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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 1682 / by M.L. Weems.

Author/creator Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke), 1759-1825
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : U. Hunt, 1836 [c1829] (Stereotyped by L. Johnson)
Description[3], 6-208 p. ; 19 cm.
Supplemental Content Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subject(s)
Series Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteBiography; Colonial Era.
Local note2012AH04600.
Local noteBiography; Colonial Era.
Local note2012AH04600.
General note"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."
General noteReproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 102490.

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