Information and direction to such persons as are inclined to America, more especially those related to the province of Pensilvania
Penn, William, 1644-1718.
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INFORMATION
AND
DIRECTION
TO
Such
Persons
as
are
Inclined
TO
AMERICA
,
More
Especially
Those
Related
to
the
Province
OF
PENSILVANIA
.
Re-printed
in
the
Year
,
1686
Information
and
Direction
to
such
Persons
as
are
inclined
to
America
,
&c
:
THat
the
value
and
improvement
of
Estates
in
our
Parts
of
America
,
may
yet
appear
with
further
cleaness
Assurance
of
Enquirers
,
I
propose
to
speak
my
own
Knowledg
,
and
the
observation
of
others
,
as
particularly
as
I
can
;
which
I
shall
comprise
under
these
Heads
.
I.
The
advance
that
is
upon
Money
and
Goods
.
II.
The
Advance
that
is
upon
Labour
,
be
it
of
Handicrafts
or
others
.
III.
The
Advance
that
is
upon
Land.
IV.
The
Charge
of
Transporting
a
Family
,
and
fitting
a
Plantation
.
V.
The
Way
the
Poorer
sort
may
be
Transported
,
and
Seated
,
with
Advantage
to
the
Rich
that
help
them
.
VI.
The
easier
and
better
provision
that
is
to
be
made
there
for
posterity
,
especially
by
those
that
are
not
of
great
Substance
.
VII
.
What
Vtensels
and
Goods
are
fitting
to
carry
for
Vse
or
Profit
.
For
the
first
,
Such
Money
as
may
be
carried
,
as
pieces
of
eight
,
advances
Thirty
,
and
Goods
at
least
Fifty
per
cent
.
Say
I
have
100
l.
sterl
.
If
I
am
but
six
in
Family
,
I
will
pay
my
Passage
with
the
advance
upon
my
money
,
and
find
my
hundred
pounds
good
in
the
Country
at
last
.
Upon
Goods
,
well
bought
and
sorted
,
there
is
more
profit
:
but
some
money
is
very
requisit
for
Trade
sake
;
for
we
find
it
gives
Goods
a
better
Market
;
so
that
considering
the
great
quantity
of
Goods
already
carried
,
it
were
not
amiss
at
present
,
if
one
half
were
in
Money
,
and
the
other
in
Goods
.
Thus
in
General
.
But
it
particularly
encourages
Merchants
,
because
the
profit
by
advance
,
is
seldom
less
then
50
l.
sterl
.
per
cent
,
which
is
very
considerable
;
and
we
have
already
got
some
things
for
returns
,
as
Skins
,
Furs
,
Whale-Oyle
,
Tobacco
,
&c.
II.
For
Labour
,
be
it
of
Handicrafts
,
or
Others
,
there
is
a
considerable
Encouragement
by
advance
of
price
,
to
what
is
here
,
because
the
Goods
manufactured
there
advance
equal
to
those
the
Merchant
sells
,
and
where
Provision
is
at
least
as
cheap
,
and
there
is
such
additional
gain
,
to
the
first
gain
of
Handicrafts
here
(
of
whom
the
Merchant
buys
)
the
American
Handicraft
must
have
an
extraordinary
time
of
it
.
The
like
may
be
said
of
Vnder
Labourers
for
some
time
,
untill
the
Country
be
better
replenished
with
people
.
III.
The
Advance
upon
Land
is
Encouraging
,
which
will
be
best
apprehended
by
an
English
understanding
,
in
a
comparison
with
the
Lands
of
England
,
that
he
is
familiarly
acquainted
with
.
If
500
Acres
of
unclear'd
Land
there
,
indifferently
chosen
,
will
keep
as
many
Milch
Cowes
,
or
fat
as
many
Bullocks
for
the
Market
in
Summer
,
as
50
Acres
of
improved
Land
in
England
,
as
chosen
aforesaid
,
can
do
;
then
by
computing
the
value
of
the
Summers
Grass
of
such
fifty
Acres
of
Land
here
,
we
shall
the
better
find
the
value
of
500
Acres
of
Land
in
America
;
for
within
that
compass
,
the
same
quantity
of
Cattle
may
be
well
kept
.
