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Hannah Penn, the widow of the late Proprietary, and his son, 

 Springett, having died, John, Thomas, and Richard, his three 

 remaining sons, became joint Proprietaries of Pennsylvania. 

 Thomas Penn came over to the Province for tiie first time in 

 1732, and arrived at Chester on the afternoon of the llih of 

 August. An express was immeiliately sent to Philadelphia, 

 where the Assembly and Council were in session. The Secre- 

 tary of the Council was forthwith dispatched to Chester, with 

 the compliments and congratulations of the Governor and Board 

 to the new joint Proprietary upon his safe arrival, and "to ac- 

 quaint him, that to-morrow morning tliey would in person pay 

 their respects to him." Accordingly, on the next day, the Go- 

 vernor and all the members of Council who were able to travel, 

 accompanied by a very large number of gentlemen, visited 

 Chester, "waited on the Honorable Proprietary and paid him 

 their compliments. After dinner, the Proprietary with his com- 

 pany, now grown very numerous, sett out for Philadelphia, near 

 to which place he was met by the Mayor, Recorder and Alder- 

 men, with a great body of People. The Recorder, in the name 

 of the Mayor and Commonalty of the City, made a congratula- 

 tory speech, which the Proprietary answered, ifcc." On the loth 

 of the month, the Representatives sent in their "■ Humble ad- 

 dress," which contains much less adulation than was betrayed 

 by the part taken by the Governor, Council and municipal au- 

 thorities of the city, in the affair. 



An impostor appeared in 1732 among the meetings com- 

 posing Haverford ^Ionthly ^Meeting of Friends, and successfully 

 passed himself off as a Quaker preacher. His name was John 

 Cruise, and it was not until after he had left, which was " with- 

 out making satisfaction," that his true character became known. 

 A committee was promptly appointed to caution Friends else- 

 where as to his character. They eventually received word that 

 he had removed to North Carolina, to which place the committee 

 were directed to write, "least he should impose upon friends." 



Difficulties between the people of Maryland and those of this 

 Province were of frequent occurrence, but the scene has been 

 shifted from the border of Chester County to that of Lancaster. 

 Two Quakers, John Wright and Samuel Blunston, both of whom 

 had emigrated from this County and settled at or near Columbia, 

 were the active local managers in these troubles on behalf of 

 Pennsylvania, and they certainly performed their part with 

 ability and energy. 



Commissioners on the part of both Provinces, with Surveyors, 

 met at Newcastle in February, for the purpose of running the 

 circular line, preliminary to the adjustment of the other boun- 

 daries. This resulted in nothing but angry disputes brough 



