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Founder and "Absolute Proprietor" of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future U.S. state of Pennsylvania; an early champion of democracy and religious freedom and famous for his treaty with the Lenape Indians |
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Works about Penn [edit]
- “Penn, William (1644-1718),” in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885-1900) in 63 vols.
- “Penn, William,” Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1900.
- “Penn, William” in The Nuttall Encyclopædia by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd., 1907.
- “Penn, William” in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1910.
- “Penn, William (English Quaker)” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
- “Penn, William,” Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P.F. Collier & Son Co., 1921.
- William Penn by John Greenleaf Whittier
- “The story of a young Quaker,” in The Coming of the White Men by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade
- Public Law 98-516, enacted October 19, 1984, by the 98th Congress of the United States
- Proclamation 5284, 28 November 1984, by Ronald Reagan