Penn offered for sale initially fifty blocks of land, each of which contained 10,000 acres. Items in the Worthopedia® are obtained exclusively from licensors and partners solely for our members’ research needs. Pomfret writes, “William Penn disposed of blocks of 5,000 acres to his relatives, the Peningtons, the Lowthers, the Crispins, William Markham, and Richard Penn; to outside friends like Petty and Ingoldsby; and to close associates, such as Philip Ford, Thomas Rudyard, James Harrison, and Thomas Holme. In 1776, President of Congress John Hancock Orders the Urgent Purchase of Munitions to Bolster the Invasion of Canada.
In 1699 Penn, his wife, and his secretary, James Logan, returned to the province. These tracts were quickly followed by eight others, all of which were printed before the end of September 1681. Land and other records for this area may be in the archives of these countries (Sweden, The Netherlands, and England) and in New York (see New York Land … After less than two years Penn’s affairs in England demanded his presence, and he left the province in 1701, never to see it again. General William T. Sherman Intervenes to Assist the Family of Noted Portrait Artist Chester Harding Place His Work With the U.S. Government, Very Rare Oversize World War II Date Signed Photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Penn lingered on, virtually helpless, until 1718, his wife undertaking to manage his proprietary affairs.
As land sold at the rate of £100 for 5,000 acres, the large purchasers paid £100 or more; the medium-sized purchaser paid £20 for 1,000 acres; while the small purchaser paid £10 for 500 acres or half that sum for 250. William Penn Grants One of the Original Plots of Land in Pennsylvania to His Niece and Nephew. William Penn (1666) from Wikimedia Commons.
Pennsylvania records show that by two deeds dated 23 October 1681, William Penn granted to William Lowther and Margret Lowther jointly, and to John and Ann Sharlot Lowther jointly, his nieces and nephews, each 5,000 acres per group of two.
And counter signed by Thomas Lloyd, Benjamin Griffith and Thomas Coxe. In a series of treaties based on mutual trust, he established good relations with the Delaware Indians. The democratic principles that he set forth in the Pennsylvania Frame of Government served as an inspiration for the United States Constitution.
Overall size 22" x 18".
The document gives the parties as, “William Penn of Warminghurst in the County of Sussex, Esq., on the one part, and John Lowther and Ann Sharlot Lowther, two of the children of Anthony Lowther, Esq., by Margaret his wife”, and grants them “5,000 acres bounded by the Delaware River”.
But the Act of Toleration (1689), passed after James’s abdication, finally established the principle for which Penn had laboured so long and faithfully. Relations with the home government were strained by the Quakers’ conscientious refusal to provide military defense. In 1681 Penn and 11 other Quakers bought the proprietary rights to East New Jersey from the widow of Sir John Carteret.
To pay expenses and realize a profit from his enterprise, Penn had to sell land. This confirms an early source that states that Penn’s sister’s family received 10,000 acres of land in Pennsylvania. With the accession of his friend the duke of York as James II in 1685, Penn found himself in a position of great influence at court, whereby he was able to have hundreds of Quakers, as well as political prisoners such as John Locke, released from prison. In 1681 Penn told prospective Pennsylvania colonists, “You shall be governed by laws of your own making, and live a free and, if you will, a sober and industrious people. The estate given to John and Ann Charlotte came to be known as the Manor of Carlton, in Germantown, now part of Philadelphia. Penn himself sailed in the Welcome for Pennsylvania late in 1682, leaving his family behind, and found his experiment already well under way.
As further evidence of his sincerity he refused, in September 1681, the offer of £6,000 from a Maryland group for a tract of 30,000 acres and a monopoly of the Indian trade within the area from the Delaware to the Susquehanna.
Upon receiving his grant for Pennsylvania from King Charles II in March 1681, William Penn immediately set about attracting investors and settlers. Founding and governorship of Pennsylvania, Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Baltimore, David Nash Ford's Berkshirehistory - Biography of William Penn, UShistory.org - Biography of William Penn, William Penn - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11), William Penn - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up).
Penn offered for sale initially fifty blocks of land, each of which contained 10,000 acres. Items in the Worthopedia® are obtained exclusively from licensors and partners solely for our members’ research needs. Pomfret writes, “William Penn disposed of blocks of 5,000 acres to his relatives, the Peningtons, the Lowthers, the Crispins, William Markham, and Richard Penn; to outside friends like Petty and Ingoldsby; and to close associates, such as Philip Ford, Thomas Rudyard, James Harrison, and Thomas Holme. In 1776, President of Congress John Hancock Orders the Urgent Purchase of Munitions to Bolster the Invasion of Canada.
