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grants made to one or two others, to a little more than 

 6100 acres. 



The interest and .attention which Penn gave to the 

 development of this splendid manor which he un- 

 questionably intended to be his permanent and final 

 home are manifest in his correspondence after his 

 return to England in 1684. I n August of that year 

 he sent to Ralph, his gardener, some walnut trees and 

 some seeds of his own raising, "which are rare and 

 good." He exhorts Ralph to stick to his garden and 

 to get the "yards fenced in and doors to them." Later 

 he writes, "Pray let the courtyard be levelled and the 

 fields and places about house be cleanly and orderly 

 kept : so let me see thy conduct and contrivance about 

 grounds and farm accomodations. I hope the barge is 

 kept safely." (This corresponded to the private 

 yacht of to-day, and was one of his especial delights.) 



In another letter, "Let Ralph take the lower grounds 

 of the garden and the other, his helper, the upper 

 grounds and courts have too a convenient well or 

 pump for the several offices. ... It would be 

 pleasant if the old Indian paths were cleared up" 

 . . . (this in connection with the outlying por- 

 tions of the estate). "Let there be a two-leaved door 

 back and have a new one in one for the front, as the 

 present is most ugly and low. I would have a rail 

 and banisters before both fronts. The pales will serve 



