[1] The charter of Pennsylvania, March 4, 1681, is printed in the
_Charter to William Penn, and Laws of the Province of Pennsylvania_,
Harrisburg, 1879, where a fac-simile of the original document is also
reproduced. In the Public Record Office is a draft of the charter,
dated February 28, 1681, and signed by the clerk of the Chapel of the
Rolls (_Cal. State Papers, Colonial, 1681-1685_, p. 14; see also _Acts
of Privy Council_, ii, 17). For the founding of Pennsylvania, see
Shepherd's _History of Proprietary Government in Pennsylvania_.
1685, February 6.
[Continuing Officers in the Colonies.]