New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-09
THE REWAINS or WyLLLAlI PENN.
Letter from ne 7'~'s'ee' 70 M Harrison.

Letter from NE Trustees 70 Mr. Harrison
The trustees OF JoTdans Meeting House ard
Burial Ground have received tie application made Jr
behalf of tho Governor and Legislature OF Paune wanna
surprising that they Yet exist from tbc pre-, resting
place to the city o, Fmiadelph The trustees Of the
cation not only from Their own standpoint memb5rs
cuson that Is their duty 20 refuse IT, They respect
to them to justify the course they have determined 70
adopt Iae qglet and retired spot IL which the remains
him during the ygor OF life ns the buralpacc Of
two aud five children and many Of his me a m H.
mate friends The trustees believe that The choice thus
Ma transformations Me They believe also thet ,1e
removal of HE remains 70 Transatlantic honr, amid
the pomp and circumstance Of u state ce,clpOul Il
accompanied in all probability military honors and
ter ana senfmcnts hn SH Of e I Fi eI%I cn@rag
the burial ground of Jordans belongs aud Tor "69m
objected to the use OF elaborate monumental tomb,
stones For more than century, rough plan of the
where the romans OF william Pc an and his fam we've
headsiones, hearing the of the Inferred and the
date Of alwerc placed 1.-THE existing mounds but
it is more than doub[ whether they indicate in each
case the exact spot OF interrhent
Penn is hopored end reyered among the Society OF
Friends in England as sincerely rs in America ana the
of claim TO tie custody OF his remains II il ma KY
he became the successful founder OF the State of Penn
Cnrisan principle which guided his transactions ~ COZ
aImiraiion Of the civilized world hut Wilan Penn Wns
born and died in Bingham In England his re iQ ous
character mainly formed In England he was en-.
gagged Tor many years minister of the GOSPEL AM!
became conspicuous among the founders of goce{v p
influence vi which has been largely exercised for goo
both in this country and Anne RIGA; and, lastly t was
here that he dared u suffer persecution his ans
prof ason and took hsart mani lily in laying the onn
daton OF that system OF religious liberty which we now
enjoy.
The trustees dcsirous of fulfilling in all rcsract.
tho wishes or the society with whose interests bc ara
ntrustcd, but with tn reservation, they consider thai
they the sole cuStodians of Jordaus Burial Ground
They have received communications from many ipfIu
eutiRl members of the Society of Friends and also from
most Of the neal descendants Of William Penn on botI
sides Of the Atlantic, earnestly desiring that pro
pOsal made by tho Legislature OF Pennsylvania noy
not be nccedod To- and they believe that tey are S -
ported in the decision they have arrived at by IA,
opinion of very large proportion of those who have
right 20 be consulted in the matter The trustees nl
| that in carrying ont the project, link In th,
| be broken. Their desire IL that the bond mav n
strengthened and that tho only rivalry existing lec,
them may be IN the promotion OF those things whicl
Tend to peace and anty, aud the extension OF The Ike
deemcr's Kingdom IL Is therefore from feeling o
dScourtesy toward those VINO initiated the movement
but from strong conyCti0nOt the sOUndness ot tie OH
jectcns herein stated that they feel themselves CON
| PEELED 10 refuse the application
Signed on behalf OF the committee appointed thu
monthly meeting and OF the trustees of Jorans
| by RICHARD LIrrLEBoY, Newport PANEL.
| THEoDokE HARRIS, Leighton Buzzard.
HENRY BROWN, Luton
! JOHN LTfrLEBoY, Watford
| 18th OF 7th Mo-, 1881.