Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-14

land surveys and titles-indeed in all that affected the welfare of the little colony that came over with him in the ''WeIcome."
 To picture Penn as a ardent lover re- quires some imagination, especially at a period when the early romance of his life was buried in the grave of his be- loved Gulielma, who died February 2S, 1894, and when he figured in history as widower, past middle age, with three children.
 Yet among Penn's letters to his be- trothed are some that glow with all the warmth and ardor of youthful affection, while, as behts man of his years, and position, they contain wise reflections on life and passages marked by the pru- dence, the forethought, and the prac- tical grasp that came with riper age and always they are deeply and sim cerely religious.
 Naturally a staid Quaker of his age would not write a sentimental sonnet to Hannah's eyebrows. He tells her, in grave and simple language, that it is for the qualities of her heart and mind that he loves her and desires to win her. A fine example of the matter-of-fact love letter that Penn wrote to Hannah Cal lowhill. is the following, which was ad- dressed to her from Penn's English , home, Worminghurst, in 1895: And now let me tell thee, my dear est, that though there are many quali- 1 ties for which I admire thee, as well as l love thee, yet that of compassionating l the unhappy is none the least. And | whatsoever pittys has love, for 1t springs out of the same soft ground, and can never fail. as often as there is occasion to try it.
 That, my dearest H., has been mourner, a .sympathizer, an inhabitant | of dust, and so weaned from the com 1 mo ntastes of pleasure, that gratify 1 other Pallates, does so much exalt her | character with me, that if this were i all she brought, she must be a treasure to that happy man that has a title to | her. And since, by an unusual good ness. she has made 1t my lot, it shall be as much my pleasure as she has made it my duty to make her constant i ly sensible how much I am so of my 1 obligation to her.
 1 At another time William Penn is con- cerned about the health of his betrothed and concludes his missive with an ear i nest recommendation to her to take i some pills that he sends her, at certain
 hours Of the day. and a specific nedici- nal water. to be imbibed three days
 before the full and changes of the
 moon."
 It does not seem an unusual thing among lovers of this period to prescribe
 for their sweethearts, as we find Doro- thy Osborne writing about some infu-
 sion of steel in which she drinks Sir William Temples health every morning. She VOWS in a letter that 1t makes her horribly i'll, says that it is a "drench that would poison 8 horse" and declares to discontinue it's use unless her lover 1 insists upon her doing SO.
 Hannah Callowhill was a Quaker ladv Of Bristol, England, and an intimate friend of the Penn family long before
 the death of Gulielma. Her father was
 a merchant and of considerable yrop-
 erty William and Hannah were mar
 ried in January, 1696, and she accom-
 panied her husband to Pennsylvania. jn
 1899, and they lived in good style both
 in Philadelf and in Pennsbury Ma.
 nor, beaulIful estate situated ir
 Bucks county on the Delaware river.
 Two months after the arrival of tht
 Penns in this country, and he was John
 the only one of Penn's children born ir
 this country, and was therefore alway,
 known as ''the American" William
 Penn died at Ruscombe. Berkshire, Eng i land, on July 30, 171s, and Hannal Callowhill Penn survived him fifteel years.