vices of sir William Penn and sundry debts due to him from the Crown at the time of his decease), by Letters-Patent bearing date the 4th of March 1680-81 granted to Will. Penn and his hiers that Province lying on the west side of the River Delaware in N. America, formely belonging to the Dutch, and then called the New-Netherlands : the name was now changed by the King in honour of Will. Penn, whom and his heirs he made absolute Proprietors and Governours of it… Many single persons and some familles out of England and Wales went over,… and began to build the city of Philadelphia in a comodious situation on the aforesaid navigable river Delaware… » (Life, 121).
27. J’ignore d’où vient ce détail des deux vaisseaux. Ici Voltaire s’écarte de la Vie, peut-être pour suivre Sewel : « Will. Penn now went wich much Company to America and having seen the land given him, he founded then the chief city Philadelphia and some other towns » (651). Peut-être suit-il ici une source inconnue. — Voltaire a simplifié en faisant partir tout de suite Penn pour l’Amérique : il n’y alla qu’en 1682, après avoir envoyé sa Constitution (Life, 123).
28. « And to secure the new Planters from the native Indians, … the Governour gave orders to treat them with all candour and humanity, and appointed Commissioners to confer with them about land, and to confirm a league of peace… » (Life, 121).
29. « He also drew up the foundamental Constitution of Pensylvania in twenty four articles… ; the first of which articles shewing that his principle was to give as well as take liberty ot conscience in matters of religion, we shall transcribe… » (Life, 122). « … Of which laws one was : that all persons living in this Province, who confess and acknowledge the one Allmighty and Eternal God to be the Creator, Upholder, and Ruler of the world,… shall in no wise be molested or prejudiced for their religions persuasion or practice in matters of faith and worship » (Life, 122). — Cf. Croese, 439-440, suivi par Catrou, 248 : « (Les protestants) trouvèrent à dire qu’on étendît la liberté chrétienne jusqu’à permettre de s’en tenir à la seule adoration d’un dieu
