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Philip Ford

FORD, Philip, English merchant, died about 1707. He was a Quaker, and was for several years William Penn's agent in London. Penn, becoming financially embarrassed, signed a deed of sale of his province to Ford, and took from him a lease for three years. Penn afterward paid him Ł17,000, but Ford claimed that Ł10,500 more were due him, and his son and widow arrested Penn in January 1708. To avoid their extortion, Penn put himself within the limits of Fleet prison, and the Fords unsuccessfully petitioned the queen to put them in possession of Pennsylvania, at the same time offering to sell it to Isaac Norris for Ł8,000. Penn afterward lost his case in the court of chancery.

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