Colonial Self-Government, 1652-1689 Volume 3

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...mayst communicate to friends," he wrote Robert Turner, "and expect shortly my proposals; 'tis a clear and just thing, and my God that has given it me through many difficulties will, I believe, bless and make it the seed of a nation. I shall have a tender care to the government that it be well laid at first."' He began at once to draught an account of the province for the information of those who might desire to emigrate. This pamphlet, which presented the advantages of the colony and outlined very briefly "the privileges and powers necessary to the well-governing thereof," ' was a treatise not only on Pennsylvania, but also on the advantages of colonies in general; and it was circulated widely among those who would be likely to respond to it not only in England but in Ireland, Wales, 'Cat. of State Pap., Col., 1661-1685, 63, 63; Hazard, Annals, 503. Pa. Hist. Soc., Memoirs, I., 209. Hazard, Annals, s0S-SI3; Winsor, Narr. and Crit. Hist.. III., 496. rot v--it Holland, and Germany. It seems to have had considerable influence in inducing emigration from countries where Perm had already travelled and to which he had written letters in anticipation of the opportunity that had now come. Many Friends in Ireland and Wales were ready to come to America; Mennonites and other religious bodies in Germany looked favorably on the scheme; and Penn, greatly encouraged by the welcome his pamphlet received, looked forward with confident anticipation to a rapid colonization of his province. In the mean time, he was busily engaged in drawing up another document, an agreement between himself and those who were to be the purchasers of his lands. He began by selling shares to those who wished to buy five thousand acres for a price of 100, wit...

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Pages: 86

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Release: January 01, 2001

ISBN 13: 9781154920246

Colonial Self-Government, 1652-1689 Volume 3

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