William Penn (October 14, 1644 - July 30, 1718) founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony that became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Well ahead of his time, Penn wrote and urged for a Union of all the English colonies in what was to become the United States of America. The democratic principles that he set forth in the Pennsylvania Frame of Government served as an inspiration for the United States Constitution. Wikipedia
A History of Pennsylvania, 1905 A wonderful book on the history of Pennsylvania from 1905 when this state was the powerhouse of the United States. www.antiquebooks.net/readpage.html#penn
... J. Forrest Introduction Penn in the U.S. Capitol Penn and the Indians Penn Plans the City Further Reading... xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/PENN/pnhome.html
Penn, more than any other individual founder or colonist, proved to be the chosen vessel through which the stream of demand for respect for individual rights was to flow so richly into our American reservoir of precious ideals. www.pym.org/exhibit/p078.html
The definitive Wikipedia entry for William Penn. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penn
Summary of life of William Penn, prominent early Quaker, proprietor of Pennsylvania, and advocate of religious freedom. Includes key links to writings by and about Penn. www.quakerinfo.com/quakpenn.shtml
WILLIAM PENN AND HIS GOVERNMENT. AFTER the Restoration of the Stuarts the attention of the court as well as the people of England was directed in a much larger measure than formerly to the American colonies. www.accessible.com/amcnty/DE/Delaware/delaware8.htm
This produced in the mind of the latter a violent animosity to Friends, of whom he spoke in the harshest terms, saying they held most erroneous and damnable doctrines, and William Penn he publicly stigmatized as a Jesuit. www.gwyneddfriends.org/penntower.html
Quaker Volunteer Service and Training Friendly FolkDancers William Penn House Jeanes Hospital - a Quaker Acute Care Hospital in Philadelphia. www.quaker.org/
