On March 5, 1681, one day after receiving his royal charter for Pennsylvania, William Penn wrote that he believed God would make his colony "the seed of the nation." Penn wanted his Pennsylvania to be a land where people of differing languages and customs could live together, where men and women could worship as they pleased, where men could participate fully in their government. Such a land, Penn believed, would indeed be blessed.
Beginning with his petition to the king in May 1680 and ending with his departure to England in August 1684, this book contains the most important documents describing the founding of Pennsylvania. The letters, orders, petitions, charters, laws, pamphlets, maps, constitutional drafts, legislative journals, newspaper articles, memoranda, deeds, and other business records assembled here include Penn's own explanations of his desire to found a Quaker colony, his invitation to settlers, and his design for government.
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Jean R. Soderlund is Professor of History at Lehigh University, where she is also chair of the History Department and codirector of the Lawrence Henry Gipson Institute for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Her other books include Quakers and Slavery: A Divided Spirit and, with Gary B. Nash, Freedom By Degrees: Emancipation in Pennsylvania and Its Aftermath.
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This book provides a different overview of how William Penn found Pennsylvania. Jean Soderlund looks at William Penn through his letters and documents created by him. THe book is not a traditional biography. The author provides commentary about what the reader will see and then presents the documents in their full form. The book tackles many of the early dilemmas but focuses on three major areas. The conflict with Lord Baltimore over the boundaries, security with Indian nations, and the development of tolerant government in Pennsylvania. The other area that does not lend itself to the categories is the first chapter which focuses on getting the domestic affairs of the colony organized in England which is covered thoroughly. Overall it is well done and an interesting look at how Pennsylvania was formed.
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If you are researching William Penn, there are a lot of documents. I was hoping for a little more documents on the people who settled with him. Interesting story, not told in the best page turning manner.
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IN May 1680 WP was thirty-five years old. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
territories thereunto belonging, lower counties, aforesaid province, annual quitrent, adjourned till, final charter, bill touching, fortieth degree, question being put, land whereof, article touching, holy experiment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Provincial Council, William Penn, New Castle, New York, General Assembly, James Harrison, Delaware River, First Purchasers, Thomas Holme, New Jersey, William Markham, Free Society of Traders, Lords of Trade, William Clarke, John Moll, Philip Ford, William Haige, Christopher Taylor, Fundamental Constitutions, John Simcock, Chesapeake Bay, Lasse Cock, Watkin's Point, James Claypoole, Lord North New!
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IN May 1680 WP was thirty-five years old. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
territories thereunto belonging, lower counties, aforesaid province, annual quitrent, adjourned till, final charter, bill touching, fortieth degree, question being put, land whereof, article touching, holy experiment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Provincial Council, William Penn, New Castle, New York, General Assembly, James Harrison, Delaware River, First Purchasers, Thomas Holme, New Jersey, William Markham, Free Society of Traders, Lords of Trade, William Clarke, John Moll, Philip Ford, William Haige, Christopher Taylor, Fundamental Constitutions, John Simcock, Chesapeake Bay, Lasse Cock, Watkin's Point, James Claypoole, Lord North New!
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- The Papers of William Penn, Volume Five: William Penn's Published Writings, 1660-1726 : An Interpretive Bibliography by William Penn in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- WELSH SETTLEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA (1912) by Browning on page 177, and Back Matter
- The Free Society by Edward Carpenter on page 308, and page 342
- New Jersey (Enchantment Amer) by John Allan Carpenter on page 341
- Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey by A.C. Myers in Back Matter
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- Rebels and Renegades: A Chronology of Social and Political Dissent in the United States by Neil A. Hamilton on page 21
- States, Nations and Borders: The Ethics of Making Boundaries (Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics) by Allen Buchanan on page 169
- The Cambridge Economic History of the United States, Vol. 1: The Colonial Era (Volume 1) by Stanley L. Engerman on page 211
- Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: a Cultural History) by David Hackett Fischer on page 575
- Taverns and Drinking in Early America by Ms. Sharon V. Salinger in Back Matter
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