Admit
this
then
,
that
the
Summers
Grass
of
50
Acres
of
middling
Land
in
England
,
is
worth
15
l.
,
I
conceive
that
makes
20
l.
,
which
is
the
price
of
the
Inheritance
of
the
500
Acres
,
no
dear
Purchass
.
The
cost
to
go
thither
is
no
Objection
,
because
it
is
paid
by
the
Advance
that
is
upon
the
Money
and
Goods
at
the
rate
aforesaid
.
If
the
hazard
of
the
Seas
be
objected
,
we
see
that
the
five
hundreth
Ship
using
those
parts
,
does
not
miscarry
,
and
the
Risk
is
run
for
themselves
only
.
However
,
except
in
Winter
,
passages
are
pleasant
,
as
well
as
safe
.
But
this
Comparison
draws
an
Objection
upon
us
that
must
be
obviated
.
What
becomes
of
your
stock
in
the
Winter
?
I
say
our
Woods
usually
keep
them
for
the
Market
till
December
,
and
unless
it
be
a
more
then
ordinary
Winter
(
which
is
observed
to
happen
but
once
in
four
or
five
Years
)
or
that
they
are
young
Stock
,
or
Cattel
big
with
Young
,
they
mostly
shift
for
themselves
.
But
if
Fodder
be
wanted
,
we
have
a
supply
by
Hay
,
we
mow
in
the
Marshes
and
Woods
,
or
the
Straw
of
the
English
Grain
we
use
,
or
the
Tops
and
Stalks
of
Indian
Corn
,
and
sometimes
that
it self
;
a
Thing
hearty
,
and
easily
ras'd
,
and
is
good
to
fat
as
well
as
keep
,
and
answers
to
Oats
,
Pease
,
Beanes
and
and
Fetches
here
,
tho
we
have
of
them
also
.
This
Scheam
of
Grazing
and
keeping
of
Stock
,
may
inform
Inquirers
what
the
Woods
and
unbroken
Lands
of
those
Countrys
in
some
sort
will
do
,
in
proportion
to
Lands
here
,
allowing
equally
for
Care
and
Fodder
on
both
sides
.
To
be
short
,
the
produce
of
Wild
Land
there
in
this
respect
,
is
within
less
than
ten
to
one
,
of
what
our
cleared
Land
is
here
,
and
the
purchase
here
,
is
an
hundred
to
one
Dearer
,
which
must
needs
make
American
Lands
no
hard
Bargain
to
the
Purchasers
.
Now
for
clearing
our
Wood-lands
in
order
to
corn
;
the
difficulty
is
not
so
great
as
is
imagined
;
our
Trees
,
being
not
so
thick
,
or
not
so
burdensome
,
but
that
four
hands
,
in
four
months
time
,
may
easily
clear
five
and
twenty
Acres
for
the
Plow
;
which
,
at
15
d.
English
per
Day
,
for
each
hand
comes
to
twenty
five
shillings
per
Acre
.
The
encrease
of
which
,
is
with
less
then
half
the
seed
,
at
least
equal
to
the
improv'd
Land
of
England
.
Add
to
this
,
the
ten
pence
which
buys
the
fee
of
an
Acre
unclear'd
and
an
Acre
of
Land
,
producing
the
like
quantity
with
English
Ground
,
shall
cost
1
l.
5
s.
10
d.
which
at
eight
years
purchase
,
ought
to
yield
three
shillings
two
pence
three
farthings
per
Annum
.
Now
,
where
it
brings
an
increase
equal
to
Land
of
ten
shillings
per
Annum
in
England
,
and
what
it
produces
,
yields
not
,
at
present
,
a
less
value
,
the
advantage
is
almost
four
to
one
,
which
I
conceive
is
no
inconsiderable
advance
.
Having
given
this
general
account
of
Lands
in
those
parts
of
America
,
which
for
Variety
of
Earth
,
and
Number
of
Fountains
,
falls
not
short
,
in
my
Opinion
,
of
any
Country
I
have
seen
in
Europe
;
I
shall
in
the
next
place
,
for
their
help
and
Direction
that
intend
thither
.
IV.
First
,
Set
down
the
Charge
of
Transporting
an
ordinary
Family
.
