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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 l682 : 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
- Title
- The life of William Penn [electronic resource] : the settler of Pennsylvania, the founder of Philadelphia, and one of the first lawgivers in the colonies, now United States, in l682 : 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 / by M.L. Weems.
- Author
- Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke), 1759-1825.
- Publication
- Philadelphia : H. C. Carey and I. Lea, 1822.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 219 p.; 18 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- Reproduction of original from Yale University Libraries.
- Sabin no. 102490.
- Indexed In (note)
- RLIN
- Reproduction (note)
- Electronic reproduction.
- Contents
- Character of William Penn / Edmund Burke -- Montesquieu on Penn.
- OCLC
- CTRG06-B248
- Author
- Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke), 1759-1825.
- Title
- The life of William Penn [electronic resource] : the settler of Pennsylvania, the founder of Philadelphia, and one of the first lawgivers in the colonies, now United States, in l682 : 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 / by M.L. Weems.
- Imprint
- Philadelphia : H. C. Carey and I. Lea, 1822.
- Indexed In:
- RLIN, CTRG06-B248
- Reproduction
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755.