3« September 1748. 



almoft in the center of the Englijh colonics^ 

 and its lat. is thirty nine deg. and fifty 

 min. but its weft long, from London near 

 feventy five deg. 



This town was built in the year 1683, or 

 as others fay in 1682, by the well known 

 quaker William Pen, who got this whole 

 province by a grant from Charles the fecond, 

 king of England ; after Sweden had given 

 up its claims to it. According to Pen's 

 plan the town was to have been built upon 

 a piece of land which is formed by the 

 union of the rivers Delaware and Skulkill, in 

 a quadrangular form, two Englijh miles 

 long and one broad. The eaftern fide 

 would therefore have been bounded by the 

 Delaware, and the weftern by the Skulkill. 

 They had adually begun to build houfes 

 on both thefe rivers ; for eight capital 

 ftreets, each two Englifi miles long, and 

 fixteen leiler ftreets (or lanes) acrofs them, 

 each one mile in length, were marked out, 

 with a conliderable breadth, and in ftrait 

 lines. The place was at that time almofl 

 an entire wildernefs covered with thick 

 forefts, and belonged to three Swedijh 

 brothers called Svens-Scener (Sons of Sven) 

 who had fettled in it. They with difficul- 

 ty left the place, the fituation of which was 

 very advantageous. But at lafl they were 



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