Secondly
,
The
Method
and
Charge
of
their
setling
a
Plantation
when
there
,
vvhich
vvill
serve
for
all
Ranks
,
proportion
still
considered
.
I
vvill
suppose
my self
vvorth
but
one
hundred
Pounds
.
l.
s.
d.
For
my Self
,
Wife
,
and
tvvo
Men
Servants
at
5
pound
per
head
,
and
one
Child
of
ten
years
old
,
50
s.
(
for
to
that
age
Children
pay
no
more
)
22
10
00
For
a
Tunn
of
Goods
,
each
a
Chest
gratis
,
02
00
00
For
the
Ship
Doctor
,
per
head
2
s
6
d.
00
12
06
For
4
Gallons
of
Brandy
and
24
pounds
of
Suger
for
the
Voyage
.
01
00
00
For
Cloaths
for
my
Servants
,
each
6
Shirts
,
2
Wastcoats
a
Summer
and
a
Winter
Suite
,
one
Hat
,
2
pair
of
Shooes
,
Stokins
and
Drawers
.
12
00
00
38
02
06
When
it
pleases
God
vve
are
vvel
arrived
vvhich
I
suppose
to
be
about
the
first
of
October
,
the
first
thing
is
to
get
a
Lodging
in
some
Tovvn
or
Village
at
hand
,
for
my
Family
and
there
stay
one
Week
,
and
take
something
for
our
health
,
refresh
our selves
and
advise
vvhere
to
settle
,
if
my
Land
be
not
already
fixt
:
This
done
,
I
take
my
tvvo
men
and
go
to
my
Lot
,
vvhich
is
,
say
five
hundred
Acres
.
I
lodg
them
at
the
next
Village
,
or
House
to
the
place
,
and
then
go
to
felling
of
Trees
,
proper
for
a
first
House
,
vvhich
vvill
very
vvel
serve
for
the
presented
occasion
,
and
aftervvards
be
a
good
out
House
,
till
plenty
vvill
allovv
me
to
build
a
Better
.
To
build
then
an
house
of
thirty
foot
long
and
eighteen
foot
broad
,
vvith
a
Partition
neer
the
middle
,
and
an
other
to
divide
one
end
of
the
House
into
tvvo
small
Rooms
,
there
must
be
eight
Trees
of
about
sixteen
Inches
square
,
and
cut
off
,
to
Posts
of
about
fifteen
foot
long
,
vvhich
the
house
must
stand
upon
,
and
four
pieces
,
tvvo
of
thirty
foot
long
,
and
two
of
eighteen
foot
long
for
Plates
,
vvhich
must
lie
upon
the
top
of
those
Posts
,
the
vvhole
length
and
bredth
of
the
House
,
for
the
Gists
to
rest
upon
.
There
must
be
ten
Gists
of
tvventy
foot
long
,
to
bear
the
Loft
,
and
tvvo
false
Places
of
thirty
foot
long
to
lie
upon
the
end
of
the
Gists
for
the
Rafters
to
be
fixed
upon
twelve
pair
of
〈◊〉
of
about
tvventy
foot
,
to
bear
the
Roof
of
the
House
,
vvith
several
other
smal
pieces
;
as
Wind-beams
,
Braces
,
Studs
,
&c
,
vvhich
are
made
out
of
the
Waste
Timber
.
For
covering
the
House
,
Ends
▪
and
sides
,
and
for
the
loft
,
vve
use
Clabboard
,
vvhich
is
Rived
Feather-edg●●
,
of
five
foot
and
a
half
long
,
t●at
vvell
dravvn
,
lyes
close
and
smooth
:
The
lodging
Room
may
be
lined
vvith
the
same
,
and
fil●'d
up
betvveen
,
vvhich
is
very
Warm
,
These
houses
usually
endure
ten
years
vvithout
Repair
.
l.
s.
d.
For
the
Carpenters
vvork
for
such
an
House
,
I
and
my
Servants
assisting
him
,
together
vvith
his
Diet.
07
00
00
For
a
Barn
of
the
same
Building
and
Dimentions
.
05
00
00
For
Nailes
,
and
other
things
to
finish
both
03
10
00
The
lovver
flour
is
the
Ground
,
the
upper
Clabbord
:
This
may
seem
a
mean
vvay
of
Building
,
but
't
is
sufficient
and
safest
for
ordinary
beginners
.
