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The Delawares called William Penn _Miquon_, in their own language, though they seem to have adopted the name given him by the
Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733 Various 1885
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The Delawares called William Penn _Miquon_, in their own language, though they seem to have adopted the name given him by the Iroquois, _Onas_; both which terms signify a quill or pen.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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Trying to find Kesslerville is like a city slicker looking to find William Penn, which is only a stone's throw from Lost Creek.
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"William Penn" and other friends in Washington were most vigilant, and knew where to find passengers who were daily thirsting for deliverance.
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"William Penn," he cited the sixteen treaties in which the nation had pledged its faith to defend the Cherokees in the possession of their lands, and set the whole case before the people as well as the government.
A History of American Christianity Leonard Woolsey Bacon 1868
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In 1809 William Penn, the great-grandson of the founder of Pennsylvania, married a woman known in Philadelphia as “a common Prostitute of this city” and did not lose his standing among the local elite.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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William Penn, the founder of the province of Pennsylvania, attacked pleasure generally and dancing specifically in his treatises The Frame of Government (1682) and No Crown, No Cross (1697), which are widely considered to be the blueprints for the Constitution and, according to the eminent historian Bernard Bailyn, “could hardly have been more clearly fundamental, more manifestly constituent, in nature” to the American national system.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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The name was chosen by William Penn who, in addition to being a Quaker, had also studied Latin and Greek.
George Heymont: Isn't It Bromantic? (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2011
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The name was chosen by William Penn who, in addition to being a Quaker, had also studied Latin and Greek.
George Heymont: Isn't It Bromantic? (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2011
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The name was chosen by William Penn who, in addition to being a Quaker, had also studied Latin and Greek.
George Heymont: Isn't It Bromantic? (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2011
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