What Is The Difference Between Pastorius And William Penn's Letters

Inspecting William Penn’s and Francis Pastorius’s letters These two letters written in 1683 and 1684 by two of the greatest men in history both compare to each other, but they also differ in numerous ways. Penn was a well placed English gentleman and Quaker, that turned an old debt into a charter for the proprietary colony called “Pennsylvania.” Pastorius was among the German merchants to obtain 15,000 acres of land fo= a settlement in the new colony also known as “Pennsylvania.” William Penn did a better job of promoting the settlement in my opinion. He goes on to describe the land as being very “diverse.” It had a variety of plants and animals, rich soil, the air was sweet and clear, and the land was very useful and plentiful. Penn goes on to say the waters were generally good, the natural produce of the country, of vegetables, is trees, fruits, plants, and flowers. Whereas, Pastorius’s view is the complete opposite of Penn’s. Pastorius only promoted his struggle not the settlement. He sought the journey to the “new land: to be difficult. He further concludes that there was a variety of religions, and he only focuses on the city of Philadelphia by saying that he can say no more at the present than that it lies on black rich soil and is half surrounded with …show more content…
In Pastorius’s letter he says that they paint their faces, in the summertime they were naked, they had coal black hair, and they spoke a language not spoken very well. Penn goes on to say that European Settlers didn’t abuse them but won them over. The Duth were the first planters in these parts of the land. Daniel contrasts and tells how the Swedish children were born with snow-white hair and how the Europeans couldn’t handle the country and they were