The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-24

Whom Iawlct arrived nt ST. Nary's he had q
crow of thirty or forty Frcnchmen and span
iards. Tie wanted to 70 arainsi the Nirgnians
ana settle himself across the bay SO ae 10 ur'-
vent the tneur~ ions uf Col. Scarborough Gov
Stone. however, preferred to have him further
irirl az jpdup. or Chester. on the Delaware.
This VIE iu 1868. Tlrr' arn p few SWotlrs
already i'm and around Tplenda. Tut. nIthoueh
thev mad bccu thoro moro than tn years Paw
u u amt hls hcite crow 80 ntimidatcd them that
some He'd across the Delaware. and tine rest
W'r' gl1d 30 aeorIt their lands as o holding un-
der their now hcge lord. Capt. lawlett. Tho
hit er. VINO sc"ms TO have been well supplied
WIN money. hired ship out ol james river To-
trlnE MN over colony oi Englishmou and
women. and set some Of his crew to build him
house and siockadc at Up'4nds, This done.
md without waiting Tor his English colon sis
puwlrtt sailed away again to NOmbre dc Dips
after his bride.
when he got there he found that Maria had
boon married To- another man. pawett ran
the intruder through the body. and sailed ont
Of port the next day Hecrossed over to Lisbon,
the ship n the Tngus. IL would have nothing
NOR" 10 ,lo oyer nguin with anything Spanish.
lie hired q Portuguese shaop to take him over
w. ING Delaware and as soon rs he landcdn 1T
Chester began To behave like a mailman. He
burnt his stockade and house, and expelled all
lrenehmcn and Spaniards. vessel. with his
English colonlsis. was lying in the stream,
ready 10 land. He boarded her and permitted
all the single young men 10 land Tho shin
with the women and married men. he sent
round 10 the Chesapeake, with money enough
To nuy thsir alQtmeni5 IN other parts OF the
would never enter their houses nor speak to
thcir women.
For himself Amasa pnwlctt turned half hunter
ana hall savage. AMI kept his little principnllty
a. much desert ~ possible He gathered
around him band Of fifteen or twenty mon.
good muskeiecrs. and with these he kept the
WOODS Tor weeks and weeks together. There
nte lriters from nephew OF his who came ont
to join him. written about 1915 in which strange
mention il made of an expedition lar NJ the
lelNWarc and an encounter with the Iroquois.
irwict however, did not make n settlement.
1n Ia mo ut.l
naughty misanthropc. and when Gov. stone
tired 10 call b. i'm 10 account he offered 10 settle
an claims in hard cash: If not. and he stamped
ihe barrel OF his muskct significantly. he said
there might hc trouble.
When at home Pawleit lived in a loop-holcd
here but his dogs and one negro man. and the
cabin was not more than twenty feet square,
for so he began TO be called was himself very
formidable parsonage. He had forty or hfty
followers, some his hunters some sluatters
upon his lands who paid him ~ rent. tut very
wiling service. and oil the Indians around
I wiInr him and loved hin He was great
SO that they considered him possessed 10y
snirlt, He probably was more than half insane,
w w snrewd enough when II came 10 looking
;, ne showed THIS IA his interview with Penn, in
was at this time m old man, past sixty. worn
NJ low exposure and crippled with rheumatism.
Mhen rem came to visit him mutual desire
was expressed that they might live at peace
with one another. Penn said that his little
colony up the river was composed Of men ~
pence, and they had no objects in view but hon.
est industry and the quiet enjoyment Of their
religion. pawlett reechoei these views. He did
nq99i expect to lve, long; His race was run. He
ana not care Tor himself. but he had a nephew or
two 10 whom he would lik" to leave his little
Posses;si9ns. H. held his little property under
held lands under n later grant. or purchase
from the King. Hedid not know but their lands
might overlap. aud he did not want any trouble;
ne did not have the patent with him-the did
hot teil mat II was lying IN the bottom II his
chest, hQwav"rlIbut 1t would be Easy ior Penn
10 give HIM a deed covering and confirming
BaNimores land grant Penn would 10 50. OF
course. but what were the metcs and bounds
On. no matter about that-a deed confirming
Baltimores patent To- him would be all sum
~, ht Iawl.tt was too much crilYlsd NJ with
t "a, Hi,,H,is I" e out Lat g.l Peter would
mat Peter. in describing the land. swept his
manu- over "A mod = circuit. H. Wa satisfied.
MIN. ssed AMI authenticated. iy which he a.
tuaily conveyed away all his right and title 10
rs own 'ly of iuiudr luhinl
Ihwlett- nephew died before him. He him
self il supposed g. have diel in 1857. and the
immediate cause II his death is SAD to have
ware. about 60 cast anchor IN tine Hermitage ~
lEmqs. The passionate old man ran into h.-
there. with musset balls ant was af0i' ~ 4 ...
charge It al the hated nag; out he fell back
dead. with apop.eXy
When Gait. Anlasa Pavlctt died, neither
treasure nor papers could be found IN his
f"'n. N9th,nG would probably have hi'n
cum iance mat II needed T. be legally est,h-
ii-u'd, SON" years later. in settling the pro-
irl'tprshp et Pawetts Llng Grange. Al that
YIN" IL WIS luluu tgai ~. iang on the peiawar"
nal quietly passed into other hands. nul moth
ing was known shout Il. SIN thon Amasa
iHWi't >rlHNr mas dl-app. AIRED. and all IN. me-
g1nr 0ut forever lut Tor IN. q lid lial disrOy-
cry o. 60 rs Mr.. k.nri-h Adams oi the record
OF Penn, decd. coufrWatOry of f,pclllus Cali
Neus patent. as given hy GOV, Stone.
Mr. adams knew that ] mn. boo his ofrpr for
srttl'nD ~ 10 tue boundary quest iOn. lad often
ptopos q t. coniirm al grants TO individuals
mad. uS CalN n. and that ma the final tile
mon. ma e IN 700 nj conI tion was expressly
stllult 4 and agreed 10. But Mr., Adams had
seen no other instance Of particular deed Of
Pom copiiri ~; a partieula palent OF Cal
patent ani1ns the Land One. records at An
nhto.s' ~ ropy ol the r. ord could be found,
hut q lnserlpt OF IN" title WAS discovered in
V'nwr oi indexes, The original deeds 10 which
tris volume related heing known To- have been
d"strolDd hy IRE. THIS index title gave the
dW'. numb = % decd. number 81 acres. names
OF partrs. and other means OF Identification,
dud Ma. ADAMS ~, NsiVuui"d To fnd that the
whole 81 Philadelphia WAS included III the
properly.
H Instantly began advertising. and 500 n got
Long Grange. To his delight and surprise. on
going out 10 England and visiting the Long
CRANE be found all thn paners ana journal
ana much corrrspon'i'n go Of Can't. Amusu Paw
lott They had h"cn IN the pos ession of the
family for nearly 200 years. hut had been care
fully suppressed. for two reasons: First, they
v re pot considered 10 b. ofany value second.
Capt Paw EFT was piralc!
II Is not known how They came into the pos
session Of the family, but 1t is supposed that
Ptwle Il sent them out for safe Keeping shortly
after the deed from Penn was granted, intend
eo,nnnrmed By a lCtti'r' Of pawlatt'- desorlbing
Penn N.sil 10 hm, which was addressed to his
helhrw, Thcr' y r, No leti rs Of his desrrp-
letters al tn" time when he thought the charm-
NJ Maria was waiting for hlm, Pawiett WIS en-