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" ... One red rose if same be demanded."
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 162.E214
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- West Grove (Pa.)--History.
- West Grove (Pa.).
- Red Rose Rent Day (West Grove, Pa.).
- Pennsylvania--West Grove.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- pages 25, 63 : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm
- Contained In:
- Early American life. Vol. 3, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1972).
- Other Title:
- At head of title: History you can see
- Red Rose Rent Day
- Place of Publication:
- [Gettysburg, Pa.] : [Early American Society], [©1972]
- Summary:
- " ... in 1741 ... John, Thomas, and William Penn ... deeded to the grandson of the founder of Pennsylvania, also named William Penn, a parcel of land in ... West Grove, Pennsylvania ... with the proviso that it be subject to the payment of ʻOne red rose on the twenty-fourth day of June yearly if same be demanded.ʼ": page 25. Red Rose Rent Day was first held there in 1937.
- Notes:
- Caption title.
- OCLC:
- 36845987
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