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and were indulged in great privileges which 

 were given them forever. The Germans 

 not fatisfied with being themfelves removed 

 from New Tork, wrote to their relations 

 and friends and advifed them, if ever they 

 intended to come to America, not to go to 

 New Tork, where the government had 

 fhewn itfelf fo unequitable. This advice 

 had fuch influence, that the Germans, who 

 afterwards went in great numbers to North 

 America, conftantly avoided New Tork and 

 always went to Penjyhania. It Ibmetimes 

 happened that they were forced to go on 

 board fuch (hips as were bound to New 

 Tork -, but they were fcarce got on more, 

 when they flattened on to Petifyhania in 

 fight of all the inhabitants of New Tork. 



But the want of people in this province 

 may likewife be accounted for in a different 

 manner. As the Dutch, who firft culti- 

 vated this country, obtained the liberty of 

 flaying here by the treaty with England, 

 and of enjoying all their privileges and ad- 

 vantages without the lea(i limitation, each 

 of them took a very large piece of ground 

 for himfelf, and many of the more power- 

 ful heads of families made themfelves the 

 poiTeffors and mailers of a country of as 

 great an extent as would be fufficient to form 

 a middling and even a great pariih. Moft 



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