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    2. Penn states explicitly in this pamphlet the conditions of immigration into his province. He looks to see three sorts of people come,— those who will buy, those who will rent, and servants. "To the first, the shares I sell shall be certain as to number of acres; that is to say, every one shall contain five thousand acres, free from any incumbrance, the price a hundred pounds, and for the quit-rent but one English shilling, or the value of it, yearly, for a hundred acres; and the said quit-rent not to begin to be paid till 1684. To the second sort, that take up land upon rent, they shall have liberty so to do, paying yearly one penny per acre, not exceeding two hundred acres. To the third sort, to wit, servants that are carried over,(5*) fifty acres shall be allowed to the master for every head, and fifty acres to every servant when their time is expired. And because some engage with me that may not be disposed to go, it were very advisable for every three adventurers to send over an overseer with their servants, which would well pay the cost."(6*) HISTORY OF PHILADELPHIA. 1609-1884. BY J. Thomas Scharf and Thompson Westcott. IN THREE VOLUMES PHILADELPHIA: L.H. EVERTS & CO. 1884.

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