30 HISTORY OP 



CHAPTER III. 



Brief sketch of the History of Pennsylvai)ia, from 1684 ia 1690 — Pro*- 

 vincial Executives from 1684 to 1699 — Boundaries of Chester countj^ 

 determined — Increase of population — First mills in Chester county — 

 Pemi's effort to improve, the condition of the natives — Efforts to christianize- 

 the Indians — Ptnn's new treaty with Susquehanna, Shawanesc andP 

 Ganawese, &c. nations — A new form of Government framed — Peaw 

 appoints Andrew Hamilton, Deputy Governor — Sails for England. 



As it will be necessary to occasionally recur to the^ 

 main history of Pennsylvania, and in order to preserver 

 some connection in the narrative of events of the period 

 between Penn^s departure, in 1684, for Europe, and his 

 return, in 1699, to America, a brief historical sketch of 

 that time is given, though some of the incidents con- 

 nected with the early settlements of Lancaster county^ 

 and to which the order of time has not yet brought us, 

 are thereby anticipated. 



Soon after Penn's return to England, Charles IL died, 

 February 6, 1684 — 5; and James II. ascended the 

 throne, who was proclaimed King in the province,. May 

 2d, 1685. "Penn's attachment to the Stuart family 

 induced him to adhere to this unfortunate monarch till 

 long after his fall;'^ and for two years after the revolu- 

 tion which placed William, Prince of Orange, and Mary, 

 the daughter of James, on the throne, the province was 

 administered in the name of James, This could not fail 

 to draAV down the indignation of King William on the 

 devoted head of the proprietary, who suffered much , 

 persecution for his unflinching loyalty. He was four 



*James abdicated, and went to France, December 23> 



1688.— B/air's Chronol. 



