CONTENTS. 



Introductory part : from ihe earliest settlements made in Penn- 

 sylvania, to the first settlements made loithin the present limits 

 of Lancaster county. 



CHAPTER I. 



Uolinizfition, remarks on, p. 13 ; Purchases made from the Indians, 14 ; 

 In New England, 15; By Calvert, 15; By Koger Williams. 15 ; By tht 

 Swedes, 15; By ('arteret, 16; Penn follows their example, 16; Early set- 

 tlement of Delaware bay and river, 17 ; Swedes supplanted l;y the Dutch, 

 18; Dutch triumph short, 18; Delaware taken possession of by the Eng- 

 lish, 18 ; Pcnn purchases New Castle, 18. 



CHAPTER II. 



William Penn born, p. 19; How he was made acquainted v.ith America, 

 20; Instrumental in settling West New Jersey, 20; Obtains a charter for 

 Pennsylvania, 21; First purchasers embark for America, 22; P.Iarkham's 

 instruction, 22 ; He holds a treaty with the Indians, 22 ; Penn arrives in 

 America, 23; Convenes an Assembly at Upland, 23; Interview with Lord 

 Baltimore, 23 ; Religious visits, 23 ; Visits New Jersey, the Duke of York, 

 his friends on Long Island : returns to Philadelphia, holds his grand treaty 

 with the Indians, 24-26; iMoie arrivals from Europe, 26; Emigrants pro- 

 vide shelters, 27; Form plantations, 27; Philadelphia laid out, 28; Cjun- 

 ties organized, 28 ; Second Assembly convoked, 28 ; Penn obliged to retura 

 to Europe, 29. 



CHAPTER HI. 



Brief sketch of the History of Pennsylvania from 16S4 to 1699, p. 30- 

 37; Provincial executives from 1684 to 1G09, 31; Boundaries of Chester 

 county determined, 34 ; Increase of i>opulution, 34 ; First mills iu Chester 



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