Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1681-85. 379

Quakers were very much disordered by the Lord Baltemore's
laying claim to a place called Chichester about three or four
miles below Upland. This being all that was don in relacon to
the business of the bounds, notwithstanding His Majestie's
letter of the second of April (1681.) procured by the said Wil-
liam Pen, the said letter ordering the Lord Baltemore to
appoint with all convenient speed. Some person or persons
who might in conjunction with the Agent or Agents of the
said William Pen make a true division and seperacon of the
Provinces of Maryland, and Pensylvania according to the
bounds and degree of Northern latitude expressed in our let-
ters Pattents by settling and fixing certaine land marks where
they shall appeare to border upon each other which are the
words of His Majestie's said letter. This letter of the King's
was little regarded, tho' M^r Pen's letter of the tenth of April
(1681.) to the Lord Baltemore gave notable hints for the
speedy complying with His Majestie's Commands in that letter
of the second of April, the which the L^d Baltemore was for-
ward enough to have obey'd, had others had that due regard
to His Majestie's grace and favour therein. But it not serveing
the turne was wholy layd aside by Pen's Agent; About the
twenty fourth of October following M^r W^m Pen comes into
Delaware river, and came to an anchor afore New Castle, and
there demanded and tooke the keyes of that Towne, and then
tooke possession of what else His royal Highness the Duke of
York pretends to; tho' the same hath been justly claimed by
the present L^d Baltemore as also by his Father; This being
don, without taking the least notice of his Highness his Gov^r
at New York, and altho' the said William Pen sent a letter
by his Secretary to the Lord Baltemore bearing date the
second of November (1682.) writt at New Castle yett M^r Pen
made no mention of such his proceedings, nor did he order his
Secretary to take any notice thereof, which seemed a little
strange to the Lord Baltemore who had bin told by M^r Pen
formerly that His royal Highness the Duke of York had made
him offers of his pretentions on Delaware, and that he had re-
fused the Duke in regard (as he signified) he knew it to be
the Lord Baltemore's and of this the Lord Baltemore took
notice to M^r Pen at their Conference. On the thirteenth of
December last the Lord Baltemore & M^r William Pen had a
conference at the house of Colonel Tho^s Tailler at the ridge in
Ann Arrundell County, to which place the said William Pen
was so kind as to come; but afore the conference (which M^r
Pen desired should have bin private) there was some what
spoke by the said Pen, which in short was as followeth. M^r
Pen signified, that as the King had given him a considerable
Tract of land to the backward of the Lord Baltemore, he was

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