William Penn: A Life, Hardcover - Andrew R. Murphy

DescriptionOn March 4, 1681, King Charles II granted William Penn a charter for a new American colony. Pennsylvania was to be, in its founder's wor...

William Penn (1644-1718) - Quaker activist, theorist of liberty of conscience, and colonial founder and proprietor - played a central role in the m...

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