'T
is
true
,
some
of
our
folks
have
exceeded
much
even
in
Villages
;
but
hovv
vvise
they
vvere
in
it
,
is
the
Question
:
An
ordinary
House
,
and
a
good
Stock
,
is
the
Planters
Wisdom
;
Else
,
some
of
our
Neighbouring
Provinces
,
improv'd
by
persons
,
vvhom
necessity
had
made
ingenious
and
provident
,
had
not
succeeded
so
vvell
as
they
have
done
.
Hovvbeit
,
if
better
are
desired
,
people
may
have
them
sutable
to
their
abilities
.
This
House
may
be
finished
by
the
middle
of
November
,
the
Barn
by
the
Spring
,
but
there
being
little
use
for
it
,
till
the
next
fall
,
it
may
be
built
at
leasure
,
and
the
Winter
imploy'd
to
clear
Land
;
or
the
Spring
,
by
vvhich
time
,
they
may
easily
have
clear'd
fifteen
Acres
.
The
Spring
come
a
stock
must
be
bought
.
l.
s.
d.
For
three
Milch
Covvs
and
Calves
by
their
sides
.
10
00
00
For
a
Yoke
of
Oxen
,
08
00
00
For
a
Breeding
Mare
,
05
00
00
For
tvvo
Young
Sovvs
and
a
Boar
,
01
10
00
24
10
00
H●re
vv●ll
fitly
●●me
in
our
Years
Provision
.
l.
s.
d.
To
each
person
of
the
〈◊〉
●
Bushels
of
Indian
Corn
at
2
s.
per
Bushel
,
and
5
Bushels
of
English
Wheat
at
3
s.
6
d.
per
Bushel
,
vvhich
comes
for
five
persons
to
.
08
07
06
For
tvvo
Barrels
of
Molasses
,
for
Beer
.
03
00
00
For
Beef
and
Pork
,
at
a
120
pounds
per
head
,
and
2
d.
per
pound
05
00
00
For
5
Gall.
of
Spirits
,
at
2
s.
per
Gall.
00
10
00
16
07
06
I
fall
novv
to
the
Land
I
have
clear'd
to
Plant
,
upon
vvhich
,
vvith
Gods
ordinary
Providence
,
a
Crop
may
be
thus
made
of
divers
Grain
,
viz.
l.
s.
d.
The
three
Working
hands
may
Plant
and
tend
,
especially
vvith
a
little
help
of
the
Woman
and
Boy
20000
Indian
Corn
Hills
▪
vvhich
generally
make
about
400
Bushels
,
vvhich
at
2
s.
per
Bushel
coms
to
40
00
00
They
may
sovv
eight
Acres
;
half
vvith
Summer
Wheat
,
and
half
vvith
Oats
,
vvhich
computing
at
15
Bushels
per
Acre
,
there
vvill
be
120
Bushels
of
both
,
and
Oats
at
2
s.
per
Bushel
,
and
Wheat
at
3
s.
6
d.
per
Bushel
,
come
to
.
16
10
00
To
Indian
Pease
01
10
00
To
Gallavances
and
Patatoes
(
a
tollerable
encrease
)
01
10
00
59
10
00
By
this
time
the
Year
is
brought
about
,
and
October
is
come
again
.
Let
us
see
novv
vvhat
vve
are
Worth.
Planter
Debitor
.
l.
s.
d.
TO
Passage
and
Cloaths
for
my
Servants
,
being
part
of
my
first
Principle
.
38
02
06
To
tvvo
months
Lodging
till
an
house
be
built
01
00
00
To
an
House
and
Barn
15
10
00
To
Provisions
for
one
Year
for
the
Family
16
17
06
To
a
Stock
in
Covvs
,
Oxen
,
Svvine
and
a
Mare
.
24
10
00
96
00
00
Rest
Due
04
00
00
100
00
00
Per
Contr.
Creditor
l.
s.
d.
