History of Proprietary Government in Pennsylvania Electronic Resource
History of Proprietary Government in Pennsylvania Electronic Resource
William R William Robert Shepherd
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After a whispered consultation, these worthies demanded that he 1 " I then not so much as suspected the baseness and extortion of the account. " Penn and Logan Corresp. , ii, p. IOI. 2 Penn MSS. , Ford vs. Penn; Penn and Logan Corresp. , ii, pp. Ioo-ici. 190 PROPRIETARY GOVERNMENT [190 should give up the agreement of September 29, 1696, which had allowed the proprietor the inspection of the accounts, as well as reparation for any injury caused by errors therein. He did not have it with him at t...he time, and strenuously op- posed the demand. Then Ford threatened to stop the pro- posed voyage, to proclaim that the province was mortgaged to himself, and by other threats and assurances called upon the proprietor to sign another written document. Penn begged him to be silent, and on Ford's assurance that it would not hinder an examination of the accounts, signed the document. This stated that, as no errors had been found in the accounts, the proprietor thereby agreed to release Ford from any obli- gations.
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