A brief account of the province of Pennsylvania, lately granted by the King, under the great seal of England to William Penn and his heirs and assigns

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A brief account of the province of Pennsylvania, lately granted by the King, under the great seal of England to William Penn and his heirs and assigns
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Penn, William, 1644-1718.
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[London :: Printed for Benjamin Clark ...,
1681?]
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Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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"A brief account of the province of Pennsylvania, lately granted by the King, under the great seal of England to William Penn and his heirs and assigns." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A54104.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

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IV. Of the Country, and its Produce.

It lies 600. Miles South of the Latitude of England; and as it is of the same side of the Line, so it is about the same degree with Mompellier in France, or Naples in Italy: The Air is generally clear and sweet, the Summer is longer and Hotter, and Winter shorter, and sometimes Colder than in England: The Soil is said to be as good as any in those parts. It commonly produceth Oak, Cedar, Mulbery, Chesnut, Walnut, Firr, Cyprus, Ash, Beech, Popaler, Saxafras, Medaler, Plumbs, Grapes, Peaches, Strawberries, Huckleberries, Cranberries,

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Hopps, &c. English Fruit takes kindly, and produceth suddainly and plenti∣fully: The Woods are furnished with Store of Wild Fowl, as Turkeys, Phea∣sants, Heath-Cocks, Patridges, Pidgeons, &c. The Earth well Watered with Springs and Rivers, and the Rivers stored with Fish, as Sturgion, Sheepsheads, Drums, Cat-fish, Shads, Ecles, and abundance more: With Fowl, as Swans, Gray and White Geese, Duck, Mallard, &c. The Corn of the Country used by the In∣dians, produceth four hundred sold, is Good and Hearty, both in Milk, and made into Bread; the price two Shillings six pence the Bushel: There is also good English Corn, as Wheat, Barly, Rye, and Oates; Wheat under four Shil∣lings the Bushel, Barly and Rye, under three Shillings the Bushel, Oates about two Shillings the Bushel: There are also very good Pease, and Beans of seve∣ral sorts. The Beef is good, but Pork is very Sweet: The Beef at three pence, the Pork at two pence half-penny the pound; Batter at six pence a pound, Peaches to Eat, or make Drink of, at eight pence the Bushel; a Cow and Calf about the Spring of the Year, at five pounds, a pair of Oxen at ten pounds, a good Breeding Sow at thirty Shillings, a Young good Breeding Mare, at eight pounds.* 1.1 But it is to be Noted, that these foregoing prises and sums, are to be paid with one half of the Value in English Goods, at the Rates they are bought at in England; for example, four pounds English paies for the Breeding Mare, that is Rated at eight pounds, the like with the rest.

The Country also abounds with several sorts of Wild Creatures, as Elkes, Deer, Beavers, Racoons, Mincks, Martins, Wild Catts, Otters, &c. some of which are good Food, and Cheap, as a Fat Buck at two Shillings, English Goods, others of them considerable for their Furs: The way of Traffique, is to send to the Southren Plantations, Corn, Beef, Pork, Fish, Sider, and Pipe∣staves; the Skins and Furs for England. The Conveniency that belongs to the Province in point of Navigation, is two fold; the one through Chesapeak Bay, and the other Delaware Bay, by which Ships of great Burthen may come and Trade to the said Province.

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