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The life of William Penn : the settler of Pennsylvania, the founder of Philadelphia, and one of the first lawgivers in the colonies, now United States, in l682 : containing also his celebrated treaty with the Indians, his purchase of their country : valuable anecdotes of Admiral Penn, also of King Charles II, King James II, King William, and Queen Anne, in whose reigns William Penn lived : curious circumstances that led him to become a Quaker : with a view of the admirable traits in the character of the people called Friends or Quakers, who have done so much to meliorate the condition of suffering humanity / by M.L. Weems.

Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500–1926 Available online

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Book
Author/Creator:
Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke), 1759-1825.
Contributor:
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755.
Series:
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Quakers--Pennsylvania--Biography.
Quakers.
Indians of North America--Pennsylvania--Treaties.
Indians of North America.
Pennsylvania--Biography.
Pennsylvania.
Great Britain--Biography.
Great Britain.
Penn, William, 1644-1718.
Penn, William.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (219 p. )
Other Title:
Life of William Penn
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : H. C. Carey and I. Lea, 1822.
Contents:
Character of William Penn / Edmund Burke
Montesquieu on Penn.
Notes:
Reproduction of original from Yale University Libraries.
Sabin no. 102490.
Cited in:
RLIN, CTRG06-B248
OCLC:
85787361

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