4 HAYS — PEXN'S COMMISSIOX, 168i. [Jan. 6, 



Curators. 

 J. Cheston Morris, Benjamin Smith L^-man, Henry Pettit. 



7\easurer. 



Horace Jayne. 



Councillors. 



(For three years.) 



William A. Ingham, Charles S. Wurts, George F. Edmunds, 



James T. Mitchell. 



(For one year to fill an imexpired term.) 

 Henry C. Trumbdl. 



Dr. I. Minis Hays read a "Note on Penn's CommissioD 

 for the Government of Pennsylvania during his Visit to Eng 

 land in 1684." 



Dr. I. Minis Hays was nominated for Librarian for the 

 ensuing year. 



The Society was adjourned by the presiding officer. 



A NOTE ON WILLIAM PENN'S COMMISSION FOR THE 



GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA DURING 



HIS FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND IN 1684. 



(Plates I and II.) 

 BY I. MINIS HAYS, M.D. 

 {Head January 6, 1899.) 



On March 4, 1681, Charles II granted a charter, in which he 

 made William Penn full and absolute Proprietor of that dominion 

 which is now called Pennsylvania, and invested him with the powers 

 of government of the same. Penn sailed for America on the 6th 

 of August of the following year and landed at New Castle, on the 

 Delaware, on October 24. He at once set about establishing his 

 government and aiding the Quakers, who had emigrated under his 

 auspices, in regulating their affairs in the colony, until in 1684 the 

 dispute between Lord Baltimore and himself concerning the bound- 

 ary of their respective provinces and the critical condition into 

 which other of his important affairs had been thrown by his enemies 



