A N D L A S T L Y, I the said _William Penn_, Proprietary and Governor
of the Province of _Pensylvania_ and Territories thereunto belonging,
for me, my Heirs and Assigns, have solemnly declared, granted and
confirmed, and do hereby solemnly declare, grant and confirm, that
neither I, nor my Heirs nor Assigns, shall procure or do any Thing or
Things, whereby the Liberties in this Charter contained and expressed,
shall be infringed or broken: And if any Thing be procured by any Person
or Persons, contrary to these Premises, it shall be held of no Force or
Effect. I N W I T N E S S whereof, I the said _William Penn_, at
_Philadelphia_ in _Pensylvania_, have unto this present Charter of
Liberties set my Hand and broad Seal, this _second_ Day of the _second_
Month, in the Year of our Lord _one Thousand six Hundred Eighty and
Three_, being the _five and thirtieth_ Year of the King, and the _third_
Year of my Government.
_W I L L I A M P E N N_.
_T H I S within_ C H A R T E R, _which we have distinctly heard read
and thankfully received_, _shall be by us inviolably kept_; _at_
Philadelphia, _the_ second Day _of the_ second _Month_, one
Thousand six Hundred Eighty and Three.
The Members of the provincial Council present.
_William Markham_,
_John Moll_,
_William Haige_,
_Christopher Taylor_,
_John Simcock_,
_William Clayton_,
_Francis Whittwel_,
_Thomas Holme_,
_William Clark_,
_William Biles_,
_James Harrison_,
_John Richardson_,
_Philip-Thomas Lenman_, Secr. Gov.
_Richard Ingelo,_ Cl. Coun.
The Members of the Assembly present.
_Casparus Harman_,
_John Darby_,
_Benjamin Williams_,
_William Guest_,
_Valentine Hollingsworth_,
_James Boyden_,
_Bennony Bishop_,
_John Beazor_,
_John Harding_,
_Andrews Bringston_,
_Simon Irons_,
_John Wood_,
_John Curtis_,
_Daniel Brown_,
_William Futcher_,
_John Kipshaven_,
_Alexander Molestine_,
_Robert Bracy_, sen.
_Thomas Bracy_,
_William Yardly_,
_John Hastings_,
_Robert Wade_,
_Thomas Hassald_,
_John Hart_,
_Robert Hall_,
_Robert Bedwell_,
_William Simsmore_,
_Samuel Darke_,
_Robert Lucas_,
_James Williams_,
_John Blunston_,
_John Songhurst_,
_John Hill_,
_Nicholas Waln_,
_Thomas Fitzwater_,
_John Clows_,
_Luke Watson_,
_Joseph Phipps_,
_Dennis Rotchford_,
_John Brinklair_,
_Henry Bowman_,
_Cornelius Verhoofe_,
_John Southworth_, Cl. of the Synod.
Some of the Inhabitants of Philadelphia present.
_William Howel_,
_Edmund Warner_,
_Henry Lewis_,
_Samuel Miles_.
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_The_ C H A R T E R _of the City of_ P H I L A D E L P H I A.
_W I L L I A M P E N N_, Proprietary and Governor of the Province of
_Pensylvania_, &c. To all to whom these Presents shall come, sends
greeting. K N O W Y E, That at the humble Request of the Inhabitants
and Settlers of this Town of _Philadelphia_, being some of the first
Adventurers and Purchasers within this Province, for their
Encouragement, and for the more immediate and entire Government of the
said Town, and better Regulation of Trade therein: I have by Virtue of
the King's Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of _England_, erected
the said Town into a Borough, and by these Presents do erect the said
Town and Borough of _Philadelphia_ into a C I T Y; which said City shall
extend the Limits and Bounds, as it is laid out between _Delaware_ and
_Skuylkill_.
A N D I do for me, my Heirs and Assigns, grant and ordain, that the
Streets of the said City, shall for ever continue as they are now laid
out and regulated; and that the End of each Street extending into the
River _Delaware_, shall be and continue free for the Use and Service of
the said City, and the Inhabitants thereof, who may improve the same for
the best Advantage of the City, and build Wharfs so far out into the
River there, as the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common-council, herein after
mentioned, shall see meet.
A N D I do nominate _Edward Shippen_ to be the present Mayor, who shall so
continue until another be chosen, as is herein after directed.
