A brief account of the province of Pennsylvania, lately granted by the King, under the great seal of England to William Penn and his heirs and assigns

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Title
A brief account of the province of Pennsylvania, lately granted by the King, under the great seal of England to William Penn and his heirs and assigns
Author
Penn, William, 1644-1718.
Publication
[London :: Printed for Benjamin Clark ...,
1681?]
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Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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"A brief account of the province of Pennsylvania, lately granted by the King, under the great seal of England to William Penn and his heirs and assigns." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A54104.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

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I. The KING'S Title to this Country before he granted it.

It is the Jus Gentium, or Law of Nations, that what ever Waste, or uncul∣ted Country, is the Discovery of any Prince, it is the right of that Prince that was at the Charge of the Discovery: Now this Province is a Member of that part of America, which the King of Englands Ancestors have been at the Charge of Discovering, and which they and he have taken great care to preserve and Improve.

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A Map of Some of the South and east bounds of PENNSYLVANIA in America being parly Inhabited. Sold by John Thornton at the Signe of England Scotland and Ireland in the Minories, and by John Setler at his Shop in Popes head Alley in Cornhill LONDON.

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