Download or read book The Papers of William Penn Volume 2 written by Richard S. Dunn and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-04-07 with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, covering the years 1680 to 1684, documents the founding of Pennsylvania.
Download or read book The Life of William Penn written by Mason Locke Weems and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life of William Penn written by Mason Locke Weems and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pennsylvania Land Records written by Donna Bingham Munger and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 1993-09-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The genealogist trying to locate families, the surveyor or attorney researching old deeds, or the historian seeking data on land settlement will find Pennsylvania Land Records an indispensable aid. The land records of Pennsylvania are among the most complete in the nation, beginning in the 1680s. Pennsylvania Land Records not only catalogs, cross-references, and tells how to use the countless documents in the archive, but also takes readers through a concise history of settlement in the state. The guide explains how to use the many types of records, such as rent-rolls, ledgers of the receiver general's office, mortgage certificates, proof of settlement statements, and reports of the sale of town lots. In addition, the volume includes: cross-references to microfilm copies; maps of settlement; illustrations of typical documents; a glossary of technical terms; and numerous bibliographies on related topics.
Download or read book William Penn written by Andrew R. Murphy and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It may surprise many that William Penn, who founded one of the thirteen original American colonies, spent just four years on American soil. Even more surprising, though, is Penn's remarkable impact on the fundamental principles of religious freedom on both sides of the Atlantic, especially given his tumultuous life: from his youthful radicalism as leader of the Quaker movement to his role as governor and proprietor of a major American colony; from royal courtier to alleged traitor to the Crown. In the first major biography of this important transatlantic figure in more than forty years, Andrew R. Murphy takes readers through the defiant and complex life of a religious dissenter, political theorist, and social activist.
Download or read book 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 written by M. L. Weems and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-24 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.
Download or read book LIFE OF WILLIAM PENN THE SETTL written by Mason Locke 1760?-1825 Weems and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lenape Country written by Jean R. Soderlund and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1631, when the Dutch tried to develop plantation agriculture in the Delaware Valley, the Lenape Indians destroyed the colony of Swanendael and killed its residents. The Natives and Dutch quickly negotiated peace, avoiding an extended war through diplomacy and trade. The Lenapes preserved their political sovereignty for the next fifty years as Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, and English colonists settled the Delaware Valley. The European outposts did not approach the size and strength of those in Virginia, New England, and New Netherland. Even after thousands of Quakers arrived in West New Jersey and Pennsylvania in the late 1670s and '80s, the region successfully avoided war for another seventy-five years. Lenape Country is a sweeping narrative history of the multiethnic society of the Delaware Valley in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. After Swanendael, the Natives, Swedes, and Finns avoided war by focusing on trade and forging strategic alliances in such events as the Dutch conquest, the Mercurius affair, the Long Swede conspiracy, and English attempts to seize land. Drawing on a wide range of sources, author Jean R. Soderlund demonstrates that the hallmarks of Delaware Valley society—commitment to personal freedom, religious liberty, peaceful resolution of conflict, and opposition to hierarchical government—began in the Delaware Valley not with Quaker ideals or the leadership of William Penn but with the Lenape Indians, whose culture played a key role in shaping Delaware Valley society. The first comprehensive account of the Lenape Indians and their encounters with European settlers before Pennsylvania's founding, Lenape Country places Native culture at the center of this part of North America.
