The Papers Of William Penn, Volume Three 1685-1700 [Hardcover]

Volume III covers Penn's return to England, his appeal to James II to support religious toleration, his struggle to reestablish his position in England and to manage his colony in America, and his return to Pennsylvania in 1699.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS · vii

ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS · xix

INTRODUCTION · 3

EDITORIAL METHOD · 7

ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT TITLES · 11

A WILLIAM PENN CHRONOLOGY, 1685-1700 · 18

THE ABSENTEE PROPRIETOR, 1685 · 23
1. To James II, 7 February 1685 · 27
2. To Stephen Crisp, 28 February 1685 · 28
3. To Thomas Lloyd, 16 March 1685 · 31
4. To James Harrison, 18 March 1685 · 38
5. To the Commissioners of Propriety, 18 May 1685 · 41
6. To Thomas Lloyd and others, c. 18 May-August 1685 · 43
7. To James Harrison, 19 May 1685 · 55
8. Petition from the Free Society of Traders, 15 June 1685 · 58
9. Petition to James II, c. 18 August 1685 · 59
10. Report of the Lords of Trade, 2 September 1685 · 61
11. From Robert Barclay, 12 September 1685 · 62
12. From Lady Frances Berkeley, 13 October 1685 · 64
13. To James Harrison, 25 October 1685 · 65
14. Order in Privy Council, 13 November 1685 · 68

A CHAMPION OF ENGLISH TOLERATION, 1686-1687 · 71
15. To Sir William Trumbull, 17 January 1686 · 75
16. From Dr. John Tillotson, 26 January 1686 · 77
17. To Dr. John Tillotson, 29 January 1686 · 79
18. From Lady Martha Rodes, 5 March 1686 · 81
19. Pardon by James II, 9 March 1686 · 83
20. To Thomas Lloyd, 21 April 1686 · 84
21. To the Provincial Council, 24 April 1686 · 88
22. To James Harrison, 24 April 1686 · 89
23. To the Provincial Council, c. June 1686 · 93
24. The Earl of Sunderland to Sir Robert Sawyer, 6 June 1686 · 97
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