By
the
remaining
part
of
my
100
pounds
04
00
00
To
the
advance
of
five
and
twenty
per
Cent.
upon
thirty
pounds
worth
of
goods
to
bring
them
to
the
sterling
value
of
money
07
10
00
By
an
House
and
Barn
worth
together
with
the
assistance
the
Carpenter
had
30
00
00
By
15
Acres
of
Land
Clear'd
18
15
00
By
Corn
and
Grain
,
being
the
produce
of
this
years
Crop
59
10
00
By
the
stock
,
as
good
as
when
Bought
,
24
10
00
144
05
00
With
the
overplus
of
the
Grain
I
have
,
to
what
I
want
,
I
furnish
my self
the
ensuing
Year
with
two
Barrels
of
Molosses
,
two
of
meat
,
and
two
of
Fish
,
to
save
my
young
stock
;
and
proceed
to
clear
more
Land
for
Indian
Corn
and
Oates
,
and
Imploy
the
other
Land
to
English
Wheat
and
Barley
:
A
Garden
Plat
,
next
the
House
,
and
an
Acre
in
an
Orchard
,
follow
of
course
.
And
thus
I
end
with
my
settlement
of
a
Plantation
,
leaving
the
Planter
to
live
by
his
industry
and
encrease
,
and
make
what
he
can
of
the
rest
of
his
five
hundred
Acres
,
and
that
for
the
sake
of
this
very
settlement
,
is
in
reputation
worth
,
three
times
more
then
it
was
.
For
those
that
have
greater
abilities
,
and
aim
at
better
settlements
,
they
have
the
means
in
their
own
Hands
,
and
the
People
of
the
Country
skill
enough
to
answer
their
desires
,
be
it
in
fine
Timber
or
very
good
Brick
Buildings
.
But
for
the
Poorer
sort
,
that
either
can
but
just
transport
themselves
,
or
that
are
not
well
able
of
themselves
to
do
that
,
I
shall
for
the
encouragement
of
such
,
as
well
as
of
those
that
shall
assist
them
,
propose
my
former
Methods
somewhat
better
explain'd
.
V.
The
way
the
Poorer
sort
may
be
transported
,
with
advantage
to
the
Rich
that
help
them
,
is
thus
;
In
the
first
place
,
there
are
such
as
are
able
to
transport
,
themselves
and
Families
,
but
are
unable
to
build
or
stock
themselves
when
they
are
there
;
others
that
have
not
enough
to
transport
themselves
and
Families
,
and
such
will
come
under
a
different
Consideration
.
The
first
of
these
may
be
entertained
in
this
manner
,
Say
I
have
5000
Acres
I
will
settle
Ten
Families
upon
them
,
in
way
of
Village
,
and
build
each
an
house
,
an
out-house
for
Cattle
,
furnish
every
Family
with
stock
;
as
four
Cows
,
two
Sows
,
a
couple
of
Mares
,
and
a
yoke
of
Oxen
,
with
a
Town
Porse
,
Bull
and
Boar
;
I
find
them
with
Tools
,
and
give
each
their
first
Ground-seed
.
They
shall
continue
Seven
Years
,
or
more
,
as
we
agree
at
half
encrease
,
being
bound
to
leave
the
Houses
in
repair
,
and
a
Garden
and
Orchard
,
I
paying
for
the
Trees
,
and
at
least
twenty
Acres
of
Land
within
Fence
,
and
improved
to
Corn
and
Grass
:
The
charge
will
come
to
about
sixty
pounds
English
for
each
Family
:
At
the
seven
years
end
,
the
Improvement
Will
be
worth
,
as
things
go
now
,
120
l.
besides
the
value
of
the
encrease
of
the
Stock
,
which
may
be
near
as
much
more
,
allowing
for
casualities
;
especially
,
if
the
People
are
honest
and
careful
,
or
a
man
be
upon
the
spot
himself
,
or
have
an
Overseer
sometimes
to
inspect
them
.
The
charge
in
the
whole
is
832
l.
And
the
value
of
stock
and
improvements
24●0
l.
I
think
I
have
been
modest
in
my
computation
.
These
Farms
are
aftewards
fit
for
Leases
at
full
Reat
,
or
how
else
the
Owner
shall
please
to
dispose
of
them
.