A N D I do hereby assign and name _Thomas Story_ to be present Recorder,
to do and execute all Things which unto the Office of Recorder of the
said City doth or may belong.
A N D I do appoint _Thomas Farmer_ to be the present Sheriff, and _Robert
Assheton_ to be the present Town-clerk, and Clerk of the Peace, and
Clerk of the Court and Courts.
A N D I do hereby name, constitute, and appoint, _Joshua Carpenter,
Griffith Jones, Anthony Morris, Joseph Wilcox, Nathan Stanbury, Charles
Read, Thomas Masters_, and _William Carter_, Citizens and Inhabitants of
the said City, to be the present Aldermen of the said City of
_Philadelphia_.
A N D I do also nominate and appoint _John Parsons, William Hudson,
William Lee, Nehemiah Allen, Thomas Paschal, John Bud_, jun., _Edward
Smout, Samuel Buckley, James Atkinson, Pentecost Teague, Francis Cook_,
and _Henry Badcocke_, to be the _twelve_ present Common-council Men of
the said City.
A N D I do by these Presents, for me, my Heirs and Successors, give, grant
and declare, that the said Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Common-council
Men for the Time being, and they which hereafter shall be Mayor,
Recorder, Aldermen and Common-council Men within the said City, and
their Successors, for ever hereafter be and shall be, by Virtue of these
Presents, one Body corporate and politick in Deed, and by the Name of
the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of _Philadelphia_, in the Province
of _Pensylvania_: And them by the Name of Mayor and Commonalty of the
City of _Philadelphia_, one Body politick and corporate in Deed and in
Name, I do for me, my Heirs and Successors, fully create, constitute and
confirm, by these Presents; and that by the same Name of Mayor and
Commonalty of the City of _Philadelphia_, they may have perpetual
Succession; and that they and their Successors, by the Name of Mayor and
Commonalty of the City of _Philadelphia_, be and at all Times hereafter
shall be Persons able and capable in Law, to have, get, receive, and
possess, Lands and Tenements, Rents, Liberties, Jurisdictions,
Franchises and Hereditaments, to them and their Successors in
Fee-simple, or for Term of Life, Lives, Years, or otherwise; and also
Goods, Chattels, and other Things, of what Nature, Kind, or Quality
soever.
A N D also to give, grant, let, sell and assign the same Lands,
Tenements, Hereditaments, Goods, Chattels, and to do and execute all
other Things about the same, by the Name aforesaid; and also that they
be and shall be for ever hereafter Persons able and capable in Law, to
sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto,
defend and be defended, in all or any the Courts and other Places, and
before any Judges, Justices, and other Persons whatsoever within the
said Province, in all Manner of Actions, Suits, Complaints, Pleas,
Causes and Matters whatsoever, and of what Nature or Kind soever.
A N D that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Mayor and
Commonalty of the said City of _Philadelphia_, and their Successors, for
ever hereafter, to have and use one common Seal for the sealing of all
Businesses touching the said Corporation, and the same from Time to Time
at their Will and Pleasure to change or alter.
A N D I do for me, my Heirs and Successors, give, and by these Presents,
grant full Power and Authority unto the Mayor, Recorder and
Common-Council of the said City of _Philadelphia_, or any _five_ or more
of the Aldermen, and _nine_ or more of the Common-Council Men, the Mayor
and Recorder for the time being, or either of them, being present, on
the _first third_ Day of the Week, in the _eighth_ Month yearly for ever
hereafter, publickly to meet at a convenient Room or Place within the
said City, to be by them appointed for that Purpose, and then and there
nominate, elect and chuse one of the Aldermen to be Mayor for that
ensuing Year.
A N D also to add to the Number of Aldermen and Common-Council Men, such
and so many of those, that by Virtue of these Presents shall be admitted
Freemen of the said City from Time to Time, as they the said Mayor,
Aldermen and Common-Council shall see Occasion.
A N D that such Person who shall be so elected Mayor aforesaid, shall
within _three_ Days next after such Election, be presented before the
Governor of this Province, or his Deputy for the time being, and there
shall subscribe the Declarations and Profession of his Christian Belief,
according to the late Act of Parliament made in the _first_ Year of King
_William_'s Reign, entitled, _An Act for exempting their Majesties
Subjects dissenting from the Church of_ England, _from the Penalties of
certain Laws_; and then and there the Mayor so presented, shall make his
solemn Affirmation and Engagement for the due Execution of his Office.
