Excerpt from Lycoming County, 1795-1895: Its Organization and Condensed History for One Hundred Years Having completed his arrangements, Penn sailed from England on a small vessel called the Welcome, accompanied by about one hundred passengers, and after a voyage of nearly sixty days, landed at Newcastle October 24, 1682. He proceeded to Upland on the 29th, and on his arrival changed the name to Chester, in remembrance of the city from whence he came. Thence he proceeded in the early days of November to a point four miles above the mouth of the Schuylkill, where there was a high, bold shore, covered with lofty pines. Here the site of the infant city of Philadelphia* had been established. On the 4th of December, 1682, Penn convened a General Assembly at Chester. The session lasted four days, and three laws were enacted: 1. An act for the union of the province and territories; 2. An act of naturalization, and 3. The great law, or code of laws, consisting of sixty-nine sections. December lgth he met and conferred with Lord Baltimore regarding the boundary line of their provinces. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.