The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-24
WHO OWNS PHILADELPHIA?
flrE ROvfNrrc CY irv or THE HrrRS
or TIiE PfR4TE PIULETT

Iuritsh Isfnt"s a Hermit whose ti'i~ urs
Oidcrthnu MtiInr, Pcnn's- Discnvcri~sthn
have been made hy - Baltimore Lawyer.
rtrrrNoRr. Dec. 2o.-Ilnvng heard some
Trneof the researches made IVY Charles Ken.
rick Adams. ESD. young member of the tnr
here. into the history of tho purlou or Pa,c'ru
nmi'y az Pnrcits Long Orange. Hicksftrl.
l.r England. and the immcus. estates wli IA
49, claims holong TO them i'm this country I
called upon Mr.. Adams. yesterday. md obtained
from him the particulars Of this singular mnt-
IT, which is likely tor, sult In ono o. the rrca,-
,.' lawsuits that over came TO irial-n suit hc.
I re- which that Of Mrs. Gaines viii sink into
Resemblance; for the estate which Mr.. Adams
claims for the Parletts or rawlcs embraces no
l.4s than tho whole Of tho right bank Of the
Delaware. from point little west Of Chester
toaloutthe heart Of Kcnsngton. and extending
q mile back from the river the whole distance.
Mr.. Adams asscris that the claim is ono which
cannot bc controvcrtod. hut am not lawyer
enough To- decide about that. and merely give
yon the facts rs he related them to mo-
About two years ago an advertisement was
Put in the English papers inquring for tho
h,irs Of Amasa Parlctt. or Pawlct Of Long
Grange. llcksford Kent who died at or near
Chester. on the Delaware river I'm the then
province OF Pennsylvania. somewhere about
The years 1GS5-lGs9. This advertisement led
10 "a t'fItrpoNlNlNo WITH persons cunning
e. he said Parctts heirs and Mr.. Adams now
says that he has traced down every branch Of the
family in the minutost and most satisfactory
way that they number seventy mine persons in
all. and that they have given him carte blanche
to proceed in their names for the recovery OF
Amasa Pawlett's great cstato-a property twnnty
times MS valuable as that OF the Marquis Of West
minister.
Mr. Kcnrick Adams says he first came upon
The traces Of this Pawett estate while looking
W some records for the use Of the attorneys
appointed by the State OF Maryland to defend
the cause Of the State before the distinguished
commission chosen to settle the long bending
boundary u spute between Maryland and Nir-
gnia Curiosity 70 know what had become Of
tho man who had owned the site ~ phindcl-
lha before Penn settled there led him to search
h. pcnnsy lvania records also and one dis
coycry led to another. until he came into pos
only an unextinsuished title, hut one which
enjoyed the singular advantage Of having
originally been. granted hy Lord Baltimore and
confrmed by William Penn himself, not only in
,crts, the Lords Proprietary Of Baltimore. but
n q special ,negotiation between Penn and
Hermit Of Uplands. a man both feared and
dreaded. but whose good will 1t was desirable
T. con late. Oh account of his influence with
1t Is only since Mr., Kegrlclk Adams, has been
In correspondence with the Parletts that he be-
came acquainted with the singular and ro-
mantle history Of Amasa Pawlstt. called the
,i hcrilht 81 l piahls, lhe boundary disputesoi
colony and have lasted ever since They have
ny Wis u a uui" s NM
and NUN EXPENSE tits grew from T,' the 6roH mt
va, a p ,ran,d ~, c riier prop
original patent: that Clayborne was already in
possession OF Kent Island when C@cilius Cal
soj s Limos II G d p ,n', 'nc .niu hIt
pm called fennsylyenia. overiapped the north
ssNeutcon miles The Calvert chatter gave To
rininioi from the Virpinia linz and rom H..
ninth Of Cbrisfi,nn cr.ek Tb. hnunierv
lraiiv sitei hv Mn md Div Won was ,,",,
promise. the line being drawn i'm 80, ID 40 \
In 1851 C,pcilius Caiv-rt tI, ri 1 prnnr7.,ary
q Narylnnl, wrote 10 his agent Al 81 Mnry's
s.Nrhoropebs nyasiop If K.h 10 Is,ond nann
said thot "fpr No Iir ,ii ii,i, 1 " wv
mcinhrnnce II the bounds brt,ya.n Virrtiin and
which may othor,rise Hereafter hnnrSn h.
tween The inhabitants Of Virginia and those Of
YOU. our said Lieutenant. t. encourage ;. ue
In z 81. rs soon as you can. O. taie up~u,h
province. near t. the bounds of said pioyln.r 20.
according TO the maps thereof. AMI To pass
grants IN our mime, and under our great seal.
to,7uch hs shall desir" the slme. x
Onds thest INSTITUTIONS GOV - me- tiled
a. - many iuriian- and OuakeIs "a th. line
n dispute between Calvert auf C0L ar
borough in Somerset and WORCESTER COUNTIES
q hn' only finally dotermineI at Washington
ly the Joint commission within the pr sent
y ar. Bat GOV. Stone exceeded his iu-trun-
Y.. somewhat. He thought il would b.. ~
w. lrrlNile against invasion hy IN. Iutrn
am Swsle- On tle Delaware river hy encoura.-
ines elements ON the north boundary too That
boundary being the line If 4u' A.rurdInrly
" "a Captain" if0r So he called hin-rlfi
Amusa paWlcit IN 1853 APPLIED for charter of
lllr which he proposed tos.tt.l vthat1tn-
oU.tr'lly. made up IN Part uf Spanish Catholics
fr DOB NDwhre dee DlOs' and in' mart Df English
Cifholo- from Kent and Norfolk whom Can't
| 4wlrtt proposed Ia fetch over al hi own *
p.us-. receiving compensation in land grants
CIV Stln. rn.ummendcd INN 10 ssttla On the
Ieavur. Thor. 5 a lettor rNtunt III pnWlHtt's
tnG.y. Stone which shows him Co. hay. been "A
rtu.r registering sort ul blade Tho Dclnwar.
project suited him exactly. and nothing would
I.,l-. him better than 10 have an ,NrnnugU ~
hard kno ks with ye whoiSen DutcAe aud
sweel- aud Puritnn herretlcAs TO the uorrard ii
thy came intrueding.'
Apatrni was accordingly ssucdto Can't. Amasa
Iawictt for miles breadth O. lanlonfhc Della
war from the point in tho bond of the river
nogiAward Of ~ place called Cplnnd- - the IN
Hu laoa called Shakamak-on nty-oun
Square u Hes oi land. rs near as may be- For
It's lnuinf'6n pawctt agreed 10 bring over $50
families nf Catholic, an his own expense or pay
u. Colonial Treasury 100000 pound. Of tobacco,
O. else forfeit his charter TT Int.r- ~ re- ao-
r.r,lIi.,iv eiVncd scaled and delivered and in