THE

HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA

From the Earliest Discovery to the Present Time.

INCLUDING

AN ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS BY THE DUTCH, SWEDES, AND
ENGLISH, AND OF THE COLONY OF WILLIAM PENN, HIS TREATY

AND PACIFIC MEASURES WITH THE INDIANS;

AND THE

GRADUAL ADVANCEMENT OF THE STATE TO ITS PRESENT ASPECT
OF OPULENCE, CULTURE, AND REFINEMENT.

BY

WILLIAM MASON CORNELL, D.D., LL.D.,

LATE MEMBER OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY; OF THE PENNSYL-
VANIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY; MEMBER AND LATE SECRETARY OF THE

NEW-ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, ETC.

AUTHOR OF "LIFE OF ROBERT RAIKES," "LIFE OF HORACE GREELEY,"
"MEMOIR OF CHARLES SUMNER," ETC.