“WILLIAM PENN, A Man of Principles truly humane; An Advocate for Religion and Liberty; Possessing a noble Spirit, That exerted itself For the Good of Mankind; was The great and worthy Founder of PENNSYLVANIA. To its Inhabitants, by Charter, He granted and confirmed Many singular Privileges and Immunities, Civil and Religious, Which he continually studied To preserve and defend for them; Nobly declaring, That they had not followed him so far, To lose a single tittle Of the Great Charter, To which all Englishmen were born. For these Services, Great have been the Acknowledgements Deservedly paid to his Merit; And his Memory Is dear to his People, Who have repeatedly confessed, That, Next to Divine Providence, Their Happiness, Prosperity, and Increase Are owing To his wise Conduct and singular Goodness; Which deserve ever to be remembered With Gratitude and Affection, By PENNSYLVANIANS.” For the materials of which the foregoing Eulogy is composed, its author[63a] has referred his readers to the Minutes of Assembly, for the years 1719 and 1725, to those from the year 1730 to 1740, both inclusive, excepting only 1736, 1737 and 1739; also, for 1745, 1755 and 1756; to other proceedings of the assembly, in the years 1730 and 1738; and to their Address to Governor John Penn, in 1764. A very respectable Memorial of another nature, in honour of the justly celebrated Penn, decorates the edifice of a noble public institution in the capital of his former domain; an institution devoted to the purposes of charity, humanity and benevolence. It is a finely executed metallic statue, in bronze, of that great man; representing him in his appropriate attire, and holding in his right hand _The Charter of Privileges_.[63b] The statue stands on an elegant pedestal of marble, in an handsome area on the south front of the Pennsylvania Hospital: and the four sides of the pedestal contain these modest inscriptions; viz.