Chapter VI.
A Letter from England.
The good ship "Bristol," William Smith, Commander, that had made many voyages from English ports to Philadelphia, sighted the capes and slowly worked her way up the broad bay, and after many a trying hour, held by baffling winds and perverse currents, she at last cast anchor in front of the thriving village founded by Penn. Her voyage of nearly forty days had been uneventful, and it was with a feeling of relief that the passengers and crew again found themselves on shore. Those who were new-comers found much to attract their attention, and many were the inquiries made as to the whereabouts of the friends who had preceded them and by glowing accounts of the wonderful country had induced them to follow. The captain had his packet of letters to distribute, some to the thrifty merchants of the little town, and
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