26 September 1748* 



to it by Pen, who gave them, a few Englifh miles 

 from that place, twice the fpace of country they 

 inhabited. However Pen himfelf, and his de- 

 fcendants after him, haveconfiderably leffened the 

 ground belonging to them, by repeated menfu- 

 rations, under pretence that they had taken 

 more than they ought. 



BUT the inhabitants could not be got in fuf- 

 ficient number to fill a place of fuch extent. The 

 plan therefore about the river Skulkill was laid 

 afide till more favourable circumftances mould 

 occur, and the houfcs were only built r.long the 

 Delaware. This river flows along the eaflern 

 fide of the town, is of great advantage to its 

 trade, and gives a fine profpedr.. The houfes 

 which had already been built upon the Skulkill 

 were tranfplanted hitherto by degrees. This 

 town accordingly lies in a very pleafant country, 

 from north to fouth along the river. It meafures 

 fomewhat more than an Englifo mile in length j 

 and its breadth in fome places is half a mile or 

 more. The ground is flat and confifts of land 

 mixed with a little clay. Experience has (hewn 

 that the air of this place is very healthy. 



THE ftreets are regular, fine, and mo-ft of them 

 are fifty foot, Englifh meafure, broad -, Arch-Jlreet 

 meafures fixty-fix feet in breadth, and Market- 

 Jlreet or the principal ftreet, where the market 

 is kept, near a hundred. Thofe which run lon- 

 gitudinally, or from north to fouth are feven, 

 exclufive of a little one, which runs along the 

 river, to the fouth of the market, and is called 

 Wattr-Jlreet. The lanes which go acrofs, and 

 were intended to reach from the Delaware, to the 



