Penn Proprietors' Answer to Heads of Complaint & Message to Pennsylvania Assembly
- Item sets
- Sources
- Name
- Penn Proprietors' Answer to Heads of Complaint & Message to Pennsylvania Assembly
- Description
- Two related documents from the Penn Proprietors responding to Benjamin Franklin's 'Heads of Complaint' (August 1757) on behalf of the Pennsylvania Assembly. Ferdinand John Paris's formal Answer (27 Nov 1758) addresses grievances over proprietary instructions, taxation of quit-rents, and the Proprietors' contribution to colonial defence. The Penns' Message (28 Nov 1758) criticises Franklin's procedures and proposes free conferences with authorised representatives. These documents reveal the constitutional conflict between proprietary prerogative and assembly authority in Pennsylvania.
- Date
- 27-28 November 1758
- Related To
- Benjamin Franklin
- Type
- Financial Data
- Collection
- The Last Years of the Lordship
- Type
- Primary Source Transcription
- Date Created
- 1758-11-27
- Creator
- Penn Proprietors of Pennsylvania (via agent Ferdinand John Paris); Thomas and Richard Penn
- Audience
- Pennsylvania Assembly / House of Representatives; Benjamin Franklin (Answer)
- Identifier
- Penn Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Maryland Archives; Pennsylvania Colonial Records Vol. VIII
- Language
- English