William Penn Classic Reprint

Author : Frank Willing Leach
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428935955
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Certain Black-Letter Days in the Life of William Penn (Classic Reprint) written by Frank Willing Leach and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Certain Black-Letter Days in the Life of William Penn IN dwelling upon the Colonial history of Pennsylvania, the mind's vision covers a radius of practically a century, or, from the time certain of the early colonists in West New Jersey gravitated across the Delaware into what is now Bucks county, say, in 1677 or 1678, until the Declaration of Independence, in 1776. It was an eventful, formative period, and many notable characters appeared upon the public stage, from time to time, as dominating factors in the scheme of evolutionary development. Chief among these, however, stands out conspicuously the forerunner of them all, the great governmental path finder, except for whose foresight, zeal, and determination there would have been no subsequent history to narrate. It has occurred to me to present, not a perfunctory bio graphical sketch of William Penn, but certain of the more notable incidents in his career, particularly those phases of his life which had a more or less direct bearing upon, or were largely influenced by, his identification with the common wealth founded by him. For reasons of my own I shall give my paper this some what uninviting title: Certain black-letter Events in the Life of William Penn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.