A N D that the Recorder, Sheriff, Aldermen, and Common-council Men, and
all other Officers of the said City, before they or any of them shall be
admitted to execute their respective Offices, shall make and subscribe
the said Declarations and Profession aforesaid, before the Mayor for the
Time being, and at the same Time shall be attested for the due Execution
of their Offices respectively; which Declarations, Promises and
Attestations, the Mayor of the said City for the Time being, is hereby
impowered to take and administer accordingly.
A N D that the Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen of the said City, for the
Time being, shall be Justices of the Peace and Justices of Oyer and
Terminer; and are hereby impowered to act within the said City and
Liberties thereof accordingly, as fully and amply as any Justice or
Justices of the Peace or Oyer and Terminer, can or may do within the
said Province.
A N D that they or any _four_ or more of them (whereof the Mayor and
Recorder of the said City for the Time being, shall be _two_) shall and
may for ever hereafter have Power and Authority, by Virtue of these
Presents, to hear and enquire into all and all Manner of Treasons,
Murthers, Manslaughters, and all Manner of Felonies and other Crimes and
Offences, Capital and Criminal, whatsoever, according to the Laws of
this Province and of the Kingdom of _England_, with Power also to hear
and determine all petty Larcenies, Routs, Riots, unlawful Assemblies;
and to try and punish all Persons that shall be convicted for
Drunkenness, Swearing, Scolding, breaking the Peace, or such like
Offences, which are by the Laws of this Province to be punished by Fine,
Imprisonment or Whipping; with Power also to award Process against all
Rioters and Breakers of the Peace, and to bind them, and all other
Offenders and Persons of evil Fame, to the Peace or good Behaviour, as
any Justice or Justices of the Peace can do, without being accountable
to me or my Heirs, for any Fines or Amerciaments to be imposed for the
said Offences or any of them.
A N D I do hereby impower them or any _four_ of them (whereof the Mayor
and Recorder for the Time being, shall be _two_) with the City Sheriff
and Town-clerk, to hold and keep a Court of Record, Quarterly, or
oftener, if they see Occasion, for the enquiring, hearing and
determining of the Pleas and Matters aforesaid; and upon their own View,
or after a legal Procedure in some of those Courts, to cause all
Nuisances and Encroachments in the Streets of the said City to be
removed, and punish the Parties concerned, as the Law and Usage in such
Cases shall require.
A N D I do by these Presents assign and appoint, that the present Mayor,
Recorder, and Aldermen herein before-mentioned, be the present Justices
of the Peace, and Oyer and Terminer, within the said City; and that they
and all others that shall be Mayors, Recorders and Aldermen of the said
City for the Time being, shall have full Power and Authority, and are
hereby impowered and authorized, without any further or other
Commission, to be Justices of the Peace, and of Oyer and Terminer,
within the said City for ever; and shall also be Justices of the Peace,
and the Mayor and Recorder shall be of the _Quorum_ of the Justices of
the County Courts, Quarter-sessions, Oyer and Terminer, and Goal
Delivery, in the said County of _Philadelphia_; and shall have full
Power to award Process, bind to the Peace or Behaviour, or commit to
Prison, for any Matter or Cause, arising without the said City and
within the Body of the aforesaid County, as Occasion shall require; and
to cause Kalendars to be made of such Prisoners, which, together with
all Recognizances and Examinations taken before them, for or concerning
any Matter or Cause not determinable by them, shall be duly returned to
the Judges or Justices of the said County, in their respective Courts
where the same shall be cognizable.
A N D that it may be lawful to and for the said Mayor and Commonalty and
their Successors, when they see Occasion, to erect a Goal or Prison and
Court-house within the said City.
A N D that the Mayor and Recorder for the Time being, shall have, and by
these Presents have Power to take Recognizance of Debts there, according
to the Statute of Merchants, and of Action Burnel; and to use and affix
the common Seal thereupon, and to all Certificates concerning the same.
A N D that it may be lawful to and for the Mayor of the said City, for
the Time being, for ever hereafter to nominate, and from Time to Time
appoint the Clerk of the Market, who shall have Assize of Bread, Wine,
Beer, Wood, and other Things; and to do, execute and perform all Things
belonging to the Clerk of the Market within the said City.