In 1699 Penn, his wife, and his secretary, James Logan, returned to the province. These tracts were quickly followed by eight others, all of which were printed before the end of September 1681. Land and other records for this area may be in the archives of these countries (Sweden, The Netherlands, and England) and in New York (see New York Land … After less than two years Penn’s affairs in England demanded his presence, and he left the province in 1701, never to see it again. General William T. Sherman Intervenes to Assist the Family of Noted Portrait Artist Chester Harding Place His Work With the U.S. Government, Very Rare Oversize World War II Date Signed Photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Penn lingered on, virtually helpless, until 1718, his wife undertaking to manage his proprietary affairs.
As land sold at the rate of £100 for 5,000 acres, the large purchasers paid £100 or more; the medium-sized purchaser paid £20 for 1,000 acres; while the small purchaser paid £10 for 500 acres or half that sum for 250. William Penn Grants One of the Original Plots of Land in Pennsylvania to His Niece and Nephew. William Penn (1666) from Wikimedia Commons.
Pennsylvania records show that by two deeds dated 23 October 1681, William Penn granted to William Lowther and Margret Lowther jointly, and to John and Ann Sharlot Lowther jointly, his nieces and nephews, each 5,000 acres per group of two.
And counter signed by Thomas Lloyd, Benjamin Griffith and Thomas Coxe. In a series of treaties based on mutual trust, he established good relations with the Delaware Indians. The democratic principles that he set forth in the Pennsylvania Frame of Government served as an inspiration for the United States Constitution.
Overall size 22" x 18".
The document gives the parties as, “William Penn of Warminghurst in the County of Sussex, Esq., on the one part, and John Lowther and Ann Sharlot Lowther, two of the children of Anthony Lowther, Esq., by Margaret his wife”, and grants them “5,000 acres bounded by the Delaware River”.
But the Act of Toleration (1689), passed after James’s abdication, finally established the principle for which Penn had laboured so long and faithfully. Relations with the home government were strained by the Quakers’ conscientious refusal to provide military defense. In 1681 Penn and 11 other Quakers bought the proprietary rights to East New Jersey from the widow of Sir John Carteret.
To pay expenses and realize a profit from his enterprise, Penn had to sell land. This confirms an early source that states that Penn’s sister’s family received 10,000 acres of land in Pennsylvania. With the accession of his friend the duke of York as James II in 1685, Penn found himself in a position of great influence at court, whereby he was able to have hundreds of Quakers, as well as political prisoners such as John Locke, released from prison. In 1681 Penn told prospective Pennsylvania colonists, “You shall be governed by laws of your own making, and live a free and, if you will, a sober and industrious people. The estate given to John and Ann Charlotte came to be known as the Manor of Carlton, in Germantown, now part of Philadelphia. Penn himself sailed in the Welcome for Pennsylvania late in 1682, leaving his family behind, and found his experiment already well under way.
As further evidence of his sincerity he refused, in September 1681, the offer of £6,000 from a Maryland group for a tract of 30,000 acres and a monopoly of the Indian trade within the area from the Delaware to the Susquehanna.
Upon receiving his grant for Pennsylvania from King Charles II in March 1681, William Penn immediately set about attracting investors and settlers. Founding and governorship of Pennsylvania, Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Baltimore, David Nash Ford's Berkshirehistory - Biography of William Penn, UShistory.org - Biography of William Penn, William Penn - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11), William Penn - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up).
Penn offered for sale initially fifty blocks of land, each of which contained 10,000 acres. Items in the Worthopedia® are obtained exclusively from licensors and partners solely for our members’ research needs. Pomfret writes, “William Penn disposed of blocks of 5,000 acres to his relatives, the Peningtons, the Lowthers, the Crispins, William Markham, and Richard Penn; to outside friends like Petty and Ingoldsby; and to close associates, such as Philip Ford, Thomas Rudyard, James Harrison, and Thomas Holme. In 1776, President of Congress John Hancock Orders the Urgent Purchase of Munitions to Bolster the Invasion of Canada.
In 1699 Penn, his wife, and his secretary, James Logan, returned to the province. These tracts were quickly followed by eight others, all of which were printed before the end of September 1681. Land and other records for this area may be in the archives of these countries (Sweden, The Netherlands, and England) and in New York (see New York Land … After less than two years Penn’s affairs in England demanded his presence, and he left the province in 1701, never to see it again. General William T. Sherman Intervenes to Assist the Family of Noted Portrait Artist Chester Harding Place His Work With the U.S. Government, Very Rare Oversize World War II Date Signed Photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Penn lingered on, virtually helpless, until 1718, his wife undertaking to manage his proprietary affairs.
As land sold at the rate of £100 for 5,000 acres, the large purchasers paid £100 or more; the medium-sized purchaser paid £20 for 1,000 acres; while the small purchaser paid £10 for 500 acres or half that sum for 250. William Penn Grants One of the Original Plots of Land in Pennsylvania to His Niece and Nephew. William Penn (1666) from Wikimedia Commons.
