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CHAPTER III. 



Tiruii' Blu'tc.h of Iho IliHlory of IViniHytfaAiav from 1684 to 1699 — Pro^ 

 viiicial Exrculivc'H IVoiii lOH-l to U)l)l> — BouudaricB of Cheater countj 

 dtitcriiiiiicd — IncroaHc of pojiulalioii — First jiiills in Chester county — 

 1*(5Iuj'h I'iWnl to ijii[)n)vc the condition of tlio natives — Elforls to christianize 

 the Indians — IVjui's new treaty with lSua(juehanna, Shawaneae and' 

 Gunuwesu, &.c. nations — A new form of Governuient franxKl — Pena 

 appoints Anf]rew IJainilton, Deputy Clovcrnor — JiSaili* for England. 



As il, will hv. nccossiiry to occasionally rcciar to the- 

 main liislory oF Pcniiisylvania, and in order to preserve 

 s<)nn5 coniKiC'tion in the narrative of events of the pcriot! 

 l)ctw(;en Penn's d(!parture, in 1684, for ]Ouropc-, and liia 

 return, in 1G99, to America, a brief historical sketch of 

 that time is given, tlioiii^h some of the incidents con- 

 nected with the early S(;ltlements of Lancaster comity,, 

 and to which the order of time has not yet brought u.'v 

 are thereby anticipated. 



Soon afl(^r Penn's return to England, Charles II. died, 

 Kel)rn:ny (>, KiSl — 5; and James II. ascended tho 

 throiuv, wiio was proelainKul King in the province, May 

 2(i, IGHf). "Penn's atta(;hment to the Stuart family 

 induced him to adhere to tliis niiforluiiate monarch till 

 long after his fall;* and lor two years after the revolu- 

 tion which i)la(UMl VVilliiun, Prince of Orange, and Mary, 

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

 administered in the name of Jamcis. 'J'his could not fail 

 to draw down the indignation of King WilUam on the 

 devot(Hl head of the proprietary, who suffered nnich 

 persecution for his uiiilinching loyalty. He was four 



•Junios abdicatocJ, and went to France, December 2^, 

 Him.—Wair's ChronoL 



