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PART II.
PROPRIETARY GOVERNMENT.
CHAPTER I.
WILLIAM PENN, PROPRIETOR, 1681–93.
PAGE
WILLIAM MARKHAM, Deputy Governor, June, 1681, to October 24, 1682........ 65
WILLIAM PENN (Sketch of ), Governor, October 24, 1682, to August 12, 1684... 69
CHAPTER II.
PROPRIETARY GOVERNMENT, 1684-93.
THOMAS LLOYD, President of Council, June 12, 1684, to December, 1686........ 101
FIVE COMMISSIONERS, (Thomas Lloyd, Robert Turner, Arthur Cook, John Simcock, and John Eckley,) 1686, to December, 1688...
CAPTAIN JOHN BLACKWELL, Deputy Governor, December, 1688, to January,
1690.........
103
104
THOMAS LLOYD, President of Council, January, 1690, to March, 1691............ 105
THOMAS LLOYD, Deputy Governor of Province, March, 1691, to April, 1693.... 106
WILLIAM MARKHAM, Deputy Governor of the Territories, March, 1691, to
April, 1693....
106
CHAPTER III.
UNDER THE CROWN OF ENGLAND, 1693-95.
BENJAMIN FLETCHER, Governor of New York, and the Province and Terri-
tories of Pennsylvania, 1693 to 1695...........
110
WILLIAM MARKHAM, Deputy Governor on the Delaware, April, 1693, to
March, 1695.........
CHAPTER IV.
WILLIAM PENN, PROPRIETOR, 1695-1718.
WILLIAM MARKHAM, Deputy Governor, March, 1695, to November, 1699...... 113
WILLIAM PENN, Governor, November, 1699, to November, 1701..........
115
ANDREW HAMILTON, Deputy Governor, November, 1701, to April, 1703......... 115
EDWARD SHIPPEN, President of Council, April, 1703, to February, 1704......... 117
JOHN EVANS, Deputy Governor, February, 1704, to February, 1709.......... 117
COLONEL CHARLES GOOKIN, Deputy Governor, February, 1709, to May, 1717.. 121
SIR WILLIAM KEITH, Deputy Governor, May, 1717, to July, 1726......
.............. 125
CHAPTER V.
HANNAII PENN, EXECUTRIX FOR PROPRIETORS, 1718-27.
SIR WILLIAM KEITH, Deputy Governor, July, 1718, to July, 1726...................................
CHAPTER VI.
126
JOHN, RICHARD, AND THOMAS PENN, PROPRIETORS, 1727-46.
132
PATRICK GORDON, Deputy Governor, July, 1726, to August, 1736.........
JAMES LOGAN, President of the Council, August, 1736, to August, 1738.......... 136
GEORGE THOMAS, Deputy Governor, August, 1738, to May, 1747....
CHAPTER VII.
....................
RICHARD AND THOMAS PENN, PROPRIETORS, 1746–71.
141
ANTHONY PALMER, President of the Council, May, 1746, to November, 1748... 146
JAMES HAMILTON, Deputy Governor, November, 1748, to October, 1754.......... 148
ROBERT HUNTER MORRIS, Deputy Governor, October, 1754, to August, 1756.. 155
WILLIAM DENNY, Deputy Governor, August, 1756, to October, 1759.........
............ 159
JAMES HAMILTON, Deputy Governor, October, 1759, to November, 1763.......... 165
JOHN PENN, Deputy Governor, November, 1763, to 1771......
JAMES HAMILTON, President of the Council, 1771..........
CHAPTER VIII.
THOMAS AND JOHN PENN, PROPRIETORS, 1771-76.
169
177
RICHARD PENN, Lieutenant Governor, October, 1771, to August, 1773. 178
JOHN PENN, Deputy Governor, August, 1773, to July, 1776............................. 180
PART III.
PRESIDENTS OF THE SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
THOMAS WHARTON, JR., President of Council, March 5, 1777, to May 23, 1778.. 193
GEORGE BRYAN, Acting President of Council, May 23, 1778, to December 1, 1778. 211
JOSEPH REED, President of Council, December 1, 1778, to October 8, 1781...... 216
WILLIAM MOORE, President of Council, November 14, 1781, to October 8, 1782.. 231
JOHN DICKINSON, President of Council, November 7, 1782, to October 18, 1785.. 234
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, President of Council, October 18, 1785, to October 14,
1788.........
251
PART IV.
GOVERNORS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1790.
273
THOMAS MIFFLIN, President of Council, November 5, 1788, to December 20,
1790, and Governor under the Constitution of 1790 from December 21,
1790, to December 17, 1799............
THOMAS MCKEAN, Governor, December 17, 1799, to December 20, 1808........... 289
SIMON SNYDER, Governor, December 20, 1808, to December 16, 1817................. 308
WILLIAM FINDLAY, Governor, December 16, 1817, to December 19, 1820......... 323
JOSEPH HIESTER, Governor, December 19, 1820, to December 16, 1823........... 333
JOHN ANDREW SHULZE, Governor, December 16, 1823, to December 15, 1829.. 343
GEORGE WOLF, Governor, December 15, 1829, to December 15, 1835..........
JOSEPH RITNER, Governor, December 15, 1835, to January 15, 1839.............. 361
350
PART V.
GOVERNORS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1838.
DAVID RITTENHOUSE PORTER, Governor, January 15, 1839, to January 21, 1845. 379
FRANCIS RAWN SHUNK, Governor, January 21, 1845, to July 9, 1848..... 392
WILLIAM FREAME JOHNSTON, Governor, July 9, 1848, to January 20, 1852... 403
WILLIAM BIGLER, Governor, January 20, 1852, to January 16, 1855............... 413
JAMES POLLOCK, Governor, January 16, 1855, to January 19, 1858............... 424
WILLIAM FISHER PACKER, Governor, January 19, 1858, to January 15, 1861.. 433
ANDREW GREGG CURTIN, Governor, January 15, 1861, to January 15, 1867.... 450
JOHN WHITE GEARY, Governor, January 15, 1867, to January 21, 1873......... 466
PART I.
PERIOD OF SETTLEMENT.
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