. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . l he sent over necessary goods and supplies. WILLIAM PENNS CARE FOR THE COLONISTS 61 Thus it was that when the ship Submission sailedfrom London, she had on board men who knew howto make lime and bricks, to quarry stone, to set upmills for grinding corn, and to establish, tanneries formaking leather. I have been told that in the eastern settlements thepeople had neither oxen, cows, sheep, pigs, nor evenpoultry, until three or four years after they had comeinto this land; whereas we of Philadelphia had, as soonas they were really needed, all
. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . l he sent over necessary goods and supplies. WILLIAM PENNS CARE FOR THE COLONISTS 61 Thus it was that when the ship Submission sailedfrom London, she had on board men who knew howto make lime and bricks, to quarry stone, to set upmills for grinding corn, and to establish, tanneries formaking leather. I have been told that in the eastern settlements thepeople had neither oxen, cows, sheep, pigs, nor evenpoultry, until three or four years after they had comeinto this land; whereas we of Philadelphia had, as soonas they were really needed, all these animals, as wellas mills for grinding grain, brickyards, stone forbuilding, tools forthe planters, andeverything to ourhand, all throughthe thoughtfulness and oversight of m our governor. Our people wereeager to follow thedirections for mak-ing the city as theywere laid downby William Penn, because of his having looked sosharply after their welfare, and again and again haveI heard Thomas Holme read that which had beenwritten for his guidance:. 62 STEPHEN OF PHILADELPHIA Pitch upon the very middle plot of the town,to be laid facing the harbor, for my house, he hadwritten, and so we did. He directed also that each mans house should bein the center of his lot of land, to the end that we mighthave a green town such as would always be wholesome. We were told to be very tender with the Indians; tomake them presents when deserved; to pay honestly fortheir goods or their labor, never striving, as it was saidthe Dutch in New Amsterdam had done, to put themoff with worthless trinkets, and above all to assure themthat we would buy all the land they claimed inthat part of the country which had been given WilliamPenn by the king. I believe we had none among us who did not striveto do that which was required for the betterment ofthe city and for the safety of those who should livein it, either now, or in the time to come. We had builtit writh our own hands, having come far to do so, a
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