Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . ble bis wife died, and bewas deprived of tbe government of bis colony in America, Tbese weredark days, but be spent tbem profitably, writing booksfor tbe comfort and defence of tbe Friends, and devisingmeans of belping tbe colonists in Pennsylvania out of tbetroubles tbat bad come npon tbem tbrougb bad manage-ment during bis long absence. At last bis accusers lost tbeir influence witb tbeKing; be was again made governor of bis colony, and,after attending to various business matt
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . ble bis wife died, and bewas deprived of tbe government of bis colony in America, Tbese weredark days, but be spent tbem profitably, writing booksfor tbe comfort and defence of tbe Friends, and devisingmeans of belping tbe colonists in Pennsylvania out of tbetroubles tbat bad come npon tbem tbrougb bad manage-ment during bis long absence. At last bis accusers lost tbeir influence witb tbeKing; be was again made governor of bis colony, and,after attending to various business matters and cburcbinterests, be embarked once more for America. He foundaffairs in Pennsylvania in a very bad state. Ill-feelingbad grown up between tbe Quakers and otber membersof tbe colony, and many otber matters bad gone wrong. He set about instituting a better government at once,and began looking after tbe condition of tbe negro slaves and tbe Indianswitbin tbe colony. Anotber treaty was made witb tbe red men, presentswere excbanged witb tbem, and tbey agreed to look to tbe King of Eng-land as tbeir penns clock. GAVE A CHARTER TO PHILADELPHIA. Wbile tbus occupied in making better tbe condition of all tbe peoplein tbe colony, Penn beard tbat tbere was talk in England of taking itaway from bim and returning it to tbe crown, so be bad to burry backand attend to tbe matter. His last act before leaving America—for wbatproved to be tbe last time—was to give a cbarter to tbe city of Pbiladelpbia. Soon after Penns arrival in England, tbe King decided not to takepossession of tbe colony; but otber trouble came up, more dissensionsamong tbe settlers, and more persecutions for tbe Quakers in tbeir nativeland, so tbat tbe last days of tbe peace-loving old man were filled witbtidings of strife, wbere be bad labored most for barmony. His own life, too, was filled witb grief in bis last years. Unfaitbful 122 WILLIAM PBNN. agents liad so badly managed his property that his for
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