[1] After receiving the charter for the Province of Pennsylvania on March 4, 1681 from King Charles II of England, Penn appointed William Markham as Deputy Governor on April 10, 1681.

About 500 Europeans lived in the province at that time, mostly in the present day counties of Delaware and Chester centered around Upland.

Penn sailed aboard the ship Welcome from Deal, Kent on the English Channel on August 30, 1682 and first landed in America on October 27, 1682 at New Castle, Delaware.

[3] The granite monument stands about five feet tall and has Penn's coat of arms on the side facing inland.

[3] The monument was paid for by members of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Penn Club to mark the 200th anniversary of the landing.