Subject | • | Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania | [X] | | • | Pennsylvania -- Description and travel | [X] | | • | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Description and travel | [X] |
| | Book | Save | | 1 | Title: | A letter from William Penn, proprietary and governour of Pennsylvania in America, to the committee of the Free Society of Traders of that province, residing in London: containing a general description of the said province ... of the natives or aborigines ... of the first planters, the Dutch, & c ... to which is added, an account of the city of Philadelphia newly laid out
| | | | Creator: | Penn, William, 1644-1718 | | | | Publication: | Re-printed by J. Coleman, Tottenham,1881] | | | | Notes: | Title on wrapper: Coleman's re-print of William Penn's original proposal and plan for the founding & building of Philadelphia ... Includes (p. 10-14) the catalogue of lot-holders in Philadelphia, wanting in many copies of the original. An appendix (p. [15]-24) added to the Letter by the publisher, Mr. Coleman, contains an address "To the representatives of the free-men of ... Pennsylvania ... 1692", a list of landholders of the period 1720-30, a list of proprietary tracts or manors in the province (undated), a short description of Philadelphia and a list of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, 1776. | | | | Call #: | Penn family | | | | Extent: | 24 p. : fold. plan. ; 29 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania -- Description and travel | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Description and travel
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