| Author | Penn, William, 1644-1718.
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| 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 ... / London, Printed and sold by A. Sowle, 1683.
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| Published | [Tottenham : Re-printed by J. Coleman, 1881]
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| Description | 24 p. : fold. plan. ; 29 cm.
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| General Note | 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.
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| Subjects | Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania -- Description and travel.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Description and travel.
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| Other Titles | Coleman's reprint of William Penn's original proposal and plan for the founding ... of Philadelphia
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| LC Card Number | 04-7977 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: Penn family
mq245622: Family histories, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 147573] |
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