William Penn
William Penn ( – ) was an English writer, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania during the British colonial era. Penn, an advocate of democracy and religious freedom, was known for his amicable relations and successful treaties with the Lenape Native Americans who had resided in present-day Pennsylvania prior to European settlements in the state.In 1681, King Charles II granted a large piece of his North American land holdings along the North Atlantic Ocean coast to Penn to offset debts he owed Penn's father, the admiral and politician Sir William Penn. The land included the present-day states of Pennsylvania and Delaware. The following year, in 1682, Penn left England for what was then British America, sailing up Delaware Bay and the Delaware River past earlier Swedish and Dutch riverfront colonies in what is present-day New Castle, Delaware. On this occasion, the colonists pledged allegiance to Penn as their new proprietor, and the first Pennsylvania General Assembly was held.
Penn then journeyed further north up the Delaware River and founded Philadelphia on the river's western bank. Penn's Quaker government was not viewed favorably by the previous Dutch, Swedish and English settlers in what is now Delaware, and in addition to this, the land was claimed for half a century by the neighboring Province of Maryland's proprietor family, the Calverts. In 1704, the three southernmost counties of provincial Pennsylvania were granted permission to form a new, semi-autonomous Delaware Colony.
As one of the earlier supporters of colonial unification, Penn wrote and urged for a union of all the English colonies in what, following the American Revolutionary War, later became the United States. The democratic principles that he included in the West Jersey Concessions and set forth in the Pennsylvania Frame of Government inspired delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia to frame the U.S. Constitution, which was ratified by the delegates in 1787.
A man of deep religious conviction, Penn authored numerous works, exhorting believers to adhere to the spirit of Primitive Christianity. Penn was imprisoned several times in the Tower of London due to his faith, and his book ''No Cross, No Crown'', published in 1669, which he authored from jail, has become a classic of Christian theological literature. Provided by Wikipedia
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A perswasive to moderation to church dissenters, in prudence and conscience : humbly submitted to the King and his great councel / by Penn, William, 1644-1718
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A letter from a gentleman in the country, to his friends in London, upon the subject of the penal laws and tests. by Penn, William, 1644-1718
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The peoples ancient and just liberties asserted, in the tryal of William Penn, and William Mead : at the sessions held at the Old-Baily in London, the first, third, fourth and fift... by Penn, William, 1644-1718
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A further account of the province of Pennsylvania and its improvements / For the satisfaction of those that are adventurers, and enclined to be so. by Penn, William, 1644-1718
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The frame of the government of the Province of Pennsilvania in America: together with certain laws agreed upon in England by the governour and divers free-men of the aforesaid prov... by Penn, William, 1644-1718
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A letter from William Penn, poprietary [sic] and governour of Pennsylvania in America, to the committee of the Free Society of Traders of that province, residing in London. Contain... by Penn, William, 1644-1718
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An epistle, containing a salutation to all faithful friends / a reproof to the unfaithful; and a visitation to the enquiring, in a solemn farewell to them all in the land of my na... by Penn, William, 1644-1718
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The sandy foundation shaken: or, Those so generally believed and applauded doctrines, of-one God, subsisting three distinct and separate persons; the impossibility of God's pardo... by Penn, William, 1644-1718
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Some account of the province of Pennsilvania in America; lately granted under the Great Seal of England to William Penn, &c. Together with privileges and powers necessary to the w... by Penn, William, 1644-1718
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The witness of William Penn / by Penn, William, 1644-1718
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An account of W. Penn's travails in Holland and Germany. Anno MDCLXXVII. For the service of the gospel of Christ, by way of journal. Containing also divers letters and epistles wri... by Penn, William, 1644-1718
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A brief account of the rise and progress of the people called Quakers, in which their fundamental principle, doctrines, worship, ministry and discipline are plainly declared, to pr... by Penn, William, 1644-1718
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The great case of liberty of conscience once more briefly debated & defended, by the authority of reason, Scripture, and antiquity: which may serve the place of a general reply to... by Penn, William, 1644-1718
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A brief account of the province of Pennsilvania lately granted by the King, under the great seal of England, to William Penn. by Penn, William, 1644-1718
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Select works of William Penn. To which is prefixed A journal of his life. by Penn, William, 1644-1718
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The papers of William Penn / by Penn, William, 1644-1718
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Some account of the province of Pennsilvania in America / lately granted under the Great Seal of England to William Penn, &c ; together with privileges and powers necessary to the... by Penn, William, 1644-1718
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The frame of the government of the province of Pennsilvania in America: together with certain laws agreed upon in England by the governour and divers free-men of the aforesaid prov... by Penn, William, 1644-1718
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A letter from William Penn, proprietary and governour of Pennsylvania in America, to the committee of the Free society of traders of that province, residing in London. Containing a... by Penn, William, 1644-1718
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Correspondence between William Penn and James Logan, and others, 1700-1750. From the original letters in possession of the Logan family. by Penn, William, 1644-1718
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