A N D I will that the Coroners to be chosen by the County of
_Philadelphia_ for the Time being, shall be Coroners of the said City
and Liberties thereof; but that the Freemen and Inhabitants of the said
City shall from Time to Time, as often as Occasion be, have equal
Liberty with the Inhabitants of the said County, to recommend or chuse
Persons to serve in the respective Capacities of Coroners and Sheriffs
for the County of _Philadelphia_, who shall reside within the said City.
A N D that the Sheriff of the said City and County for the Time being,
shall be the Water-Bailiff, who shall and may execute and perform all
Things belonging to the Officer of Water-Bailiff, upon _Delaware_ River,
and all other navigable Rivers and Creeks within the said Province.
A N D in Case the Mayor of the said City for the Time being, shall,
during the Time of his Mayoralty, misbehave himself or misgovern in that
Office, I do hereby impower the Recorder, Aldermen and Common-council
Men, or _five_ of the Aldermen and _nine_ of the Common-council Men of
the said City of _Philadelphia_, for the Time being, to remove such
Mayor from his Office of Mayoralty; and in such Case, or in Case of the
Death of the said Mayor for the Time being, that then another fit Person
shall, within _four_ Days next after such Death or Removal, be chosen in
Manner as is above directed for electing of Mayors, in the Place of him
so dead or removed.
A N D lest there should be a Failure of Justice or Government in the said
City, in such Interval, I do hereby appoint, That the eldest Alderman
for the Time being, shall take upon him the Office of a Mayor there, and
shall exercise the same till another Mayor be chosen as aforesaid; and
in Case of the Disability of such eldest Alderman, then the next in
Seniority, shall take upon him the said Office of Mayor, to exercise the
same as aforesaid.
A N D in Case the Recorder, or any of the Aldermen or Common-council Men
of or belonging to the said City, for the Time being, shall misbehave
him or themselves in their respective Offices and Places, they shall be
removed and others chosen in their Stead, in Manner following, _that is
to say_, The Recorder for the Time being, may be removed (for his
Misbehaviour) by the Mayor, and _two thirds_ of the Aldermen and
Common-council Men respectively; and in Case of such Removal or of the
Death of the Recorder, then to chuse another fit Person skilled in the
Law, to be the Recorder there, and so to continue during Pleasure as
aforesaid.
A N D the Alderman so misbehaving himself, may be removed by the Mayor,
Recorder and _nine_ of the Aldermen and Common-council Men; and in Case
of such Removal or Death, then within _four_ Days after, to chuse a fit
Person or Persons to supply such Vacancies; and the Common-council Men,
Constables, and Clerk of the Market, for Misbehaviour, shall be removed
and others chosen, as is directed in the Case of Aldermen.
A N D I do also, for me and my Successors, by these Presents, grant to
the said Mayor and Commonalty, and their Successors, that if any of the
Citizens of the said City, shall be hereafter nominated, elected, and
chosen to the Office of Mayor, Aldermen and Common-council Men as
aforesaid, and having Notice of his or their Election, shall refuse to
undertake and execute that Office to which he is so chosen, that then,
and so often it shall and may be lawful for the Mayor and Recorder,
Aldermen and Common-council Men, or the major Part of the Aldermen and
Common-council Men for the Time being, according to their Discretion, to
impose such moderate Fines upon such Refusers, so as the Mayor's Fine
exceed not _forty Pounds_, the Alderman's _five and thirty Pounds_, and
Common-council Men twenty Pounds, and other Officers proportionably, to
be levied by Distress and Sale, by Warrant under the common Seal, or by
other lawful Ways, to the Use of the said Corporation.
A N D in such Cases it shall be lawful to chuse others to supply the
Defects of such Refusers, in Manner as is as above directed for
Elections.
A N D that it shall and may be lawful to and for the Mayor, Recorder,
and at least _three_ Aldermen for the Time being, from Time to Time, so
often as they shall find Occasion, to summon a Common-council of the
said City.
A N D that no Assembly or Meeting of the said Citizens, shall be deemed
or accounted a Common-council, unless the said Mayor and Recorder, and,
at least _three_ of the Aldermen for the Time being, and _nine_ of the
Common-council Men be present.
