Author : UNKNOWN. AUTHOR
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 230 pages
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Release : 2015-07-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781332028894
Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 38: Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful, 1899, January to December, 1899 He therefore departed for home in June, 1684, but before so doing it was necessary to provide for the government of his province in his absence, and to this end, he executed a commission on the same day that he set sail, lodging in the hands of the Provincial Council the powers of government vested in him, and he appointed Thomas Lloyd, who also held a commission to keep the great seal, its President. In the Minutes of the Provincial Council it is stated that "at a Councill held at New Castle the 18th of ye 6th Month 1684 a commission from ye Govr was read, Impowring the Provll Councill to act in the Governmt in his Stead, Ths. Lloyd being Presidt of ye same." In the Minutes of 31st of January, 1686, P.M., it is also stated that "The commission from ye Govr to ye Provll Councill Impowring them to act in his stead, with ye memorandum on the back side thereof was Read." Neither the text of this commission, northe important memorandum on the back is given, nor, so far as I can learn, have they ever appeared in print. I have been so fortunate, however, as to find the original document among some unarranged papers in the possession of this Society, and it bears no marks upon it to show that it was ever recorded. It seems, therefore, desirable that the text of this important document should now be made available to students of the history of this Commonwealth, as well as the memorandum on its back, which is referred to in the second record in the Minutes of the Provincial Council, which was executed on the same day on board the Ketch Endeavour just as Penn was about to sail for home, and which very materially restricted the large powers he had just previously on the same day granted in the original instrument. It constitutes another example of what has frequently been observed, that man's first impulses are more generous than his second thoughts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.