             Europe
             ,
             extreamly
             desirous
             of
             going
             to
             America
             ;
             so
             the
             way
             of
             helping
             them
             thither
             ,
             or
             when
             there
             ,
             and
             the
             return
             thereof
             to
             the
             Disbursers
             ,
             will
             prove
             what
             I
             say
             to
             be
             true
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             There
             are
             two
             sorts
             ,
             such
             as
             are
             able
             to
             transport
             themselves
             and
             Families
             ,
             but
             have
             nothing
             to
             begin
             with
             there
             ;
             and
             those
             that
             want
             so
             much
             as
             to
             transport
             themselves
             and
             Families
             thither
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             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
             
               Horse
               ,
               Bull
            
             and
             Boar
             ;
             I
             find
             them
             with
             Tools
             ,
             and
             give
             each
             their
             first
             Ground-seed
             .
             They
             shall
             continue
             Seven
             Year
             ,
             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
             &
             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
             neer
             as
             much
             more
             ,
             allowing
             for
             casualties
             ;
             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
             2400
             l.
             I
             think
             I
             have
             been
             modest
             in
             my
             computation
             .
             These
             Farms
             are
             afterwards
             fit
             for
             Leases
             at
             full
             rent
             ,
             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.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             other
             sort
             of
             
               poor
               people
            
             may
             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
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             good
             condition
             ,
             they
             shall
             each
             of
             them
             pay
             
               five
               pounds
               ,
               and
               so
               yearly
               for
               ever
               ,
               as
               a
               Fee-farm
               rent
            
             ;
             which
             in
             the
             whole
             comes
             to
             50
             l.
             a
             Year
             .
             Thus
             a
             man
             that
             buys
             5000.
             
             Acres
             may
             secure
             and
             settle
             his
             4000
             by
             the
             gift
             of
             one
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             way
             that
             hazard
             and
             interest
             allowed
             for
             ,
             amounts
             to
             at
             least
             ten
             
               per
               cent
            
             .
             upon
             Land
             security
             ,
             besides
             the
             value
             it
             puts
             upon
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             5000
             Acres
             .
             I
             propose
             that
             there
             be
             at
             least
             
               two
               working
               hands
            
             besides
             the
             wife
             ,
             whether
             son
             or
             servant
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             oblige
             what
             they
             carry
             ;
             and
             for
             further
             security
             bind
             themselves
             as
             servants
             for
             some
             time
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             settle
             the
             said
             land
             accordingly
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             are
             once
             seated
             ,
             their
             inprovements
             security
             enough
             for
             the
             Rent
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             There
             is
             yet
             another
             expedient
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             give
             to
             
               ten
               Families
               1000
               Acres
            
             forever
             ,
             at
             a
             
               small
               acknowledgement
            
             ,
             and
             
             settle
             them
             in
             way
             of
             Village
             ,
             as
             afore
             ;
             by
             their
             seating
             thus
             ,
             the
             Land
             taken
             up
             is
             secured
             from
             others
             ,
             because
             the
             method
             of
             the
             Country
             is
             answered
             ,
             and
             the
             value
             such
             a
             settlement
             gives
             to
             the
             rest
             reserved
             ,
             is
             not
             inconsiderable
             ;
             I
             mean
             ,
             the
             40●●
             Acres
             ;
             especially
             that
             which
             is
             Contiguous
             :
             For
             their
             Children
             when
             grown
             up
             ,
             and
             Handicrafts
             will
             soon
             cover
             to
             fix
             next
             them
             ,
             and
             such
             after
             settlements
             to
             begin
             at
             an
             
               Improved
               Rent
               in
               Fee
               ,
               or
               for
               long
               Leases
               or
               small
               Acknowledgements
               ,
               and
               good
               Improvements
               ,
            
             must
             advance
             the
             whole
             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
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             That
             which
             is
             most
             adviseable
             for
             People
             ,
             intended
             thither
             ,
             to
             carry
             with
             them
             ,
             is
             in
             short
             ,
             all
             things
             relating
             to
             
               Apparel
               ,
               Building
               ,
               Housholdstuf
               ,
               Husbandry
               ,
               Fowling
               ,
            
             and
             Fishing
             .
             Some
             
               Spice
               ,
               Spirits
            
             and
             
               double
               ●ear
            
             ,
             at
             first
             ,
             were
             not
             amiss
             :
             But
             I
             advise
             all
             to
             proportion
             their
             Estates
             thus
             ;
             one
             third
             in
             Money
             ,
             and
             two
             thirds
             in
             Goods
             .
             Upon
             
               peices
               of
               eight
            
             ,
             there
             will
             be
             almost
             a
             third
             gotten
             ,
             for
             they
             go
             at
             6
             s.
             and
             by
             goods
             well
             bought
             ,
             at
             least
             fifty
             pounds
             sterl
             .
             for
             every
             hundred
             pounds
             ;
             so
             that
             a
             man
             worth
             400
             l.
             here
             ,
             is
             worth
             600
             l.
             there
             ,
             without
             sweating
             .
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             Natives
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             BEcause
             many
             Stories
             have
             been
             prejudicially
             propagated
             ,
             as
             if
             we
             were
             upon
             ill
             terms
             with
             the
             Natives
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             ,
             like
             
