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1 M. L. Weems, The Life of William Penn, the Settler of Pennsylvania, the Founder of Philadelphia, and One of the First Lawgivers in the Colonies, Now United States, in 1682 1 (1836)

handle is hein.lbr/lfwip0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE LIFE OF WILLIAM PENN TIlE SETTLER OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE FOUNDER OF PHILADELPHIA, AND ONE OF THE FIRST LAWGIVERS IN THE COLONIES, NOW UNITED STATES, IN 1682. CONTAINING ALSO, HIS CELEBRATED TREATY WITH THE INDIANS-HIS PURCHASE OF THEIR COUNTRY-VALUABLE ANECDOTES OF ADMIRAL PENN-ALSO OF KING CHARLES II., KING JAMES II., KING WILLIAM, AND QUEEN ANNE, IN WHOSE REIGNS WILLIAM PENN LIVED-CURIOUS CIRCUM- STANCES THAT LED HIM TO BECOME A QUAKER-WITH A VIEW OF THE ADMIRABLE TRAITS IN THE CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE CALLED FRIENDS OR QUAKERS, WHO HAVE DONE SO MUCH TC MELIORATE THE CONDITION OF SUFFERING HUMANITY. BY M. L. WEEMS, Author of the Life of Washington, &c. Character of William Penn, by .Jtontesquieu. William Penn is a real Lycurgus. And though the former made PEACE his principal aim, as thejatter did WAR: yet they resemble one another in the singl- lar Way of living to which they reduced their people-in the astonishing ascendant they gained over freemen; and in the strong passions which they subdued. Character of William Penn, by Edmund Brke. , William Penn, as a legislator, deserves immortal thanks from the whole world. 'Tis pleasing to do honour to those great men whose virtues and ffenerosity have contributed to the peopling of the earth, and to the Freedom and Happiness of mankind; and who have preferred the interest of a remote posterity ad times one known, to their own fortune, and to the quiet and security of their own lives. 1)Ijilbclpbfa: PUBLISHED BY URIAH HUNT, No. 101 MARKET ST., AND SOLD BY THE BOOKSELLERS GENERALLY THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. Stetypsd by L. hohnon. 1836.

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