A letter from William Penn proprietary and governour of Pennsylvania in America, to the Committee of the Free Society of Traders of that province, residing in London. Containing a general description of the said province, its soil, air, water, seasons and produce, both natural and artificial, and the good encrease thereof. Of the natives or aborigines, their language, customs and manners, diet, houses or wigwams, liberality, easie way of living, physick, burial, religion, sacrifices and cantico, festivals, government, and their order in council upon treaties for land, &c. their justice upon evil doers. Of the first planters, the Dutch, &c. and the present condition and settlement of the said province, and courts of justice, &c. To which is added, an account of the city of Philadelphia newly laid out. Its scituation between two navigable rivers, Delaware and Skulkill, with a portraiture or plat-form thereof, wherein the purchasers lots are distinguished by certain numbers inserted. And

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  • A letter from William Penn proprietary and governour of Pennsylvania in America, to the Committee of the Free Society of Traders of that province, residing in London. Containing a general description of the said province, its soil, air, water, seasons and produce, both natural and artificial, and the good encrease thereof. Of the natives or aborigines, their language, customs and manners, diet, houses or wigwams, liberality, easie way of living, physick, burial, religion, sacrifices and cantico, festivals, government, and their order in council upon treaties for land, &c. their justice upon evil doers. Of the first planters, the Dutch, &c. and the present condition and settlement of the said province, and courts of justice, &c. To which is added, an account of the city of Philadelphia newly laid out. Its scituation between two navigable rivers, Delaware and Skulkill, with a portraiture or plat-form thereof, wherein the purchasers lots are distinguished by certain numbers inserted. And
  • Directions of reference in the city-draught of Philadelphia Portraiture of the city of Philadelphia in the province of Pennsylvania in America
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Imprint
[London]: Printed and sold by Andrew Sowle, at the Crooked-Billet in Holloway-Lane in Shoreditch, and at several stationers in London, 1683.
Publication year
1683-1683
ESTC No.
R220394
Grub Street ID
94771
Description
[2], 1, 4-14 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 2⁰
Note
The engraved map, "A portraiture of the city of Philadelphia in the province of Pennsylvania in America" by Thomas Holme Surveyor General, is in two states. The imprint reads: 1) "Sold by Iohn Thornton in the Minories and Andrew Sowle in Shoreditch London" or 2) "Sold by Andrew Sowle in Shoreditch London".

Text continuous despite pagination.

A reissue with parts of the title page and B2v and C1 reset. In this issue, line 5 of title has "proprietary" and line 29 of title reads "And the prosperous and advantagious settlements of the society aforesaid, within". On p. 9, the last line of text reads "find me" and the words "Your kind and cordial friend" precede "William Penn". A2r is numbered "1" in error. A variant removes this page number, allowing for through paging.

The catalogue of purchasers names (i.e. "Directions of reference in the city-draught of Philadelphia, ...", p. 11-14) is frequently lacking in this issue, although the catchword "Directions" is found on C1v. Apparenly this catalogue is also missing in the copy reported by Smith composed of 2-1/2 leaves, i.e. 10 pages.