The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742; : with an introduction, respecting, the life of the late W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers; --with the first rise of the neighbouring colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey, and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware. : To which is added, a brief description of the said province, and of the general state, in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760 and 1770. : The whole including a variety of things, useful and interesting to be known, respecting that country in early time, &c. : With an appendix. / Written principally between the years 1776 and 1780, by Robert Proud. ; [Four lines of quotations in Latin] ; Volume I[-II].
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- The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742; : with an introduction, respecting, the life of the late W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers; --with the first rise of the neighbouring colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey, and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware. : To which is added, a brief description of the said province, and of the general state, in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760 and 1770. : The whole including a variety of things, useful and interesting to be known, respecting that country in early time, &c. : With an appendix. / Written principally between the years 1776 and 1780, by Robert Proud. ; [Four lines of quotations in Latin] ; Volume I[-II].
- Author
- Proud, Robert, 1728-1813.
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- Philadelphia: :: Printed and sold by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, number eighty, Chesnut-Street.,
- 1797[-1798].
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- Penn, William, 1644-1718.
- Penn, William, 1644-1718 -- Portraits.
- Society of Friends.
- Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- New Jersey -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- New Sweden -- History.
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"The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742; : with an introduction, respecting, the life of the late W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers; --with the first rise of the neighbouring colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey, and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware. : To which is added, a brief description of the said province, and of the general state, in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760 and 1770. : The whole including a variety of things, useful and interesting to be known, respecting that country in early time, &c. : With an appendix. / Written principally between the years 1776 and 1780, by Robert Proud. ; [Four lines of quotations in Latin] ; Volume I[-II]." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N25882.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.
Contents
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- title page
- THE HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA.
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A VIEW OF THE Province of Pennsylvania, AND OF THE State in which it flourished, chiefly between the years 1760 and 1770: COMPREHENDING FOUR PARTS.
- PART I.
- PART II.
- PART III.
- PART IV.
- CONCLUSION.
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Extract from two short Latin poems, inscribed to
James Logan, Esquire, byThomas Makin; one of which is dated1728, the other1729; the former is intitled,"Encomium Pennsylvaniae;" the latter, which is here principally retained,"In laudes Pensilvaniae poema, seu, descriptio Pensilvaniae:" found amongJames Logan 's pa|pers, many years after his disease: they seem to have been written chiefly for amusement in his old age, &c.
- APPENDIX TO THE History of Pennsylvania. PART I.
- APPENDIX TO THE History of Pennsylvania. PART II.
- INDEX TO THE History of Pennsylvania. VOLUME II.
- APPENDIX.
- ERRATA and EMENDATA in this Volume, viz.