Also
the
People
will
by
this
time
be
skilled
in
the
Country
,
and
well
provided
to
settle
themselves
with
stock
upon
their
own
Land
,
which
shall
be
a
thousand
Acres
their
Land-lord
will
give
them
,
which
is
own
hundred
to
each
Family
,
in
some
part
of
his
five
thousand
Acres
,
they
only
paying
for
the
same
ten
shillings
yearly
,
which
is
a
shilling
for
each
Family
.
The
advantage
of
this
way
;
is
chiefly
to
those
that
go
,
for
as
the
benefit
seems
greater
,
so
is
the
hazard
,
by
loss
or
embezlement
of
stock
,
unless
one
were
present
,
or
a
dilligent
and
honest
Overseer
there
:
But
those
that
design
going
,
and
have
money
,
and
aim
to
live
with
most
Ease
,
cannot
do
better
;
for
the
half
encrease
of
the
stock
and
labour
of
those
Families
will
supply
them
with
Provisions
;
so
that
they
need
not
toyl
,
in
a
way
,
they
are
perhaps
unacquainted
with
,
for
their
accommodations
of
life
.
And
if
half
encrease
be
thought
a
way
too
uncertain
,
it
may
be
brought
to
a
certain
value
,
by
paying
a
yearly
Rent
for
suck
stock
as
aforesaid
.
The
other
sort
of
poor
people
my
be
very
beneficially
transported
upon
these
terms
:
Say
I
have
5000
Acres
I
should
settle
as
before
,
I
will
give
to
each
Family
100
Acres
,
which
in
the
whole
makes
1000
;
and
to
each
Family
thirty
pounds
English
,
half
in
hand
,
and
half
there
,
which
in
the
whole
comes
to
300
l.
After
four
years
are
expired
,
in
which
time
they
may
be
easie
,
&
in
a
good
condition
,
they
shall
each
of
them
pay
five
pounds
,
and
so
yearly
for
ever
,
as
a
Fee-Farm
rent
;
vvhich
in
the
vvhole
comes
to
50
l.
a
Year
.
Thus
a
man
that
,
buys
5000
Acres
may
secure
and
settle
his
40000
by
gift
of
one
,
and
in
a
vvay
,
that
hazard
and
interest
allovved
for
,
amounts
to
at
least
ten
per
cent
.
upon
Land
security
;
besistes
the
value
it
puts
upon
the
rest
of
the
5000
Acres
,
vvhich
vvill
be
,
for
that
reason
,
really
vvorth
three
times
as
much
as
before
.
In
these
Families
I
propose
that
there
be
at
least
two
working
hands
besides
the
wife
,
vvhether
son
or
servant
;
and
that
they
oblige
vvhat
they
carry
;
and
for
further
security
bind
themselves
as
servants
for
some
time
,
that
they
vvill
settle
the
said
Land
accordingly
,
and
vvhen
they
are
once
seated
,
their
improvements
are
security
enough
for
the
Rent
.
There
is
yet
another
expedient
,
&
that
is
,
give
to
ten
Families
1000
Acres
for
ever
,
at
a
small
acknowledgment
,
and
settle
them
in
vvay
of
Village
,
as
before
;
by
their
seating
thus
,
the
Land
taken
up
is
secured
from
others
,
because
the
method
of
the
Country
is
ansvvered
,
and
the
value
such
a
settlement
gives
to
the
rest
reserved
,
is
not
inconsiderable
;
I
mean
,
the
4000
Acres
;
especially
that
vvhich
is
Contiguous
:
For
their
Children
vvhen
grovvn
up
,
and
Handicrafts
vvill
soon
covet
to
fix
next
them
,
and
such
after
settlements
beginning
at
an
Improved
Rent
in
Fee
,
or
for
long
Leases
,
on
small
Acknowledgments
,
and
good
Improvements
,
must
advance
the
vvhole
considerably
.
I
conceive
any
of
these
methods
to
issue
in
a
sufficient
advantage
to
adventurers
,
and
they
all
give
good
encouragement
to
feeble
and
poor
Families
.
Novv
I
knovv
some
think
this
looks
a
little
hard
upon
the
People
that
are
to
pay
the
said
Rent
,
the
thing
that
is
most
contrary
to
my
inclinations
,
as
vvell
as
design
in
making
this
proposal
.
