[141] G. S. P. P., II, 154 (Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 5-26-1689.) [142] _Stat. at Large of Pa._, III, 37-38. [143] _Ibid._, IV, 208-210. [144] _Ibid._, I, 252. (Phila. Min.) [145] When they established the school with Keith as teacher. [146] Michener, _Retrospect of Quakerism_, 243. [147] G. S. P. P., II, 154 (Phila. Min.); Proud MS. No. 3, p. 115. [148] _Ibid._, I, 252. (Phila. Min.) [149] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 5-26-1689. [150] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 1-28-1690. [151] _Ibid._, 3-29-1691. [152] _Ibid._, 2-26-1690. [153] _Ibid._ [154] _Ibid._, 3-29-1691. [155] Jenkins, _Memorial Hist._, I, 99. [156] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 3-29-1691. [157] _Ibid._, 11-29-1691. [158] _Ibid._ [159] _Ibid._, 3-29-1691; 9-27-1691; 11-29-1691; 7-29-1692. [160] _Ibid._, 4-30-1693. [161] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 8-30-1696; 7-25-1696. [162] Janney, _Life of Penn_, 347; Clarkson’s _Penn_, II, 53; although biographers and historians mention this letter written to Lloyd, no student has yet been able to produce it or tell where it is. It is hoped that their search will be rewarded. [163] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 10-31-1697. [164] _Ibid._, 11-28-1697. [165] _Ibid._ [166] _Col. Rec._, I, 499. [167] _Col. Rec._, I, 499. [168] _Ibid._; Janney, _Life of Penn_, 347. [169] William Penn’s Charters for the Public School, pp. 1-8. (A certified copy from charter in Patent Book two (2) page 202, in dept. of internal affairs, Pa.) [170] _Ibid._, pp. 11-19. [171] William Penn’s Charters for the Public School, pp. 21-31. (See also Robert Proud’s MS. papers, No. 175, p. 57.) [172] In 1757 more extended privileges were desired and the following petition was sent to the Representative Assembly: To the Rep. Assembly. That some doubts having arisen whether from the terms of our charter we are authorized to apply any part of the estate under our care to these purposes, out of the limits of the city and county of Philadelphia. We therefore are inclined to apply for your assistance in furthering a design of such public utility and request you to permit us to bring in a Bill for the confirmation of our present charter and enlarging the powers thereby given us, by extending them as far as to authorize our applying a part of the estate under our care towards erecting and maintaining schools on the same foundation in other parts of this province. (P. C. S. M., I, 185) [173] _Ibid._, 29f.; Janney, _Life of Penn_, 348. [174] There are, no doubt, records at 304 Arch Street, which would be of great importance for a detailed history of the schools; permission to search for such records was refused at the time of this compilation. The minutes of the overseers of the P. C. S. offer a considerable amount of material history in some respects. [175] These are the records referred to in (47). [176] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 1-31-1699; 5-26-1700.