tors, nor any of them, shall at any Time or Times hereafter, be consenting to, aiding, or assisting in, or incourage or promote in any manner whatsoever, or lend his or their, or any of their name or names towards the commencing, prosecuting or defending any suit or suits, cause or causes whatsoever, to be commenced, prosecuted or defended in any Court of Law or Equity whatsoever, by any of the Tenants of the said Frederick, Lord Baltimore, or by any of his Grantees, or the Grantees of any of his Ancestors, whereby the Right of the said Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, their Heirs and Assigns, to the said Province of Pensilvania in America, with all and singular the Rights, Royalties, Members and Appurtenances thereof, and all those Territories and Tracts of Land now called, or known by the name or names of the Three Lower Counties of New Castle, Kent and Sussex upon Delaware in America, with all and singular their and each of their Rights, Royalties, Members and Appurtenances. The said Province and Counties bounded and to be bounded according to the Extent, Bounds and Limits which were agreed by the said Articles of the tenth of May, one thousand seven hundred and thirty-two, and decreed and ordered in and by the said inrolled Decree of the Court of Chancery, and the said subsequent Order of the said Court of the twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand and seven hundred and fifty-one, and according to the true intent and meaning of these Presents, May be drawn in question or controverted in any matter whatsoever. That The said Frederick, Lord Baltimore, and his Heirs and Assigns, shall and will, on his and their parts at all times, on Request, and at the costs and charges of the said Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, their Heirs and Assigns, make, do, perform, and execute any further matter and thing (exclusive of the acts hereby stipulated and intended to be Performed at a joint Expence,) which shall any way be necessary to be done for rendering the said former articles of agreement, decree and subsequent Order, and these presents most perfect, valid Sure and effectual, at all Times forever hereafter. THAT the said Frederick, Lord Baltimore, shall and will, within three days after the Execution of these presents, in his own proper person, duly acknowledge his Execution of this present Indenture, and his Consent that the same may be Enrolled before one of the Masters of the said Court of Chancery, to the intent that the same may be enrolled in the said Court. THAT the said Frederick, Lord Baltimore, shall and will, within thirty days. next after that a Bill shall be filed by the said Thomas Penn and Richard Penn or their heirs, against the said Frederick, Lord Baltimore, in the said Court of Chancery, for carrying the said Matters and Things contained in these presents into Execution, duly put in his Answer thereto, and in such Answer shall and will admit all such matters as are herein by him admitted, and particularly that he, the said Frederick, Lord Baltimore, and all Persons claiming or to claim the said

Province of Maryland, by, thro', from or under him, shall be bound to obey and perform the said former Articles of Agreement, and the said Enrolled Decree and subsequent order of the said Court of Chancery, and also the said Proceedings of the said Commissioners, in and about the said spot or point, or place of beginning of the said West Line, and in and about the said Meridian Line, and in and about the running and measuring the said Line due West across the said Peninsula, and in and about the true Length and Extent of the said West Line as aforesaid, and that such Bill and answer shall be settled with the approbation of Council on both sides. THAT neither in such answer or at any other time, or in any other Manner, shall the said Frederick, Lord Baltimore, his Heirs or Assigns, or any his or their Council or Agents, demand or Pray any Costs to be decreed or ordered to him or them in Respect of the said present suit now depending. But the said present suit and all proceedings therein shall be forthwith dismissed, upon a proper application to be forthwith made by the said Frederick, Lord Baltimore, to the Court of Chancery, as for want of prosecution. THAT upon Request made to the said Frederick, Lord Baltimore, or his Clerk in Court or Solicitor, after such Answer shall be put in, the said Frederick, Lord Baltimore, or his Clerk in Court, shall instantly sign or otherwise give a full Consent, for setting the said Cause down to be heard before the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Great Britain, upon Bill and upon such Answer. THAT the said Frederick, Lord Baltimore, shall by his Councill appear gratis to hear the said cause at such Time as shall be appointed for the same, without being served with a subpena for that purpose. THAT at such hearing, and on other necessary Occasions, the said Frederick, Lord Baltimore, and his Heirs and Assigns, and his and their Council and Agents on his and their parts, shall and will Consent and agree that a Decree be pronounced against him, and them agreeable in all respects to the true intent and meaning of these Presents, and of the Partys hereto, as the same are mentioned and expressed in these Presents; and further, that Liberty be therein reserved for either Party to apply to the Court for further Directions as they shall be advised, and to Pray no Costs to the time of the hearing, and to Consent that the subsequent Costs be reserved. THAT the said Frederick, Lord Baltimore, his Heirs or Assigns, shall not at any time or in any manner whatsoever, oppose such Decree as shall be so made in the said Cause, Pursuant to the true intent and meaning of these Presents, or the signing and Enrolling such Decree. AND THAT in case the said Thomas Penn and Richard Penn or their Heirs or Assigns, shall at any Time hereafter, (whether before or after the said Cause in Chancery shall be heard) be desirous to lay this Present Indenture and the matters herein before mentioned or any of them, by an humble Petition before his Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, in his or their Privy Council, and humbly 3 SURVEYS.