               Jobs
               Kindred
            
             ,
             all
             cut
             off
             but
             the
             Messenger
             that
             brought
             the
             Tidings
             ;
             I
             think
             it
             requisit
             to
             say
             thus
             much
             ,
             that
             as
             there
             never
             was
             any
             such
             Messenger
             ,
             so
             the
             dead
             People
             were
             alive
             ,
             at
             our
             last
             advices
             ;
             so
             far
             are
             we
             from
             ill
             terms
             with
             the
             Natives
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             liv'd
             in
             great
             friendship
             .
             I
             have
             made
             seven
             Purchasses
             ,
             and
             in
             Pay
             and
             Presents
             they
             have
             
             received
             at
             least
             
               twelve
               hundred
               pounds
            
             of
             me
             .
             Our
             humanity
             has
             obliged
             them
             so
             far
             ,
             that
             they
             generally
             leave
             their
             guns
             at
             home
             ,
             when
             they
             come
             to
             our
             settlements
             ;
             they
             offer
             us
             no
             affront
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             as
             to
             one
             of
             our
             Dogs
             ;
             and
             if
             an●
             of
             them
             break
             our
             Laws
             ,
             they
             submit
             to
             be
             punisht
             by
             them
             :
             and
             to
             this
             they
             have
             tyed
             themselves
             by
             an
             obligation
             
               under
               their
               hands
            
             .
             We
             leave
             not
             the
             least
             indignity
             to
             them
             unrebukt
             ,
             nor
             wrong
             unsatisfied
             .
             Justice
             gains
             and
             aws
             them
             .
             They
             have
             some
             Great
             Men
             amongst
             them
             ,
             I
             mean
             ,
             for
             Wisdom
             ,
             Truth
             and
             Justice
             .
             I
             refer
             ,
             to
             my
             former
             Account
             about
             their
             
               Laws
               ,
               Manners
            
             and
             
               Religious
               Rites
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             Goverment
             .
          
           
             THE
             Goverment
             is
             according
             to
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Grant
             ,
             as
             near
             to
             the
             English
             as
             conveniently
             may
             be
             :
             In
             the
             whole
             ,
             we
             aim
             at
             Duty
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             Preservation
             of
             Right
             to
             all
             ,
             the
             suppression
             of
             Vice
             ,
             and
             encouragement
             of
             Vertue
             ,
             and
             Arts
             ;
             with
             Libert
             to
             all
             People
             to
             worship
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             Faith
             and
             Perswasion
             .
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             Seasons
             of
             Going
             ,
             and
             usual
             time
             of
             Passage
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             THO
             Ships
             go
             hence
             at
             all
             times
             of
             the
             Year
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             acknowledged
             ,
             that
             to
             go
             so
             as
             to
             arrive
             at
             Spring
             or
             Fall
             ,
             is
             best
             .
             For
             the
             Summer
             may
             be
             of
             the
             hottest
             ,
             for
             fresh
             Commers
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             Winter
             ,
             the
             wind
             that
             prevails
             ,
             is
             the
             North
             West
             ,
             and
             that
             blows
             off
             the
             Coast
             ,
             so
             that
             sometimes
             it
             is
             difficult
             to
             enter
             the
             Capes
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             I
             propose
             therefore
             ,
             that
             Ships
             go
             hence
             about
             the
             middle
             of
             the
             moneths
             call'd
             February
             and
             August
             ,
             which
             ,
             allowing
             two
             moneths
             for
             passage
             ,
             reaches
             time
             enough
             to
             plant
             in
             the
             Spring
             such
             things
             as
             are
             carried
             hence
             to
             plant
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             
             Fall
             to
             get
             a
             small
             Cottage
             ,
             and
             clear
             some
             Land
             against
             the
             next
             Spring
             .
             I
             have
             made
             a
             discovery
             of
             about
             a
             hundred
             Miles
             West
             ,
             and
             find
             those
             back
             Lands
             richer
             in
             Soyl
             ,
             Woods
             and
             Fountains
             ,
             then
             that
             by
             Delaware
             ;
             especially
             upon
             the
             
