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This volume, covering the years 1680 to 1684, documents the founding of Pennsylvania.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. CONTENTS
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  4. ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. EDITORIAL METHOD
  7. ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT TITLES
  8. A WILLIAM PENN CHRONOLOGY, 1680–1684
  9. NEGOTIATING THE CHARTER FOR PENNSYLVANIA, January 1680–February 1681
  10. PLANNING FOR A NEW COLONY, March–December 1681
  11. THE FRAME OF GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1681–1682
  12. PREPARING TO LEAVE FOR PENNSYLVANIA, January–August 1682
  13. FIRST MONTHS IN AMERICA, September–December, 1682
  14. SETTLING IN PENNSYLVANIA, January–April, 1683
  15. CONFLICT WITH LORD BALTIMORE, April–August 1683
  16. NEGOTIATING WITH THE INDIANS, August–December 1683
  17. FRICTION WITH THE COLONISTS, January–July, 1684
  18. RETURN TO ENGLAND, August–December, 1684
  19. APPENDIX
  20. CALENDAR OF MICROFILMED WP DOCUMENTS 1680–1684
  21. CALENDAR OF DOCUMENTS NOT FILMED 1680–1684
  22. INDEX