Essentials of United States history . uncil, wrote Penn, mycountry was confirmed to meunder the great seal of Eng-land. God will bless it and make it a great nation. As settlers were already in the province, Penn wrote thema letter expressing the hope that they would not be troubledby his coming. He declared that he had no desire to increasehis fortune at their expense, and promised that they shouldbe governed by laws of their own making. 71. The Colony.—The first of the colonists under Pennwere sent over in 1681, but Penn himself did not arrive untilthe next year. He made a treaty with the In
Essentials of United States history . uncil, wrote Penn, mycountry was confirmed to meunder the great seal of Eng-land. God will bless it and make it a great nation. As settlers were already in the province, Penn wrote thema letter expressing the hope that they would not be troubledby his coming. He declared that he had no desire to increasehis fortune at their expense, and promised that they shouldbe governed by laws of their own making. 71. The Colony.—The first of the colonists under Pennwere sent over in 1681, but Penn himself did not arrive untilthe next year. He made a treaty with the Indians that was parallel. The dispute lasted for eighty years and was finally Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, two eminent astronomers andsurveyors, marked a boundary line between the two colonies. Milestoneswere set up, every fifth one bearing on one side the arms of Penn and onthe other those of Baltimore. This Mason and Dixon line became famousin after years as the dividing line between the free and the slave William Penn. 64 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY never broken, laid out the city of Philadelphia, and granteda Charter of Privileges for the government of the freedom was given to all who believed in God, andthe people were allowed great liberty. ^-tiU. Zk«*^ .TZu^ •J3 /Li^ ^^^^^xcU ^ ^9;C^3:^L^
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