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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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 May 1, 2024.

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V. Of the present Inhabitants.

That part of the Country which is at all Inhabited, is at the head of Chesa∣peak Bay, and on the West side of Delaware River, they are by Nation, Sweeds, Dutch, English, who are capable of giving Entertainment to New Commers, till they can provide for themselves.

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