LAND GRANT AND CHARTER
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A brief Account of the 19;o)ime
of
^ennfplbania.
Lately Granted by the
KING. Under ihc
GREAT
Seal of England, TO
WILLIAM PENN AND
Heirs
HIS
and
Affigns.
(by the good Providence ol Cod, and the Favour of the King) a in Ancricd is fallen to my Lot, 1 thought it not irfs my Duty, then my Honeft Intercft, to give fomc publick notice of it to the World, lYat thorc of our own or other Nations, that arc inclin'd toTranfpori Themrelves or Fatnihe; beyond the Seas, may find another Country added to theie Choice ; that if they fhall hapicn to like
SinceCountry
the Place, Conditions, ar.d Government, (fo far as the piefcnt Infancy of things any profpeO^ th-^y rnay, if they plcafe. fix v7ith mc in the Pro-
will allow us
vince, hereafter ' defcribcd,
K IMG'S
Title So thit Comiry hefore- hs granted tt. dniiimr, or La^ of Nii::ons, that what CTcr Wafte, or uncu3ccd Country, is the Difccvcry of sjt-'j Princ*, it is iii'i^. right of that Prince that was at the Charge of the Difcovervi NoW this frovtme is a Member of that part of Amtrica, which the King o{ EngtanJi Anceftors have been at the Charge of Difcovcring, and which they and he have taken great care to prcferve ani improve. I.
It is
The
the
Jm
1 1.
William
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