First Map of Pennsyvania Under William Penn, 1681

22 BULLETIN OF FRIENDS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. tenderly and affectionately advised to conduct through and close the day with remembering your gracious Creator, that being the best preparation for quiet repose. FIRST MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA UNDER WILLIAM PENN, 1681. At the annual meeting of The Friends' Historical Society of Philadelphia, held 11 mo. 26, 1923, Henry D. Paxson exhibited, for the first time in public, a rare original map, 17x20-^", bearing this title : " A Map of Some of the South and East Bounds of Pennsylvania in America, being partly inhabited, sold by John Thornton at the Signe of England Scotland and Ireland in the Minories and by John Seller at his Shop in Popeshead Alley in Cornhill, London." This map he acquired earlier in the month in the City of Philadelphia . It may be called The First Map of Pennsylvania under William Penn, as it ante-dates by about six years the elaborate map of the Province by Thomas Holme (London, 1687), heretofore accepted as the initial map of Pennsylvania. Mr. Paxson briefly told of what he believed to be the origin of the map and the purposes for which it was intended. He gave a chronology of earlier maps of the Delaware River and Bay and referred to certain ones doubtless used by the early cartographer as a base in the making of this map. Mr. Paxson called attention to first-hand information and interesting historical details —the old names of tributaries of the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers—the names of the early Swedish and English settlers. At Upland is marked the plantation of " Robert Wader," the Robert Wade who is known as the first permanent Quaker settler on the West side of the Delaware River, 1675, and at whose house Penn was entertained on his arrival. Robert Wade had previously entertained distinguished travelers.—In 1679, Jasper Danckerts and Peter Sluyter, Labadist Missionaries, and before this, in 1677, William Edmondson, the Irish Quaker preacher who came to this country on a religious mission. On the east side of the River, " Bridlington " marks the près- FIBST MAP OF PENNSYLVANIAUNDER WILLIAM PENN, 1681. Beproduced, the exact size of the engraved portion, 16 9/18 ? 20 1/4 inches, from the rare original map, by the courtesy of the owner, Col. Henry D. Paxson, of Philadelphia. NOTK: This map Is a new Item in the early cartography of the Province, hithertoOnly a few copies of the map under consideration are known to exist In collectionslatter work, naee 8 : "There is likewise Printed a Man of Pennsvlranl« tnwther with 9 .?«„™.«»,??.,«?.?„?.??.«,?, «»n.„j i.f„.„.(i™ «ii(.i^i ?.»„ .a,.i j«^..« overlooked by students and writers In Pennsylvania history. It must now take precedencehere and abroad, in Its complete state It is accompanied by some four octavo pages ofDwcrlDtion at the End 0 'It · and ¡orne Pronosaîs" ""9W'". »«ewer «» » ^,k^„SL b^iÎ^^ l^!^^?t^!Z^Z^¡^ ™£. !ïi^iSï chronologically of the small plan or map of Philadelphia (first appearing iS Williamdescription, which is practically the same as that already familiar to us in the first editiondescription at tbe End of t , and some Proposals.„f the »up ^ °Wed.The Présentâtioaotth^uew^twmmime^mc^maJi^ Peon's Letter to the Free Society of Tradera, London. 1683) and the elaborate map ofof William Penn's A Brief Account of the Province 0! Pennsylvania, Benjamin Clark,Based apparently on Augustin Herman's Map 0/ Maryland, London, 1673. withthe map of Independent value and a real contribution to our knowledge of this Held. the Province, London, 1687, both by the Surveyor General, Captain Thomas Holme, andGeorge Tard, Lombard Street, London, 1681. (In the Charlemagne Tower Collection of Theperhaps some inspiration from Nicolas J. Vlsscner* Jiap of 2iev Netherlani, Amsterdam,IMO Locust Street, PhiladelphiaAlbebt Cook Unas thus far accepted as the initial maps of the Province under the Quaker Proprietor.Historical Society of Pennsylvania.) Mention of the map Is thus made at the end of thec. 1655, an attempt is made to correct some of the errors of these previous maps, while atDecember 9 1923 ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS.23 ent Burlington, and " Sinpink " marks the later location of Trenton. On the west side of...