The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742; with an introduction, respecting, the life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers;--with the first rise of the neighbouring colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey, and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware. To which is added, a brief description of the said province, and of the general state, in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760 and 1770 ... With an appendix Written principally between the years 1776 and 1780, by Robert Proud

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Proud, Robert, 1728-1813.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Penn, William, 1644-1718.

Penn, William.

Society of Friends.

Cities and towns--Pennsylvania--History.

Cities and towns.

Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Pennsylvania.

New Jersey--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

New Jersey.

Physical Description:

2 v. : fronts. (port., fold. map) ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Zachariah Poulson, junior, number eighty, Chesnut-street, 1797-1798.

Contents:

I. Introduction. The history of Pennsylvania, 1676-1709.

II. The history of Pennsylvania, 1709-1763. A view of the province of Pennsylvania ... between the years 1760 and 1770. Extract from two short Latin poems ... by Thomas Makin. Appendix.

Notes:

Vol. 2 has imprint: Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Zachariah Poulson, junior, no. 106, Chesnut-street, nearly opposite to the Bank of North America. 1798.

Local Notes:

HSP has two full set and another copy of V. 1 which on deposit in the Library Company of Philadelphia.

Cited in:

Evans 32729

Evans 34421

Sabin 66223

OCLC:

5866622