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invited her into his carriage, as he was then on his way 

 home, when he would be more particularly attentive to 

 what she had to say. Penn told her, he had an agent in 

 Pennsylvania, that to him, he would give her a recommen- 

 dation, so that her business, he hoped, might be done to 

 her satisfaction. 



Penn treated her very kindly whilst at his house.— 

 They remained in London about six months, when a 

 vessel was about to sail for the North river, in which 

 they took passage. On their arrival at New York, they 

 moved up the North river to a place called Esopus,* 

 where they remained about tiuo years, then moved to 

 Philadelphia ; thence into Pequea settlement. Previous 

 to which they had taken up a large tract of land. Be- 

 fore they sailed from London for America, a variety of 

 implements of husbandry was presented to them by 

 Queen Anne, which they found of great use when they 

 commenced clearing land. 



Philip, one of the sons, was now about twenty-one 

 years of age, and had a desire to earn something for 

 himself; and having formed an acquaintance with 

 several families at Esopus, he made for that place, where 

 he hired for one year with a respectable farmer, by the 

 name of Abraham Dubois, whose daughter Leah he 



his actions ; during the last tea years of his life, he bestowed 

 his whole salary, which was considerable, upon the poor, 

 without distinction of Catholic or Protestant. Amyraut was a 

 man of moderation and candor, and had the rare fortune to be 

 esteemed by men of all sects. His Theological works are 

 numerous,. He died in 1664. 



*Esopus was an early settlement, between eighty and ninety 

 miles north of the city of New York. It was also formerly 

 called Wildwycke, now Kingston. The village of that place 

 was burned by the British under Vaughan, in October, 1777, 

 when great quantities of stores were destroyed. 



