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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY,
 

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CHAPTER   IV.
 

WILLIAM PENN SAILS FOR PENNSYLVANIA.
 

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Penn sails for Pennsylvania.^Arrival at New Castle.—^Maetsthe inhabitants.—Visits
Philadelphia.—First assembly.—He goes to New York.—Welcome passengers.—
John Powland, Thomas Fitzwater, W^illiam Buckman, Nicholas Wain, John
Gilbert, Joseph Kirkbride.—Condition of country.—First purchase from the
Indians.—Penn buys additional land.—Treaty of 1686.—Walking purchase.—
Tamany.—Lands granted.—Great Law.—Population on Penn's arrival.—Assem¬
bly of 1683.—Seal of county.—House of correction.—County court.—Sumptuary
laws.—Marking cattle.—Ear marks.—Owners of cattle in Bucks countv in 1684.
 

William Penn sailed for Pennsylvania, in the ship Welcome,
of 300 tons, Captain Robert Greenway, about September 1st, 1682,
accompanied by one hundred immigrants, mostly Friends. They
had a long and tedious passage, and their sufferings were aggravated
by the small-pox breaking out on board, of which thirty died. Penn
w^as assiduous in his attentions to the sick, and greatly endeared
himself to all on board. The vessel entered the capes of Delaware
the 24th of October, and arrived before New Castle, the 27th, of
which he received possession and the submission of the inhabitants.
He was at Upland on the 29th, from which place he notified some
of the leading inhabitants to meet him at New Castle, the 2d of
November, to settle the question of jurisdiction and other matters.
At this meeting he took occasion to address the people, explaining