The Quaker Colonies, A Chronicle of the Proprietors of the Delawareby Sydney G. FisherCONTENTSI. THE BIRTH OF PENNSYLVANIAII. PENN SAILS FOR THE DELAWAREIII. LIFE IN PHILADELPHIAIV. TYPES OF THE POPULATIONV. THE TROUBLES OF PENN AND HIS SONSVI. THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WARVII. THE DECLINE OF QUAKER GOVERNMENTVIII. THE BEGINNINGS OF NEW JERSEYIX. PLANTERS AND TRADERS OF SOUTHERN JERSEYX. SCOTCH COVENANTERS AND OTHERS IN EAST JERSEYXI. THE UNITED JERSEYSXII. LITTLE DELAWAREXIII. THE ENGLISH CONQUESTBIBLIOGRAPHYTHE QUAKER COLONIESChapter I. The Birth Of PennsylvaniaIn 1661, the year after Charles II was restored to the throne of England, William Penn was a seventeen-year-old student at Christ Chu
