MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS. 



Frojn [David] Lloyd to William Penn. 



1705. May 19. Philadelphia. 



Denies the justice and truth of his complaints; accuses him of 

 breaking his promises and of neglecting the rights of the Friends; 

 the Colony's wish that he should remain its Proprietor and that 

 he should continue to furnish a Lieutenant to rule in his stead, but that 

 this Lieutenant should not have power to prorogue or dissolve the 

 Assembly; defends the [Pennsylvania] Assembly against Penn's attacks. 

 A. L. S. 13 p. X, I. 



From James Logan to Horace Walpole. 1732. 



A memorial of the state of the British plantations in America; 

 compares them with those of France. Trade with the Indians. D. 

 14 p. (Copy by Benjamin Franklin.) XII, 34. 



From T[homas] Penn to T. Jackson. 1740. 



Quarrel between the Governor [George Thomas] and the Assembly; 

 machinations of the Friends. The French threatening to make a settle- 

 ment within fifty miles of the western boundar>\ Praises the actions 

 of the Governor. L. 3 p. (Copy.) X, 2. 



From The Quarterly Meeting of Friends to "Our Friends and 

 Brethren at the Meeting for Sufferings in London." 



1755. May 5. Philadelphia. 



Accusing the present Proprietors of a disposition to deprive them 

 of Charter privileges; they appear to forget that the first settlers of 

 Pennsylvania were neither criminals nor paupers, but men who came 

 to America for conscience sake. Power of the Friends in the Legis- 

 lature. The Friends in England asked to have a personal conference 

 with the Proprietors of Pennsylvania; difficulties of the Province re- 

 cently set forth in an address to the King. L. S. John Armitt, 

 Sam[ue]l Powel, Thomas Rose, John Reynell, Sam[ue]l Preston 

 Moore, Isr[ael] Pemberton, Antho[ny] Morris, Hugh Roberts. 

 4 p. (Copy.) XII, 35. 



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