Download or read book Peaceable Kingdom Lost written by Kevin Kenny and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-21 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Penn established Pennsylvania in 1682 as a "holy experiment" in which Europeans and Indians could live together in harmony. In this book, historian Kevin Kenny explains how this Peaceable Kingdom--benevolent, Quaker, pacifist--gradually disintegrated in the eighteenth century, with disastrous consequences for Native Americans. Kenny recounts how rapacious frontier settlers, most of them of Ulster extraction, began to encroach on Indian land as squatters, while William Penn's sons cast off their father's Quaker heritage and turned instead to fraud, intimidation, and eventually violence during the French and Indian War. In 1763, a group of frontier settlers known as the Paxton Boys exterminated the last twenty Conestogas, descendants of Indians who had lived peacefully since the 1690s on land donated by William Penn near Lancaster. Invoking the principle of "right of conquest," the Paxton Boys claimed after the massacres that the Conestogas' land was rightfully theirs. They set out for Philadelphia, threatening to sack the city unless their grievances were met. A delegation led by Benjamin Franklin met them and what followed was a war of words, with Quakers doing battle against Anglican and Presbyterian champions of the Paxton Boys. The killers were never prosecuted and the Pennsylvania frontier descended into anarchy in the late 1760s, with Indians the principal victims. The new order heralded by the Conestoga massacres was consummated during the American Revolution with the destruction of the Iroquois confederacy. At the end of the Revolutionary War, the United States confiscated the lands of Britain's Indian allies, basing its claim on the principle of "right of conquest." Based on extensive research in eighteenth-century primary sources, this engaging history offers an eye-opening look at how colonists--at first, the backwoods Paxton Boys but later the U.S. government--expropriated Native American lands, ending forever the dream of colonists and Indians living together in peace.
Download or read book An Essay Towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe written by William Penn and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book No Cross No Crown written by William Penn and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book William Penn and the Quaker Legacy written by John Moretta and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 2007 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book features: the integration of English history with Penn's personal struggles and accomplishments (and shows how specific events affected Penn and the Quakers); thorough coverage of the Quaker faith provides insight into Penn's motivations and actions; chapter-ending summaries provide a synopsis of important events in Penn's life and chart Penn's evolution from peaceful Quaker to profit-making colonizer; and study and discussion questions at the end of the book help students check their reading and comprehension. These questions may also be used to facilitate discussions in the classroom or student study groups."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book 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 written by M. L. Weems and published by Trieste Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. Our readers see the books the same way that their first readers did decades or a hundred or more years ago. Books from that period are often spoiled by imperfections that did not exist in the original. Imperfections could be in the form of blurred text, photographs, or missing pages. It is highly unlikely that this would occur with one of our books. Our extensive quality control ensures that the readers of Trieste Publishing's books will be delighted with their purchase. Our staff has thoroughly reviewed every page of all the books in the collection, repairing, or if necessary, rejecting titles that are not of the highest quality. This process ensures that the reader of one of Trieste Publishing's titles receives a volume that faithfully reproduces the original, and to the maximum degree possible, gives them the experience of owning the original work.We pride ourselves on not only creating a pathway to an extensive reservoir of books of the finest quality, but also providing value to every one of our readers. Generally, Trieste books are purchased singly - on demand, however they may also be purchased in bulk. Readers interested in bulk purchases are invited to contact us directly to enquire about our tailored bulk rates.
Download or read book The Storm Gathering written by Lorett Treese and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Penn (1644-1718) founded Pennysylvania in 1682 and governed it with permission from the British crown. He left Pennsylvania in 1701 and returned to England. His son, Thomas (1701/2-1775), came to Pennsylvania in 1732. Thomas' nephew, John Penn (1729-1795) arrived in 1734 and was appointed governor in 1763. Recounts the effects of the Revolution on the Penn family who had owned large portions of the colony.
Download or read book The Life of William Penn the Settler of Pennsylvania Etc written by Mason Locke WEEMS and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life of William Penn written by Mason Locke Weems and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Immigration of the Irish Quakers Into Pennsylvania 1682 1750 written by Albert Cook Myers and published by Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Company. This book was released on 1902 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here in one volume is combined a history of the Quakers in Ireland and in Pennsylvania--a work no less esteemed for its invaluable abstracts of genealogical source materials. The Appendix, comprising fully one-third of the volume, includes biographical sketches and abstracts of certificates of removal received at various monthly meetings, together providing such information as dates of birth, marriage and death, places of residence in Ireland, names of family members, dates of immigration, and places of residence in Pennsylvania.