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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 the United States, in 1682 / by M.L. Weems.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke), 1759-1825.
- 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 (208, [27]-100, 6 p. )
- Other Title:
- Life of William Penn
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : U. Hunt & Son, 1854 [c1829]
- Notes:
- "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."
- "Reflections and maxims of William Penn": p. [27]-100, 2nd count.
- Publisher's advertising: 6 p., 3rd count.
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 102490.
- Contains:
- Reflections and maxims of William Penn.
- Penn, William, 1644-1718. Some fruits of solitude, in reflections and maxims relating to the conduct of human life.
- OCLC:
- 12
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