               SASQVEHANAH
               River
            
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             I
             must
             confess
             I
             prefer
             the
             Fall
             to
             come
             thither
             ,
             as
             believing
             it
             is
             more
             healthy
             to
             be
             followed
             with
             Winter
             then
             Summer
             ;
             tho
             ,
             through
             the
             
               great
               goodness
               and
               mercy
               of
               God
               ,
            
             we
             have
             had
             an
             extrordinary
             portion
             of
             health
             ,
             for
             so
             new
             and
             numerous
             a
             Colony
             ,
             notwithstanding
             we
             have
             not
             been
             so
             regular
             in
             time
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             Passage
             is
             not
             to
             be
             set
             by
             any
             man
             ;
             for
             Ships
             will
             be
             quicker
             and
             slower
             .
             Some
             have
             been
             four
             moneths
             ,
             and
             some
             but
             one
             ,
             and
             as
             often
             .
             Generally
             between
             
               six
               and
               nine
               weeks
            
             .
             One
             year
             ,
             of
             four
             and
             twenty
             Sayl
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             there
             was
             not
             three
             above
             nine
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             one
             or
             two
             under
             six
             weeks
             in
             passage
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             To
             render
             it
             more
             healthy
             ,
             it
             is
             good
             to
             keep
             as
             much
             upon
             Deck
             as
             may
             be
             ;
             for
             the
             Air
             helps
             against
             the
             offensive
             smells
             of
             a
             Crowd
             ,
             and
             a
             
               close
               place
            
             .
             Also
             to
             scrape
             often
             the
             Cabbins
             ,
             under
             the
             Beds
             ;
             and
             either
             carry
             store
             of
             Rue
             and
             Wormwood
             ,
             some
             Rosemary
             ,
             or
             often
             sprinkle
             Vineger
             about
             the
             Cabbin
             .
             Pitch
             burnt
             ,
             is
             not
             amiss
             sometimes
             against
             faintness
             and
             infectious
             scents
             .
             I
             speak
             my
             experience
             for
             their
             benefit
             and
             direction
             that
             may
             need
             it
             .
          
           
             And
             because
             some
             has
             urged
             my
             coming
             back
             ,
             as
             an
             argument
             against
             the
             place
             ,
             and
             the
             probability
             of
             its
             improvement
             ;
             Adding
             ,
             that
             I
             would
             for
             that
             reason
             never
             return
             :
             I
             think
             fit
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             
               Next
               Summer
            
             ,
             God
             willing
             ,
             I
             intend
             to
             go
             back
             ,
             and
             carry
             my
             Family
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             part
             of
             my
             Personal
             Estate
             with
             me
             .
             And
             this
             I
             do
             ,
             not
             only
             of
             Duty
             ,
             but
             Inclination
             and
             Choice
             .
             God
             will
             Bless
             and
             Prosper
             poor
             America
             .
          
           
           
             I
             shall
             conclude
             with
             this
             further
             Notice
             ,
             that
             to
             the
             end
             such
             as
             are
             willing
             to
             embrace
             any
             of
             the
             foregoing
             propositions
             for
             the
             
               Improvement
               of
               Adventurers
               Estates
            
             ,
             may
             not
             be
             discouraged
             ,
             from
             an
             inability
             to
             find
             such
             
               Land-Lords
               ,
               Tennants
               ,
               Masters
            
             and
             Servants
             ,
             if
             they
             intimate
             their
             desires
             to
             my
             Friend
             and
             Agent
             
               Philip
               Ford
            
             ,
             living
             in
             Bow-Lane
             in
             London
             ,
             they
             may
             in
             all
             probability
             be
             well
             accommodated
             ;
             few
             of
             any
             quality
             or
             capacity
             ,
             designed
             to
             the
             Province
             ,
             that
             do
             not
             inform
             him
             of
             their
             inclinations
             and
             condition
             .
          
           
             Now
             for
             you
             that
             think
             of
             going
             thither
             ,
             I
             have
             this
             to
             say
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             caution
             ;
             if
             an
             hair
             of
             our
             heads
             falls
             not
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             without
             the
             providence
             of
             God
             ,
             Remember
             ,
             
               your
               removal
            
             is
             of
             greater
             moment
             .
             Wherefore
             have
             a
             due
             reverence
             and
             regard
             to
             his
             good
             Providence
             ,
             as
             becomes
             a
             People
             that
             profess
             a
             belief
             in
             Providence
             .
             Go
             clear
             in
             your selves
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             others
             .
             Be
             moderate
             in
             Expectation
             ,
             count
             on
             Labour
             before
             a
             Crop
             ,
             and
             Cost
             before
             Gain
             ,
             for
             such
             persons
             will
             best
             endure
             difficulties
             ,
             if
             they
             come
             ,
             and
             bear
             the
             Success
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             find
             the
             Comfort
             that
             usually
             follow
             such
             considerate
             undertakings
             .
          
        
         
           
             Worminghurst-Place
             ,
             
               12fth
               of
               the
               10th
               Month
               85.
               
            
          
           
             William
             Penn.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           PAge
           1.
           
           Line
           24.
           
           Read
           thing
           .
           p.
           3.
           l.
           ●
           .
           r.
           that
           .
           p.
           11.
           l.
           last
           r.
           
             soon
             brought
          
           .
           p.
           12.
           l.
           9.
           r.
           ●uckshorns
           .
           p.
           14.
           l.
           21.
           r.
           
             Those
             things
          
           .
           p.
           17.
           l.
           2.
           for
           Bond
           ,
           read
           Land.
           l.
           8.
           r.
           
             on
             small
          
           l.
           17.
           f.
           there
           r.
           their
           .
           p.
           20.
           l.
           3.
           r.
           Improvement
           .
        
         
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           .
        
      
    
  