But
I
am
of
another
mind
;
for
in
Ireland
,
money
bears
the
Interest
of
ten
per
cent
:
Thirty
pounds
then
,
will
deserve
three
pounds
a
Year
,
three
Years
Interest
makes
9
l.
The
100
Acres
surveyed
ct
Patented
are
worth
8
l.
at
least
,
for
that
is
one
of
the
lowest
prises
Parchasers
sell
again
at
.
The
Interest
of
this
8
l.
for
three
Years
at
ten
per
cent
,
is
Eight
and
forty
shillings
;
there
is
also
three
shillings
for
three
years
rent
.
Novv
put
the
thirty
,
the
nine
,
the
eight
,
and
the
tvvo
pounds
eight
shillings
,
and
the
three
shillings
together
,
and
there
vvill
be
forty
nine
pounds
eleven
shillings
,
vvhich
vvants
but
nine
shillings
of
fifty
pounds
,
and
you
advance
no
more
then
money
does
in
Ireland
,
that
is
neerer
home
,
and
an
improv'd
Country
▪
to
vvhich
add
,
the
hazard
that
is
Run
,
in
this
vvay
,
above
a
double
Bond
for
the
payment
of
the
fifty
pounds
in
Ireland
;
for
the
ship
perish
,
my
money
is
gone
,
if
the
man
or
vvorking
hands
Dye
,
I
have
a
Charge
instead
of
a
Revenue
that
vvill
follovv
me
;
vvhich
plainly
evidences
that
the
proposition
is
not
grievous
,
but
reasonable
and
charitable
too
,
and
especially
vvhen
vve
Consider
that
Sixty
five
Days
out
of
the
Year
,
at
eighteen
pence
by
Day
,
vvill
,
vvithin
half
a
Crovvn
,
pay
the
Rent
,
and
as
he
has
three
Hundred
to
himself
.
Nor
is
this
all
,
he
is
come
to
a
Country
vvhere
Lands
is
cheap
,
and
does
Rise
,
and
vvhere
those
that
have
hands
cannot
but
live
,
and
in
a
vvay
too
,
not
subject
to
the
Contingiences
&
decays
of
Trades
;
for
as
belovv
the
ground
none
can
fall
,
so
here
every
one
falls
upon
his
ovvn
;
vvhich
brings
me
to
the
Sixth
Particular
,
about
the
benefit
these
Countries
bring
to
Posterity
.
VI.
There
is
an
easier
and
better
provision
to
be
made
there
for
posterity
,
especially
of
such
as
are
not
of
great
substance
.
I
never
thought
,
but
mere
Trades
vvould
do
as
vvell
here
as
there
,
but
vvhen
People
have
gain'd
something
here
by
their
ingenuity
and
Toyl
say
●000
l.
hovv
much
Land
vvill
that
buy
here
,
and
hovv
much
income
vvill
that
fetch
;
perhaps
50
l.
per
Ann.
on
Bond
,
or
40
in
Land
,
vvhich
at
ten
shillings
by
the
Acre
,
comes
to
fourscore
Acres
.
This
,
to
bring
up
five
Children
,
Feed
,
Cloath
,
School
,
and
Portion
them
,
vvill
be
very
scanty
;
but
then
,
vvhat
vvill
this
do
to
Estate
their
Children
,
and
so
forvvard
.
Novv
in
America
,
a
thousand
Pounds
discreetly
laid
out
,
is
an
Exchequer
to
a
family
.
I
vvill
suppose
I
have
one
hundred
Pounds
in
Land
,
vvhich
contains
3000
Acres
.
This
I
stock
,
to
half
increase
,
for
360
l.
upon
this
half
increase
I
live
vvell
,
till
my
Children
are
of
age
.
By
this
time
at
least
,
the
Tennants
Term
is
up
,
and
I
place
my
Children
in
those
Tenements
,
vvith
a
proportion
of
stock
,
vvithout
Portions
or
Rents
to
pay
:
Each
has
500
Acres
,
besides
my
five
hundred
after
my
decease
.
If
each
of
them
have
five
Children
,
there
is
an
hundred
Acres
a
piece
for
them
,
besides
the
500
Acres
I
leave
them
;
and
if
any
take
to
Trades
,
the
rest
have
the
more
Land.
