The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Daily entries from the 17th century London diary

William Penn

1893 text

The celebrated Quaker, and founder of Pennsylvania.

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Phil   Link to this

Son of Sir William http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/619/ and founder of the state of Pennsylvania.

He was a Quaker and this page has some more information about him from that angle and links to some of his writings: http://www.quakerinfo.com/quakpenn.shtml

Much more at the Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penn

vicente   Link to this

from the above
William Penn (October 14, 1644

vicenzo   Link to this

Thanks to JWB for this, the tryal of William Penn and WM: Mead. A must Read for it is the first known time that a Jurie fought the Judge, as they did not agree with 'is Laudship and Saintly opinion.http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/twpwm10h.htm

Terry F   Link to this

William Penn, Sir William's son
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penn

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