Note 417 — Chapter IV
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See particularly the Pennsylvania Mercury, December 18, 1735, and the Pennsylvania Gazette, December 24, 1735. Thomas Penn wrote to John Penn on January 14, 1735: “The late newspapers have been filled with arguments for and against the legality of the Court of Chancery and some people whisper that we intend to make use of that court to recover our arrears.” VII Pennsylvania Archives (2d Series), 166.