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...For there is no disarming act or game act, as with
you.... Our young men are at full liberty to shoot all
sorts of game wherever they please....
...I need not tell you that we have no tithes or general
taxes or poor rates or mill-mulches or such other
grievances as tend to relax the diligence or industry
of farmers.
We have the privilege of choosing our ministers,
school masters, constables and all other political
officers for laying and collecting all necessary
assessments. They are chosen by the majority of the
inhabitants.
...There is, I believe, no part of the world where
justice is more partially administered than in the
province of Pennsylvania. In our law courts the poor
are in no danger of being brow-beaten and borne
down by the rich. With respect to our laws, they are
made by those who are not nominally only, but really
our representatives; for without any bribes or
pensions they are chosen by ourselves and every
freedman has a vote.
...I might write to you at large about the religious
liberty which is enjoyed in this province in the most
extensive manner. We have indeed, no religious
establishment, but Christians of every denomination,
as they choose their own ministers, so they make