have printed records of their suffering imprisonment (for not paying tithes,) some years, and yet they often had liberty to go home, by favour of the jaylors, to my certain knowledge. But whether William Bradford and John Mackomb, were guilty of deceit or not, is not material to the present case of John Whiting, his vile slander, as if I had been the person, or one of the persons who had writ that paper from the porch or entry of the prison. This is a sufficient proof that what John For Whiting has thus printed against me was not from the infallible spirit, and that he is, therefore, by George Fox's sentence, a deceiver." Page 40, &c.

A

MEMOIR

ON

THE CONTROVERSY

BETWEEN

WILLIAM PENN,

AND

LORD BALTIMORE,

RESPECTING THE BOUNDARIES OF PENNSYLVANIA AND

MARYLAND.

BY

JAMES DUNLOP, Esq.

Member of the Senate of Pennsylvania from Franklin County.

Read at a Meeting of the Council, November 10th,

1825.

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MEMOIR, &c.

THE disputes which occurred in times almost forgotten, between the proprietaries of Pennsylvania and Maryland, respecting the boundaries of their provinces, afford a subject of curious, if not useful speculation. Their rise, progress, and termination, form not only an amusing portion of the history of the early transactions of our country, but are important, as intimately connected with the land titles of that part of the state which lies within the limits of the disputed territory.

The clashing of the many grants made with such lavish profusion by the sovereigns of Europe, of the savages and soil of the new world, arose from their entire ignorance of the country. The thirst for gold, the spirit of adventure, and zeal of religious enthusiasm, all demanded clamorously, a participation in the wealth, independence, or retirement, which were fondly anticipated to flow from the mighty discoverers of Cabot and Vespucci. By virtue of the fancied right of priority of discovery, the Crown of England not only claimed but