to pray the Royal Allowance, Ratification and Confirmation of the said former Articles of Agreement, and the said Enrolled Decree and subsequent order of the said Court of Chancery, and of these Presents, to be forever established as between the respective Proprietarys of the said Provinces and Counties for the Peace and Welfare of the same, and of his Majestys subjects in those Parts, The said Frederick, Lord Baltimore, his Heirs and Assigns shall forthwith, upon request, join in and become a Co-Petitioner or Co-Petitioners therein or otherwise, with his and their own hands, sign a full Consent to such Petition at the foot thereof, and shall and will, by all other fitting and Proper means, give his and their full Consent and agreement to the same, either in his and their own proper Persons, or by such other means as shall be most valid and effectual. AND WHEREAS, the said Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, and their Ancestors and Predecessors, by themselves or by some of their Tenants, Grantees, or Agents, under their Right and Title, have been from Time to Time, and now are in the actual Possession of all the Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments hereinafter mentioned to be hereby released by the said Frederick, Lord Baltimore, unto the said Thomas Penn and Richard Penn and their Heirs. NOW THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE FURTHER WITNESSETH, That for the Ends and Purposes, and from the motives aforesaid, and in order to render these Presents the most Valid that may possibly be, and for and in Consideration of five shillings of lawful money of Great Britain to the said Frederick, Lord Baltimore, in hand paid, by the said Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, at or before the sealing and delivery of these Presents, the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, He the said Frederick, Lord Baltimore, for himself and his Heirs, HATH released, renounced and quitted Claim, and by these Presents DоTH fully and absolutely release, renounce, and quit claim unto the said Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, and to their Heirs and Assigns forever, ALL that the said Province of Pensilvania, in America, with all and singular the Rights, Royalties, Members and Appurtenances thereof. AND ALL those Territories and Tracts of Land now called or known by the name or names of the three Lower Countys of New Castle, Kent and Sussex, upon Delaware, in America, with all and singular their and each and every of their Rights, Royalties, Members and Appurtenances. The said Province and Countys bounded and to be bounded according to the Extent, Bounds and Limits, which were agreed by the said Articles of Agreement of the tenth day of May one thousand seven hundred and thirtytwo, and Decreed and Ordered in and by the said Enrolled Decree of the said Court of Chancery and the said Subsequent Order of the said Court of the twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-one, and according to the true intent and meaning of these Presents, and the Reversion and Reversions, Remainder and Remainders, Yearly and other Rents, Issues and Profits and Arrears of Rents,

Issues and Profits, of all and singular the said Province of Pensilvania and three Lower Counties of New Castle, Kent and Sussex, and of each and every of the same, and all the Estate, Right, Title, Interest, Property, Power, Prerogative Claim, Demand and Pretensions whatsoever of the said Frederick, Lord Baltimore and his Heirs, of, in and to the same, and every or any part or parts of the same. PROVIDED ALWAYS, and it is hereby declared and agreed, by and between the said Partys to these Presents, and it is the true intent and meaning of them and of these Presents, That neither these Presents, nor any Clause, Article, Matter or thing whatsoever therein contained shall extend, or be deemed, construed, or taken to extend to the right of any Grantee or Grantees, and those claiming under them, to any the Farms, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, now in the actual possession and occupation of all and every, or any the Tenants or Occupiers of the said Province, Lands, Hereditaments and Premises hereby released, or intended, or agreed to be hereby released as aforesaid, Which have been at any time and in any way or Manner heretofore granted, by or under the authority of the said Frederick, Lord Baltimore, or by or under the authority of any of the Ancestors of him, the said Frederick Lord Baltimore. But that it shall and may be lawful to and for all and every such Tenants and Occupiers of the same Premises and every part thereof, their and every of their Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, from Time to Time, and all times