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.