, 1877-12-29
Tho Romantic Claim Of tho Heirs Of
the Pirate Pawlett.
fables Turned on American Claimants
TO English Estates.
4 Hermit Whose Title Was Older than
William PsuuH.

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ifou' n", 1"o pa.ueu.a's " t"'s 1'hRo'aF '"at'
ONE or THE GREATEST LAWSUITS
that eycr came 10 trial. snft hcfnrc wh,c1,
th,t ~ Mrs Go,nca viii .i,k ,n,n ,o.iou,i5.a ~.
~. 49, ~ o..".e ,xa,s,, H. H s,.. "
iot Inc es'a1c "1.en Wy. Aaamh e'a'ms 'oF tue
rarlctts or Pnwletts embraces no less than The
whole Of tho right bank Of the Delaware, from
.ppInt a little west uf Chcatcr In ahu,t lin
hart ~ Kcn.,noton. am, ertont,tro ,,,,,e
." ,"o e,r"r ~ r,o,a ~ t''''e "ae
from INC f'set Inc Hho'c distance Mr' Adams
ssscrts that tho claim Is ono which cannot he
eontrovcrtcd, but am not lawyer enough to
decilc about TINT, aud I merely give yo,, ,hr
t ~ "I ,en as,Atva snsr. .e a TO ~, nc;
nnous H. t"o nea's aeo ~. au1Sestsement Whs
" Amesa Parlrst r. rax"t ~ ,nr i"f tne n nc,rs
ik,jnrJ Kent wt" ,,;r' = Ao,'9 NJ ~ a.fange. ny.
Eass'er; t%,a ,.o.n, ~ tnu psnwnsse MSef, ID the
m ,.. .,s. " 1cSn a;91n Sa"!n. ~, someWiefu
avuus s.ar: ,nH @ xuns.au3a: ams auvcftfec-
I'M s' ct"m,ng To In iii Pnrnt', %n nr per-,
H. sinn. n,, ~ ~ 49, e" .h,t ~ ~ ne1s ana
svsrv t,ranr ~ fc fn,,tv T., ~ ~ An tragc. "o"
,,.t .sM.I,s.s,. - ~ ,.". .s'.I -. tne ntesl anu
snty.n;ns ssraon3 !. * ,ns sa ~, .ey nnef sey
lin eart Nanrhs to preec dJrs n th ty sn g1fee e
~ sn,oneytv ~ @'"'1 ta"'e''" &'eht estate
sp'op''ty yrvvrv r,uv. 40 ..,,..,
\. that of thn h[ara,is of WJtnsns Wc.tn,tnst"r
Mr. Kcnrick xJsms u says = ie i'ti; iIrst rame upon
' .nno sssa .o1s M III ~ H. eata!e Wh1'e looking
up sGmo 4Gso.us NJ, ~. ISe uec ol the nttnrheys
.Rs casc Of the STATS Sfors tc tv uesstd
s1si' chosen 10 settls t%u isaa ioasIs"lIes
T. ~ ,,s ,sto, aha srEil-
,,, .I,s'os.y ,r,' W xnoT hat nad eGrone o. tho
Ill., a W. Wo,. tau ownct sc ate o. rhtate!phia
T.,,'.riran1a snsIo " n.n 70 search tlle
~ nno;or t rgts m a1e ,,t m 9e led
10 uIotusr. u,t1i he came i'to possession Of the
Etsa. iaci inat raHsetts waa net only All t.nex-
.G',isr n'yontn .,ts. nd w 9e wnen cnlgy! tha
;a Eaea 1, ~ a1t nait'f.'o1o e.!i cnfirncd by
mnnan. . rem III i!!lnse!t, n2t ohty y the General
Ss pronr, y. ~ .teaty VIII tle Caiverts. tho
neeosiatIo bctwee,, Pe,' ant wio.t i y. hneclaa
inoa is Is"Staay anoMa as tnc "Merht ~ tflc
oPhu"s. n.an 1 uotn acalGtl anu sttfcadctt. hut
w m"eu ~ ~. Ms uesfaG t c6trll1ate
II l. mi, strno o H. %lin ~ lnulans.
~ eot.esponuehre W,ln tlle Parletts tI'at he be-
ea'"e "sauMiateu "tn tne .....
NJ A,xo.s na.x,..t ~ a.,,a unAnTso nisrohf
& ~ ANY," TN -" ists, Sailcu tno Hermit OF Up
.s"us; a""! aus Giounssy u!sputce Q! Maryland
sni hoxo ,"s,u, tnu a,. c1.sGT t u tnc colony
fen, r am ,1srs ~ nrts1 sf aey nage 'ea 10
sus s 1ru fro tb te 'f"noi9 act q a @
AZ plass, that II xIF.S'a claimed pronerty ID ID
Lang @ granted to slr George Calvert In tho orig
pos.eesio., Dog of Kent isan wben ef as aliaay a T.
ycrt cane over in 1859; aud that tho land n,r. mr.
hm called Pennsylyauu, oyeriannc m pI H. sno nors
in',,ni3srv n rn5vcrts r.,is,nv .,s. x ~ noan ~
.synntesr tn,te. H.. a'yay ss fteen or
tle fortIct narallci of mort atlt'1rR Raye @ 10
cjsfmrd fron, fhn v,Totna In" nni f.o,, rtn ~
mouth Of ChristIana crect' rhn IN" ,nndae1 ,nut apn
analiy settled ~ Mason and Dixon vos snsnry .on!
nrn1ise tjc linn hcinu ,1rns,, In a. , ~ son1 t
1f; sec n s' '''' 's'''& o'A"n III o. ae1' 10 min.
In le5i Cme1jius Calvert, 1ora ,ronrt,,o-v ~
MARYLAND wrotc ,o III. sron, a. y, u
t;ov Wti1ar S,nnc "S =, asSn. %,a.ta NJ o. MaIys
searborou9l's invasion, Of Kcnt IL fstana '',,d nmd
aai,i fhnf for tf,n hctt.r ,,,1,i",,tn, taoo, ana
inemi,ran,cc Al thc hounot pIoo" 1ot,sa"n % 9nn r.
and Maryand. snd nTeycnt,oH ri arv sstta r1,I;trn
ycrs,cs whtr ax nt arwss ',voa, oa amy sonto'
between thn ;nha,f1nnt. ~ v,r1i,,ia ve, IL aaappen
Of u,,r suti nrnyincn nio,t f.. .a;na ~ aaa muse
vo,,, n,r ali i.utanont sne samc, W. Icqufc
Er.tf.t ~ sa.a 49,. 1'.ousa., m @ 70 encourage eoMe
iantl as shnli hn nc nn, ~, shor y. n taHc @ up sas
nce ,,cor tho i",,r "'o ~ ne se1 ~ oHs saa pfog-
v II IT. wems t'urant u nn sa'a province accord
our name. and unlcr "r TIr ura.t ~ pas1 enn.s ID
s,a,i .fa.is 1 H. vat s9cat sea'. 10 such rs
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