By
this
time
,
an
hundred
Acres
may
be
reasonably
presum'd
to
be
vvorth
as
much
as
a
1000
vvas
in
their
Fathers
time
,
and
it
must
advance
yet
:
All
improv'd
Countries
teach
us
this
.
Novv
this
is
a
vvay
of
putting
people
into
the
natural
Channal
of
life
to
vvit
,
Agriculture
,
and
of
Adjourning
care
for
posterity
to
the
Fourth
Generation
.
Let
it
be
remembred
that
there
is
but
360
l.
expended
of
the
1000
l.
so
that
to
carry
me
and
my
Family
,
and
settle
us
in
some
proportion
to
our
degree
,
as
also
to
Traffick
and
encrease
portions
,
there
rests
640
l.
Novv
if
a
1000
l.
in
Europe
,
cannot
have
so
natural
an
increase
,
free
of
those
Contingences
that
other
means
of
life
are
subject
to
,
I
conceive
America
somevvhat
a
better
place
for
the
good
of
Posterity
,
especially
of
such
as
are
not
vvealthy
,
or
have
many
Children
,
that
they
vvould
nor
should
too
unequally
live
and
be
provided
for
.
VII
.
Novv
as
to
vvhat
Utensels
and
Goods
are
fittest
to
carry
for
use
and
profit
,
I
say
,
in
general
,
all
things
relating
to
Apparrel
,
Building
,
Houshouldstuff
,
Husbandry
,
fowling
and
Fishing
:
but
for
Particulars
,
English
Woollen
,
and
German
Linnen
,
as
ordinary
broad-Clothes
,
Kereseys
,
Searges
,
Norwich-Stuffs
,
some
Duffels
,
Cottons
&
Stroud-waters
,
for
the
Natives
,
and
White
and
Blew
Ozenburgs
,
Shoes
,
and
Stockins
,
Buttons
,
Silk
,
Threed
,
Iron
ware
,
especially
Felling
Axes
,
How
's
,
Indian
How
's
,
Saws
,
Frows
,
Drawing-Knives
,
Nailes
,
but
of
6.
d.
and
8.
d.
a
treble
quantity
,
because
they
use
them
for
shingling
,
or
covering
of
Houses
.
Powder
and
Lead
are
often
vvanted
for
the
Woods
,
in
Winter
,
for
Water
Fovvl
that
are
very
numerous
.
There
are
lesser
things
that
vvill
be
convenient
to
carry
;
but
being
trivial
in
themselves
,
and
vvhat
People
〈◊〉
hardly
miss
to
think
upon
;
I
shall
close
this
Information
and
direction
vvith
my
usual
Caution
,
and
good
Wishes
.
Let
none
be
Hasty
or
Presumptuous
.
The
even
humble
Temper
vvill
best
endure
the
difference
of
the
Change
either
vvay
.
A
Wilderness
must
vvant
some
things
improv'd
Countries
do
enjoy
;
but
Time
and
Labour
vvill
reprize
,
vvhere
Industry
sooner
makes
an
Inheritance
.
And
tho
vve
have
not
the
Ornaments
of
Life
,
vve
vvant
not
the
Conveniences
;
and
if
their
Cost
vvere
put
in
Ballance
vvith
their
Benefit
,
the
World
vvould
be
greatly
debtor
on
Account
.
If
then
vve
have
less
of
Art
,
vve
have
more
of
Nature
;
and
the
Works
of
God
are
〈◊〉
objects
for
meditation
and
Delight
;
then
the
Inventions
of
men
.
In
vain
do
vve
admire
the
First
and
Simpler
Ages
of
the
World
,
and
stile
them
Golden
,
vvhile
vve
object
against
America's
Rusticity
and
Solitude
.
I
vvill
say
no
more
,
but
if
Jacob
dvvelt
in
Tents
,
and
Herds
and
Flocks
vvere
his
Revenue
,
a
Life
like
his
should
be
no
stop
vvith
those
that
love
his
Plainness
and
Integrity
.
I
beseech
God
it
may
be
so
vvith
them
that
go
,
and
I
am
sure
they
vvill
not
have
much
Reason
to
repent
their
Change.
FINIS
.