244 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY. [1735. 



about by unreasonable suggestions from the Maryland side in the 

 controversy.' The nature of these suggestions, and the manner 

 of conducting the controversy, will be better understood by con- 

 sulting a correspondence between Benj. Eastburn, the Surveyor- 

 General of Pennsylvania, and a Parson Jones, of Maryland, the 

 original of which is on file in the Surveyor-General's office at 

 Harrisburg. 



An agreement having been entered into between the Proprie- 

 taries and Lord Baltimore, as to the principles that should govern 

 in the settlement of the boundaries between the two Provinces, 

 and between Maryland and the Lower Counties, the Governor 

 addressed a circular letter to the Justices of Chester and other 

 border counties, enjoining them to observe certain directions 

 therein laid down, with the view of preserving the peace until 

 the lines could be actually run. It was a long time, however, 

 before this took place. 



Late at night on the 19th of September, 17§4, news of the arrival 

 of John Penn, the elder brother of Thomas, was brought to Phila- 

 delphia by express from Newcastle. Early on the next morn- 

 ing, his brother, Thomas Penn, with a number of gentlemen, 

 proceeded to Chester to receive him, but he did not land there 

 until late in the evening, and remained there all night. On the 

 morning of the 21st the party proceeded towards Philadelphia, 

 and were met at the Schuylkill by the Mayor, Recorder and 

 Commonalty, as in the case of his brother Thomas. John did 

 not remain long in the country, but returned the next year to 

 adjust some dispute that Lord Baltimore had raised in respect 

 to the interminable boundary question. 



The Yearly Meeting of Friends, in 1735, adopted various re- 

 commendations, among which may be enumerated : punctuality 

 in the payment of debts to the Crown, and quit-rents to the 

 Proprietors ; against being concerned in lotteries ; against large 

 provisions at marriages and burials ; against the importation of 

 negroes, or the buying of them after being imported ; against 

 the frequent use of drams, and the use of strong liquors in their 

 families, and they also repeated their former advice in respect 

 to grave-stones. These recommendations were generally adopted 

 by the several meetings of this County, especially that in respect 

 to negroes, which may indeed be regarded as the first efiective 

 blow inflicted on the slave trade. 



It does not appear that up to this time lotteries had been in 

 vogue in the Province. This year the Proprietaries proposed to 

 sell by way of Lottery 100,000 acres of land, and it may have 

 been that the admonition of the yearly meeting on that subject, 



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