Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 7R.H. Whitten Company, 1906 |
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Page 26
... Penn with his am- bitious father , were long and bitter . He was beaten and turned out of doors by his angry parent , then taken back by the erratic but kind - hearted father and sent to France to be lured with gayety and dazzled with ...
... Penn with his am- bitious father , were long and bitter . He was beaten and turned out of doors by his angry parent , then taken back by the erratic but kind - hearted father and sent to France to be lured with gayety and dazzled with ...
Page 27
... Penn was only twenty - four years of age . A great many Friends had emigrated to America , and two had become proprietors of New Jersey . The first event that drew Penn's particular attention to America was when he was called upon to ...
... Penn was only twenty - four years of age . A great many Friends had emigrated to America , and two had become proprietors of New Jersey . The first event that drew Penn's particular attention to America was when he was called upon to ...
Page 28
... Penn to Sylva- nia in the document . William Penn protested against the use of his name , as he had no ambition to be thus distinguished , and offered to pay the secretary if he would leave it out . This he refused to do , and Penn next ...
... Penn to Sylva- nia in the document . William Penn protested against the use of his name , as he had no ambition to be thus distinguished , and offered to pay the secretary if he would leave it out . This he refused to do , and Penn next ...
Page 29
... Penn drew up a code of laws for the government of the colony , that were wise , liberal and benevolent , and next year sent them to the settlers in Pennsylvania for their approval . William Penn soon discovered that his colony was ...
... Penn drew up a code of laws for the government of the colony , that were wise , liberal and benevolent , and next year sent them to the settlers in Pennsylvania for their approval . William Penn soon discovered that his colony was ...
Page 30
... Penn and his descendants a dispute with the proprietors of Maryland , which might seem incompatible with the views of Quak- ers . William Penn , in honor of the duke , at- tempted to change the name of Cape Henlopen to Cape James ; but ...
... Penn and his descendants a dispute with the proprietors of Maryland , which might seem incompatible with the views of Quak- ers . William Penn , in honor of the duke , at- tempted to change the name of Cape Henlopen to Cape James ; but ...
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