Excerpt from Chronicles of Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 of 2: From the English Revolution to the Peace of Aix-La-Chapelle, 1688-1748Penn appealed to the Friends' Meeting at Devon Shire House, which the Fords attended; and the Meet ing, in December, 1705, after several adjournments, caused by young Ford's illness, decided, that, by refus ing arbitration, and persisting in proceeding in the law, Bridget Ford and her children, Philip, Ann, and Susanna, had acted contrary to Christian principles and the established good order, and that the Meeting could have no unity with them until they complied with the advice and judgment of the Meeting, and that William Penn was free to make his defence at law. Penn brought a cross bill in Chancery, and employed counsel esteemed the top of that court to have the amount cut down to about £4000: but, even if the debt were SO reduced, the prospect Of having to pay it with his other Obligations was snfiiciently appalling.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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