A N D also that the said Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Common-council
Men for the Time being, from Time to Time, at their Common-council,
shall have Power to admit such and so many Freemen into their
Corporation and Society as they shall think fit.
A N D to make (and they may make, ordain, constitute and establish) such
and so many good and reasonable Laws, Ordinances and Constitutions (not
repugnant to the Laws of _England_ and this Government) as to the
greater Part of them at such Common-council assembled (where the Mayor
and Recorder for the Time being, are to be always present) shall seem
necessary and convenient for the Government of the said City.
A N D the same Laws, Ordinances, Orders and Constitutions so to be made,
to put in Use and Execution accordingly, by the proper Officers of the
said City; and at their Pleasure to revoke, alter, and make anew, as
Occasion shall require.
A N D also impose such Mulcts and Amerciaments upon the Breakers of such
Laws and Ordinances, as to them in their Discretion shall be thought
reasonable; which Mulcts, as also all other Fines and Amerciaments to be
set or imposed by Virtue of the Powers granted, shall be levied as above
is directed in Case of Fines, to the Use of the said Corporation,
without rendering any Account thereof to me, my Heirs and Successors;
with Power to the Common-council aforesaid, to mitigate, remit, or
release such Fines and Mulcts, upon the Submission of the Parties.
_Provided always_, That no Person or Persons hereafter, shall have Right
of electing or being elected, by Virtue of these Presents, to any Office
or Place judicial or ministerial, nor shall be admitted Freemen of the
said City, unless they be free Denizens of this Province, and are of the
Age of _twenty-one_ Years or upwards, and are Inhabitants of the said
City, and have an Estate of Inheritance or Freehold therein, or are
worth _fifty Pounds_ in Money, or other Stock, and have been resident in
the said City for the Space of _two_ Years, or shall purchase their
Freedom of the Mayor and Commonalty aforesaid.
A N D I do further grant to the said Mayor and Commonalty of the City of
_Philadelphia_, that they and their Successors, shall and may for ever
hereafter hold and keep within the said City, in every Week of the Year,
_two_ Market-days, the one upon the _fourth_ Day of the Week, and the
other upon the _seventh_ Day of the Week, in such Place or Places as is,
shall, or may be appointed for that Purpose, by the said Commonalty or
their Successors, from Time to Time.
A N D also _two_ Fairs therein every Year, the one of them to begin on
the _sixteenth_ Day of the _third_ Month, called _May_, yearly, and so
to be held in and about the Market-place, and continue for that Day and
_two_ Days next following; and the other of the said Fairs to be held in
the aforesaid Place on the _sixteenth_ Day of the _ninth_ Month yearly,
and for _two_ Days next after.
A N D I do for me, my Heirs and Assigns, by Virtue of the King's Letters
Patent, make, erect and constitute the said City of _Philadelphia_, to
be a Port or Harbour for discharging and unlading of Goods and
Merchandize out of Ships, Boats, and other Vessels; and for landing and
shipping them in or upon such and so many Places, Keys and Wharfs there,
as by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common-council of the said City, shall
from Time to Time be thought most expedient for the Accommodation and
Service of the Officers of the Customs, in the Management of the King's
Affairs and Preservation of his Duties, as well as for Conveniency of
Trade.
A N D I do ordain and declare, that the said Port or Harbour shall be
called the Port of _Philadelphia_, and shall extend and be accounted to
extend into all such Creeks, Rivers, and Places within this Province,
and shall have so many Wharfs, Keys, Landing-places and Members
belonging thereto, for landing and shipping of Goods, as the said Mayor,
Aldermen, and Common-council for the Time being, with the Approbation of
the chief Officer or Officers of the King's Customs, shall from Time to
Time think fit to appoint.
A N D I do also ordain, that the Landing-places now and heretofore used
at the _Penny-pot-house_ and _Blue-anchor_, saving to all Persons their
just and legal Right and Properties in the Lands so to be open; as also
the Swamp between _Bud_'s Buildings and the _Society-hill_, shall be
left open and common for the Use and Service of the said City and all
others, with Liberty to dig Docks and make Harbours for Ships and
Vessels, in all or any Part of the said Swamp.
