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29 Oct 09
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se, as the founder of Pennsylvania. He is also known as a famous Quaker and for his 'Great Treaty' with the Delaware. What is 'known' however, is often obscured by myth. For example, Penn did not name his colony after himself (as he feared would be assumed), but after his recently departed father. He had wanted to call the colony 'New Wales' or 'Sylvania' but King Charles II intervened, suggesting instead 'Pennsylvania'. It was
the father after all, who left Penn his wealth, including the King's debt to him--which Charles II paid in full with a hefty chunk of New World land. Also, Penn only became a Quaker in his twenties, shortly after posing for his only painted portrait--the one with the lad in a full suit of armor. Peace-loving indeed. Yet peace is what he was loved an -
Penn's holy experiment was firstly his plan, and secondly idealistic to the point of utopianism. He wanted to establish a society that was godly, virtuous and exemplary for all of humanity.
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n, of course, as the founder of Pennsylvania. He is also known as a famou
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He wanted to establish a society that was godly, virtuous and exemplary for all of humanity.
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Penn was born October 14, 1644 to Anglican parents, Admiral Sir William Penn and Margaret Jasper.
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In order to raise some funds he called in a debt owed his father by Charles II. On March 4, 1681 he obtained the charter for Pennsylvania, [and in August 1682 he gained the rights to Delaware from his friend James, the Duke of York.]
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23 Apr 06
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William Penn, Proprietor
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William Penn is known, of course, as the founder of Pennsylvania. He is also known as a famous Quaker and for his 'Great Treaty' with the Delaware. What is 'known' however, is often obscured by myth. For example, Penn did not name his colony after himself (as he feared would be assumed), but after his recently departed father. He had wanted to call the colony 'New Wales' or 'Sylvania' but King Charles II intervened, suggesting instead 'Pennsylvania'. It was
the father after all, who left Penn his wealth, including the King's debt to him--which Charles II paid in full with a hefty chunk of New World land. Also, Penn only became a Quaker in his twenties, shortly after posing for his only painted portrait--the one with the lad in a full suit of armor. Peace-loving indeed. Yet peace is what he was loved and memorialized for, especially for his treaty with the Leni Lenape (Delaware). "I desire to gain your Love annd Friendship by a kind, Just and Peaceable Life" he wrote to them from England. And he followed up with that desire with his "holy experiment."
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