Jean R. Soderlund is Professor of History at Lehigh University, where she is also chair of the History Department and codirector of the Lawrence Henry Gipson Institute for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Her other books include Quakers and Slavery: A Divided Spirit and, with Gary B. Nash, Freedom By Degrees: Emancipation in Pennsylvania and Its Aftermath.

• Illustrations and MapsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionEditorial MethodA William Penn Chronology, 1680-1684I. Negotiating the Charter for Pennsylvania, May 1680-March 1681II. The Charter of Pennsylvania, 4 March 1681III. Promoting the New Colony, March 1681-June 1681IV. Selling Land to the First Purchasers, July 1681-December 1681V. The Frame of Government of PennsylvaniaVI. Preparing to Leave for Pennsylvania, January 1682-September 1682VII. First Months in America, October 1682-May 1683VIII. The Pennsylvania General Assembly, 10 March 1683-4 April 1683IX. Conflict with Lord Baltimore, June 1683-August 1683X. Negotiating with the Indians, August 1683-December 1683XI. Friction with the Colonists, January 1684-July 1684XII. Return to England, August 1684AbbreviationsGlossarySuggestions for Further ReadingIndex

Jean R. Soderlund is Professor of History at Lehigh University, where she is also chair of the History Department and codirector of the Lawrence Henry Gipson Institute for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Her other books include Quakers and Slavery: A Divided Spirit and, with Gary B. Nash, Freedom By Degrees: Emancipation in Pennsylvania and Its Aftermath.

• Illustrations and MapsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionEditorial MethodA William Penn Chronology, 1680-1684I. Negotiating the Charter for Pennsylvania, May 1680-March 1681II. The Charter of Pennsylvania, 4 March 1681III. Promoting the New Colony, March 1681-June 1681IV. Selling Land to the First Purchasers, July 1681-December 1681V. The Frame of Government of PennsylvaniaVI. Preparing to Leave for Pennsylvania, January 1682-September 1682VII. First Months in America, October 1682-May 1683VIII. The Pennsylvania General Assembly, 10 March 1683-4 April 1683IX. Conflict with Lord Baltimore, June 1683-August 1683X. Negotiating with the Indians, August 1683-December 1683XI. Friction with the Colonists, January 1684-July 1684XII. Return to England, August 1684AbbreviationsGlossarySuggestions for Further ReadingIndex

Jean R. Soderlund is Professor of History at Lehigh University, where she is also chair of the History Department and codirector of the Lawrence Henry Gipson Institute for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Her other books include Quakers and Slavery: A Divided Spirit and, with Gary B. Nash, Freedom By Degrees: Emancipation in Pennsylvania and Its Aftermath.

• Illustrations and MapsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionEditorial MethodA William Penn Chronology, 1680-1684I. Negotiating the Charter for Pennsylvania, May 1680-March 1681II. The Charter of Pennsylvania, 4 March 1681III. Promoting the New Colony, March 1681-June 1681IV. Selling Land to the First Purchasers, July 1681-December 1681V. The Frame of Government of PennsylvaniaVI. Preparing to Leave for Pennsylvania, January 1682-September 1682VII. First Months in America, October 1682-May 1683VIII. The Pennsylvania General Assembly, 10 March 1683-4 April 1683IX. Conflict with Lord Baltimore, June 1683-August 1683X. Negotiating with the Indians, August 1683-December 1683XI. Friction with the Colonists, January 1684-July 1684XII. Return to England, August 1684AbbreviationsGlossarySuggestions for Further ReadingIndex