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grants made to one or two others, to a little more than 
6100 acres. 
The interest and attention which Penn gave to the 
development of this splendid manor—which he un¬ 
questionably intended to be his permanent and final 
home—are manifest in his correspondence after his 
return to England in 1684. I n August of that year 
he sent to Ralph, his gardener, some walnut trees and 
some seeds of his own raising, “which are rare and 
good.” He exhorts Ralph to stick to his garden and 
to get the “yards fenced in and doors to them.” Later 
he writes, “Pray let the courtyard be levelled and the 
fields and places about house be cleanly and orderly 
kept: so let me see thy conduct and contrivance about 
grounds and farm accomodations. I hope the barge is 
kept safely.” (This corresponded to the private 
yacht of to-day, and was one of his especial delights.) 
In another letter, “Let Ralph take the lower grounds 
of the garden and the other, his helper, the upper 
grounds and courts—have too a convenient well or 
pump for the several offices. ... It would be 
pleasant if the old Indian paths were cleared up” 
. . . (this in connection with the outlying por¬ 
tions of the estate). “Let there be a two-leaved door 
back and have a new one in one for the front, as the 
present is most ugly and low. I would have a rail 
and banisters before both fronts. The pales will serve 