hereafter; TO HOLD AND ENJOY their said Farms, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, and every of them, and every part thereof, for and during all and every such their several and respective Estates, Terms and Interests in the same, and every of them, and every part thereof, subject, nevertheless, to and by, and under all and every the same Quit Rents, Reservations and services to be from henceforth payed, rendered and performed to the Proprietarys of the said Province of Pensilvania for the Time being, as they the said Tenants and Occupiers and every of them were lyable at the Time, of and immediately before the Execution of these Presents, to have paid, rendered and performed to the Proprietary of the said Province of Maryland, any thing herein before contained, to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. PROVIDED ALSO, and it is hereby further declared and agreed by and between the said Parties to these Presents, and it is the true intent and meaning of them and of these Presents, That neither these Presents, nor any Clause, Article, Matter or thing whatsoever therein contained, shall extend or be deemed, construed or taken to extend the Right of any Grantee or Grantees, and those claiming under them, to any the Farms, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, which are situate, lying and being on the West side of the River Susquehanna, and within the space or distance of one Quarter of a Mile More North than the East and West Line mentioned in the sixth Article of the said Articles of Agreement of the tenth day of May one thousand seven hundred and thirty-two, and

which have been at any time and in any Manner heretofore granted, by or under the authority of the said Frederick, Lord Baltimore, or by or under the authority of any of the Ancestors of him, the said Frederick, Lord Baltimore, and are now in the actual Possession or Occupation of all, every, or any the Tenants or Occupiers of the said Province, Lands, Hereditaments and Premises; Nor to the Estate, Right, Title or Interest of such Tenants or Occupiers, or any of them, in or to the said Lands and Premises last mentioned, or any Part thereof. But that it shall and may be lawful, to and for all and every such Tenants and Occupiers of the said last mentioned Lands and Premises and every Part thereof, their and every of their Heirs, Executors, Administra tors and Assigns, from Time to Time, and at all Times hereafter, To HOLD AND ENJOY their said Farms, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, and every of them, and every part thereof, for and during all and every their several and respective Estates, Terms and Interests in the same, and every of them, and every part thereof, subject, nevertheless, to and by, and under all and every the same Quit Rents, Reservations and Services to be from henceforth paid, rendered and performed to the Proprietarys of the said Province of Pensilvania for the Time being, as They the said Tenants and Occupiers, and every of them, were lyable at the time of and immediately before the Execution of these Presents to have paid, rendered and performed to the Proprietary of the said Province of Maryland, anything herein before contained to the Contrary in anywise Notwithstanding. AND THIS INDENTURE ALSO WITNESSETH, That for putting a final and perpetual End forever to all Disputes and Differences between the parties to these presents, relating to the Extent, Bounds and Limits of the said Province of Maryland, Province of Pensilvania and the Three Lower Countys of New Castle, Kent and Sussex, on Delaware, in America, and to every or to any of them; and in order that the same Provinces and Countys may respectively be peaceably possessed and quietly governed by the respective Proprietarys, and the business of the settlement and Improvement of the same, may be carried on by the respective Proprietarys without further Interruption, and to as great a Degree as may be done, and for the putting an end to that excessive Expense which the Partys on both sides and their respective Ancestors have long sustained during the said contests, THE SAID Thomas Penn for himself and his Heirs, Executors. Administrators and Assigns, and for each and every of them, and the said Richard Penn for himself and his Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, and for each and every of them, Do acknowledge, testify and declare, and do also Covenant, promise, grant and agree, to and with the said Frederick, Lord Baltimore, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, and to and with each and every of them, by these Presents, in Manner and form following, that (is to say,) THAT the Commissioners who had been last so respectively appointed by the said Charles, last Lord