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A letter from William Penn proprietary and governour of Pennsylvania in America, to the committee of the Free Society of Traders of that province, residing in London. Containing a general description of the said province, its soil, air, water, seasons and produce, both natural and artificial, and the good encrease thereof. Of the natives or aborigines, their language, customs and manners, diet, houses or wigwams, liberality, easie way of living, physick, burial, religion, sacrifices and cantico, festivals, government, and their order in council upon treaties for land, &c. their justice upon evil doers. Of the first planters, the Dutch, &c. and the present condition and settlement of the said province, and courts of justice, &c. As also an account of the city of Philadelphia newly laid out. Its scituation between two navigable rivers, Delaware and Skulkill, with a portraiture or plat-form thereof, wherein the purchasers lots are distinguished by certain numbers inserted. And the prosperous and advantagious settlements of the society aforesaid, within the said city and country, &c.

Title
A letter from William Penn proprietary and governour of Pennsylvania in America, to the committee of the Free Society of Traders of that province, residing in London. Containing a general description of the said province, its soil, air, water, seasons and produce, both natural and artificial, and the good encrease thereof. Of the natives or aborigines, their language, customs and manners, diet, houses or wigwams, liberality, easie way of living, physick, burial, religion, sacrifices and cantico, festivals, government, and their order in council upon treaties for land, &c. their justice upon evil doers. Of the first planters, the Dutch, &c. and the present condition and settlement of the said province, and courts of justice, &c. As also an account of the city of Philadelphia newly laid out. Its scituation between two navigable rivers, Delaware and Skulkill, with a portraiture or plat-form thereof, wherein the purchasers lots are distinguished by certain numbers inserted. And the prosperous and advantagious settlements of the society aforesaid, within the said city and country, &c.
Author
Penn, William, 1644-1718.
Publication
[London] Printed by appointment of the said committee, by A. Sowle, in Shoreditch, 1683.

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TextRestricted use *KC+ 1683 (Penn, W. Letter from William Penn (4th ed.))Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
Free Society of Traders in Pennsylvania.
Description
14 p. plan.; 30 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • Plan (the first state) has title: A portraiture of the city of Philadelphia ... by Thomas Holme ... Sold by Iohn Thornton ... and Andrew Sowle ... London.
  • Signed: Your kind and cordial friend, William Penn.
Indexed In (note)
  • Sabin
  • Smith: Friends' books
  • Church
  • Pilling: Algonquian languages
Numbering (note)
  • Page 3 is unnumbered.
Call Number
*KC+ 1683 (Penn, W. Letter from William Penn (4th ed.))
LCCN
04028349
OCLC
29087219
Author
Penn, William, 1644-1718.
Title
A letter from William Penn proprietary and governour of Pennsylvania in America, to the committee of the Free Society of Traders of that province, residing in London. Containing a general description of the said province, its soil, air, water, seasons and produce, both natural and artificial, and the good encrease thereof. Of the natives or aborigines, their language, customs and manners, diet, houses or wigwams, liberality, easie way of living, physick, burial, religion, sacrifices and cantico, festivals, government, and their order in council upon treaties for land, &c. their justice upon evil doers. Of the first planters, the Dutch, &c. and the present condition and settlement of the said province, and courts of justice, &c. As also an account of the city of Philadelphia newly laid out. Its scituation between two navigable rivers, Delaware and Skulkill, with a portraiture or plat-form thereof, wherein the purchasers lots are distinguished by certain numbers inserted. And the prosperous and advantagious settlements of the society aforesaid, within the said city and country, &c.
Imprint
[London] Printed by appointment of the said committee, by A. Sowle, in Shoreditch, 1683.
Edition
Fourth edition.
Indexed In:
Sabin 59712
Smith: Friends' books, v. 2, p. 302
Church 687
Pilling: Algonquian languages, p. 389-390
Numbering
Page 3 is unnumbered.
Local Note
Imperfect: "Directions of reference in the city-draught of Philadelphia," p. 11-14, wanting.
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Free Society of Traders in Pennsylvania.
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*KC+ 1683 (Penn, W. Letter from William Penn (4th ed.))
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