The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-30
TODAY in HISTORY
Death In EnaIand o, William Peor
eATuRoAY, JULY 80, 1910,

WiInGm Penn, lne English Friend and
Louhoef oI rennsylvania. died on JuIy 90
414o' IN England, d very much u,sap-
poiGleu man. AY had worked very hard
~ his efforts to establish a coiony ON this
siae OF the Atlantic. The cnel fault OF
Fenn ana the one when brought MIN
moSt OIL his trouble, was that he was IL
poor judge OF character, and those wnom
Ic sent To represent him in the province
were too often either weak or wicked.
Has son, William, turned out badly and
When sent to Pennsbury was arrested In
drunken braw in Philadelphia, and
turned out OF the Quaker fellowship.
All sorts OF internal wranglng broke out
In the province and the whole stute OF
affairs became so miserable that Ii Is
small wonder he wrote; 20. Pennsyl-
vania. what hast thou cost me? Above
thirty thousand pounds more than | ever
got by 1t; two hazardous and most ia
.iguing voyages. my straits and slavery
here: and my child's soul, almost"
When he was on the spot. Penn had
been able to resist the encroachments of
Lord Balttmore's supporters upon his
boundaries and preserve peace within the
limits oi his jurisdiction, but once he was
across the Atlantic matters were diff
ferent.
Once Penn even thought seriously of
selling his governorship and In l7i2 a
trasfer to the crown for GEO was
drawn UP and was unsigned only because
OF a sudden attack OF illness. During all
this time, too. Penn had been neglecting
to inquire into the accounts Of Ford. his
manager In England and Ireland, often
not even unseallng his reports. and when
Ford died his heirs claimed that Penn
was indebted TO them for over Gl0 600,
brought suits and even arrested him dur
Ing a meeting and had him cast into the
Fleet
Then it was that Penn's friends rallied
To his aid, The general treatment OF him
by his prosecutors was condemned as un-
just and compromise was effected with
the Fords just as peace was being re-
stored in the province across the seas
Thereupon Penn retired TO Ruscombe, In
Berkshire and there, with his family
about him, passed his last days. His
so that now he writes. we are major.
minor, and minlmus. ! bless the, Lord
nine are pretty well-Johnny lively
grandson. springett. a mere saracen: his
sister beauty" His last words written
for publication d71D were the conclud-
Ing ones OF Si., p5SfSce for John Banks
reader. before / take leave OF thee, let
me advise thee to hold religion in the
spirit, whether thou prayest. .praisest or
that all Gods people may do. IS, and hath
long been the earnest desire OF theirs and
thy faithful friend in the Lord Jesus
The next year Penn had a paralytic
impaired his memory and weakened his
walking about his garden and meeting his
friends at his home But his strength
iessened day by day and he finally died
on the 3oth Of July. 17lS, al the age OF
a, He that lives to live forever" ne
had said in the Fruits OF Solitude, -
never fears dying. Nor can the means
be terrible TO him. that heartily believes
the end For though death he a dark
passage. it leads TO Immortality and that
is recompense enough for suffering II.
And this is the comfort OF the
good. that the grave cannot hold them,
and that they live as soon as they die
On July so, 1919. the first colonial as
sembly In America met at Jamestown
Va II is the date of the duel, in 1902
between John Swartout and De witt Clln-
ton July 80 is the birthday o; Samuel
Rogers. the British poet n763), William
T. Adams CiOliver Optic'D. the poet
CS22); Robert ]. Burdette the journalist
and humorist GS4i), and Elmer r. Rey-
nolds. founder OF the Anthropoogical So
ciety Of Washington GS46) IT is the
date OF the death OF Thomas Gray. the
English poet G77D, and Prince Bismarck,
the German chancellor (1S9S).
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