. A history of Pennsylvania. o return to Pennsylvania after a short stay inEngland, but it was fifteen years before he was able to ful-fill his desire. A few months after Penn reached EnglandCharles II died, and his brother, James, Duke of York, suc-ceeded to the throne. The boundary dispute with Lord Baltimore so far asit related to the three Lower Counties (Delaware) was soonsettled by the English authorities. The disputed territorywas divided by a north and south line half way betweenthe Delaware and Chesapeake Bays. James II openly professed Cathohcism and by his ill-advised course of cond
. A history of Pennsylvania. o return to Pennsylvania after a short stay inEngland, but it was fifteen years before he was able to ful-fill his desire. A few months after Penn reached EnglandCharles II died, and his brother, James, Duke of York, suc-ceeded to the throne. The boundary dispute with Lord Baltimore so far asit related to the three Lower Counties (Delaware) was soonsettled by the English authorities. The disputed territorywas divided by a north and south line half way betweenthe Delaware and Chesapeake Bays. James II openly professed Cathohcism and by his ill-advised course of conduct brought about the English Revo-lution of 1688, by which the English crown was given toWilham and Mary. Naturally all the former friends of KingJames came under suspicion. Among these was WilliamPenn. One of the chief causes of his remaining in Englandwas that he might intercede for his Quaker brethren at court,where he had great influence. Now that James II was inexile, Penn suffered for his personal friendship with ROBERTS MILL, GERMAXTOWN, in 1691
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