LIST OF THE AUTHORITIES FOR THE FOLLOWING WORK. LIFE of William Penn, prefixed to the Collection of his Works, in 2 vols. folio. The Select Works of William Penn, including his Life, in 5 vols. octavo. William Penn's Rules for the Regulation of his Family; or Christian Discipline, or good and wholesome Orders for the well governing of the same. History of the People called Quakers, by William Sewel. Gough's History of the People called Quakers. Besse's Confutation of the Charge of Deism. Account Account of the Life of Richard Davies. James Dickinson's Journal. John Whiting's Memoirs. Brief Account of the Life of Roger Haydock. Life of Oliver Sansom. Life of John Taylor (of York). The History of the Life of Thomas Ellwood. Journal of the Life and Travels of George Fox. A Collection of the Works, and Journal of the Life and Travels, of Thomas Chalkley. Account of the Life and Travels in the Ministry of John Fothergill. Journal of the Life of Thomas Story. Anderson's Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origin of Commerce. Bayle's Dictionary. Wood's Athena Oxonienses. British Empire in America, by Oldmixon. Burnet's History of his own Times. Negotiations of Count D'Avaux, Ambassador from Louis the XIVth to the States General of the United Provinces. Picart's Religious Customs and Ceremonies of all Nations, translated from the French. History History of the Old and New Testament, translated from the Works of the learned Le Sieur de Royaumont, by Joseph Raynor, and supervised by Dr. Anthony Horneck, Henry Wharton, B. D. and others. Collins's Memoirs of the Sidneys, prefixed to the Sidney State-Papers. Douglass's Summary. Ward's Life of Dr. Henry Moore. Life of John Locke, by John Le Clerc. Salmon's Chronological Historian. Macpherson's History of Great Britain, including Original State Papers. Dialogues of the Dead, by George Lord Lyttelton. Dr. Jonathan Swift's Letters, collected by Deane Swift, Esq. Noble's Continuation of Granger. Sutcliff's Travels in North America. Monthly Magazine. Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle. European Magazine and London Review. Manuscript Letters of William Penn. Authenticated Copies of the same. Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, beginning Dec. 4, 1682 (an American publication). The The History of Pennsylvania, by Robert Proud (an American publication). Historical Review of the Constitution and Govern ment of Pennsylvania from its Origin (ditto). Inquiry into the Causes of the Alienation of the Delaware and Shawanese Indians from the British Interest (ditto). American Geography, by Jedadiah Morse (ditto). Picture of Philadelphia (ditto). American Musæum (ditto). Et cætera, &c. &c. &c. MEMOIRS MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM PENN. CHAPTER I. William Penn-his origin or lineal descent-as collected from published accounts. WILLIAM PENN was descended from an ancient family, respectable both in point of character and independence as early as the first public records notice it. The following is a concise account of his origin: Among his early ancestors were those of the same name, who were living, between four and five centuries ago, at the village of Penn in Buckinghamshire. Further traces of this family are to be found in Penlands, Pen-street, Pen-house, Pen-wood, all of them the names of places in the same county. VOL. I. From |