The sun., 1898-12-03
HOW TWO STATES WERE ONE
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Man'ove hayes Reads an Inter
esting Article on the Life
Of William Penn.
HN l.ANNEn All NEW CASTLE
Hi LANDED AT NEW CASTLE
PenMsylvania and Delaware Became
Separate States IL 1904. Annual
Meeting of Delaware HistOr.
ical society Held and
Oficers Elected.

The thirty-httll annual meeting OF the
Historical 81 'lety Of Delaware was held
in ti,e society's buIluing last evening.
There was good attendance Ut members
and their friends. Chief Justice Lore,
the president Of the society, raid that as
IL was the annual meeting it would be
proper to have Bishop C.,,enan preside.
This suggestion met with the unaili-
nous approval ol the members and the
Bishop took the chair and presided
tir 'ugtout the nieetlng in very able
Manuer.
Un motion OF Chief Justice Lore the
reading of the annual reports was post
pOned to the next regular meeting. The
c.,,nmittee appointed to nominate officers
presented their report. Pr,f. William
A. Prutt was selected to cast the ballot
for tire sOciety.
The following officers were declared
elected: President, Hon. Charles B. Lore;
vice presidents, Rt Rev. Leighton Cole
man, New Castle c'ull,y; Hon. Manlove
Ha, ,es, Kent coun.y; Hon Ebe W. Tun-
nell, Sussex county; corresponding secre-
tary, john b. Bird; recording Sec etary,
Willard Hall Porter; treasurer. Henry
H. Bringhurst; librarian, Henry c. Con.
rad; hlstoriugrapher, Pennck Pusey;
directors, Dr. John 2. Wales, William A.
La Mute, Hon. Ignatius q GrubD, Caleb
T. johnson, George w. Bush.
Manlove Hayes Of Dover, then read a
very excellent paper he had prepared OH
''The Lie and Character Of William
Penn" He was assisted in the reading
of the paper by Henry G. Conrad, wht
read the latter part.
Mr. Hayes traced the life OF Penn in
all interesting manner. He told how lie
became member of the Society o.
Friends and the prosecutions he suffered
He said he did not expect to add tc
the store oi information concerning Penn
but hoped to elucid Ate tue character v
that notable.
He told how Delaware was once {
part OF Pennsylvania and belonged t.
Penn. Penn came TO America Oh tht
ship Welcome, landing at New Castle
There were 100 persons aboard when the
ship salltd, but snlall pox broke oul
uuring the VOYAGE and thirty died
Penn was Warmly welcomed at New
Castle.
The counties now comprising Della
ware were not satisfied to remain par
Of Pennsylvania and their representa-
tves were finally told by Penn that the,
could separate it they chose. They wert
not represented in the Pennsylvania
A semDIy in l70l, and ir l704 separate
Assembly was convened.
Mr.. Hayes held that it was very
strange that two prominent historians
like MacCauley and Bancroft should diff
fer so much in their estimation Of the
character of Penn. MacCauley wrote
that Penn was weak-headed and Ban
croft wrote that Penn came too soon TO
success.
At the conclusion of the reading of the
paper there was an Outburst of vel
uerited applause. Mr.. Hayes was givel
the uost cordial thanks Of the society
The paper was referred to the commit
tee ON publication. A copy Of an earl!
picture of Penn hangs on the wall nea
the presidents chair. After the mlce,inl
the various articles ON exhibition wer
examined by the members and friends