A N D I do hereby grant, that all the vacant Land within the Bounds and
Limits of the said City, shall remain open as a free Common of Pasture,
for the Use of the Inhabitants of the said City, until the same shall be
gradually taken in, in order to build or improve thereon, and not
otherwise. _Provided always_, That nothing herein contained, shall debar
me or my Heirs in Time to come, from fencing in all the vacant Lands
that lie between the _Center_ Meeting-house and the _Schuylkil_, which I
intend shall be divided from the Land by me allotted for _Delaware_
Side, by a strait Line along the _Broad-street_ from _Edward Shippen_'s
Land through the _Center_ Square by _Daniel Pegg_'s Land; nor shall the
fencing or taking in any of the Streets, happening to be within that
Inclosure on _Skuylkil_, be deemed or adjudged to be an Incroachment,
where it shall not interfere or stop any of the Streets or Passages
leading to any of the Houses built or to be built on that Side, any
Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
A N D I do grant, that this present Charter, shall, in all Courts of Law
and Equity, be construed and taken most favourably and beneficially, for
the said Corporation.
I N W I T N E S S whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and caused my
great Seal to be affixed. Dated at _Philadelphia_ the _five and
twentieth_ Day of _October_, Anno Domini _one Thousand seven Hundred and
One_, and in the _thirteenth_ Year of the Reign of King _W I L L I A M
the Third_, over _England_, &c. and the _one and twentieth_ Year of my
Government.
_W I L L I A M P E N N_.
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_The_ C H A R T E R _of_ P R I V I L E G E S _granted by_
W I L L I A M P e n n, _Esq_; _to the Inhabitants of_ Pensylvania
_and Territories_.
_W I L L I A M P E N N_, Proprietary and Governor of the Province of
_Pensylvania_, and Territories thereunto belonging. To all to whom these
Presents shall come, sendeth Greeting. W H E R E A S King _C H A R L E S
the Second_, by his Letters Patents, under the Great Seal of _England_,
bearing Date the _fourth_ Day of _March_, in the Year _one Thousand six
Hundred and Eighty_, was graciously pleased to give and grant unto me,
and my Heirs and Assigns for ever, this Province of _Pensylvania_, with
divers great Powers and Jurisdictions for the well Government thereof.
A N D W H E R E A S the King's dearest Brother, _J A M E S Duke of
Y O R K and A L B A N Y_, &c. by his Deeds of Feoffment, under his Hand
and Seal duly perfected, bearing Date the _twenty-fourth_ Day of
_August, one Thousand six Hundred Eighty and Two_, did grant unto me, my
Heirs and Assigns, all that Tract of Land, now called the Territories of
_Pensylvania_, together with Powers and Jurisdictions for the good
Government thereof.
A N D W H E R E A S for the Encouragement of all the Freemen and
Planters, that might be concerned in the said Province and Territories,
and for the good Government thereof, I the said William Penn,
in the Year _one Thousand six Hundred Eighty and Three_, for me, my
Heirs and Assigns, did grant and confirm unto all the Freemen, Planters
and Adventurers therein, divers Liberties, Franchises and Properties, as
by the said Grant, entituled, _The F R A M E of the Government of the
Province of_ Pensylvania, _and Territories thereunto belonging_, in
_America_, may appear; which Charter or Frame being found in some Parts
of it, not so suitable to the present Circumstances of the Inhabitants,
was in the _third_ Month, in the Year _one Thousand seven Hundred_,
delivered up to me, by _six_ Parts of _seven_ of the Freemen of this
Province and Territories, in general Assembly met, Provision being made
in the said Charter, for that End and Purpose.
A N D W H E R E A S I was then pleased to promise, That I would restore
the said Charter to them again, with necessary Alterations, or in Lieu
thereof, give them another, better adapted to answer the present
Circumstances and Conditions of the said Inhabitants; which they have
now, by their Representatives in general Assembly, met at
_Philadelphia_, requested me to grant.
K N O W Y E T H E R E F O R E, That for the further Well-being and
good Government of the said Province, and Territories; and in Pursuance
of the Rights and Powers before-mentioned, I the said _William Penn_ do
declare, grant and confirm, unto all the Freemen, Planters and
Adventurers, and other Inhabitants in this Province and Territories,
these following Liberties, Franchises and Privileges, so far as in me
lieth, to be held, enjoyed and kept, by the Freemen, Planters and
Adventurers, and other Inhabitants of and in the said Province and
Territories thereunto annexed, for ever.