Pennsylvania records show that by two deeds dated 23 October 1681, William Penn granted to William Lowther and Margret Lowther jointly, and to John and Ann Sharlot Lowther jointly, his nieces and nephews, each 5,000 acres per group of two.
And counter signed by Thomas Lloyd, Benjamin Griffith and Thomas Coxe. In a series of treaties based on mutual trust, he established good relations with the Delaware Indians. The democratic principles that he set forth in the Pennsylvania Frame of Government served as an inspiration for the United States Constitution.
Overall size 22" x 18".
The document gives the parties as, “William Penn of Warminghurst in the County of Sussex, Esq., on the one part, and John Lowther and Ann Sharlot Lowther, two of the children of Anthony Lowther, Esq., by Margaret his wife”, and grants them “5,000 acres bounded by the Delaware River”.
But the Act of Toleration (1689), passed after James’s abdication, finally established the principle for which Penn had laboured so long and faithfully. Relations with the home government were strained by the Quakers’ conscientious refusal to provide military defense. In 1681 Penn and 11 other Quakers bought the proprietary rights to East New Jersey from the widow of Sir John Carteret.
To pay expenses and realize a profit from his enterprise, Penn had to sell land. This confirms an early source that states that Penn’s sister’s family received 10,000 acres of land in Pennsylvania. With the accession of his friend the duke of York as James II in 1685, Penn found himself in a position of great influence at court, whereby he was able to have hundreds of Quakers, as well as political prisoners such as John Locke, released from prison. In 1681 Penn told prospective Pennsylvania colonists, “You shall be governed by laws of your own making, and live a free and, if you will, a sober and industrious people. The estate given to John and Ann Charlotte came to be known as the Manor of Carlton, in Germantown, now part of Philadelphia. Penn himself sailed in the Welcome for Pennsylvania late in 1682, leaving his family behind, and found his experiment already well under way.
As further evidence of his sincerity he refused, in September 1681, the offer of £6,000 from a Maryland group for a tract of 30,000 acres and a monopoly of the Indian trade within the area from the Delaware to the Susquehanna.
Upon receiving his grant for Pennsylvania from King Charles II in March 1681, William Penn immediately set about attracting investors and settlers. Founding and governorship of Pennsylvania, Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Baltimore, David Nash Ford's Berkshirehistory - Biography of William Penn, UShistory.org - Biography of William Penn, William Penn - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11), William Penn - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up).
Penn offered for sale initially fifty blocks of land, each of which contained 10,000 acres. Items in the Worthopedia® are obtained exclusively from licensors and partners solely for our members’ research needs. Pomfret writes, “William Penn disposed of blocks of 5,000 acres to his relatives, the Peningtons, the Lowthers, the Crispins, William Markham, and Richard Penn; to outside friends like Petty and Ingoldsby; and to close associates, such as Philip Ford, Thomas Rudyard, James Harrison, and Thomas Holme. In 1776, President of Congress John Hancock Orders the Urgent Purchase of Munitions to Bolster the Invasion of Canada.
In 1699 Penn, his wife, and his secretary, James Logan, returned to the province. These tracts were quickly followed by eight others, all of which were printed before the end of September 1681. Land and other records for this area may be in the archives of these countries (Sweden, The Netherlands, and England) and in New York (see New York Land … After less than two years Penn’s affairs in England demanded his presence, and he left the province in 1701, never to see it again. General William T. Sherman Intervenes to Assist the Family of Noted Portrait Artist Chester Harding Place His Work With the U.S. Government, Very Rare Oversize World War II Date Signed Photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Penn lingered on, virtually helpless, until 1718, his wife undertaking to manage his proprietary affairs.
As land sold at the rate of £100 for 5,000 acres, the large purchasers paid £100 or more; the medium-sized purchaser paid £20 for 1,000 acres; while the small purchaser paid £10 for 500 acres or half that sum for 250. William Penn Grants One of the Original Plots of Land in Pennsylvania to His Niece and Nephew. William Penn (1666) from Wikimedia Commons.
Pennsylvania records show that by two deeds dated 23 October 1681, William Penn granted to William Lowther and Margret Lowther jointly, and to John and Ann Sharlot Lowther jointly, his nieces and nephews, each 5,000 acres per group of two.
And counter signed by Thomas Lloyd, Benjamin Griffith and Thomas Coxe. In a series of treaties based on mutual trust, he established good relations with the Delaware Indians. The democratic principles that he set forth in the Pennsylvania Frame of Government served as an inspiration for the United States Constitution.
Overall size 22" x 18".
The document gives the parties as, “William Penn of Warminghurst in the County of Sussex, Esq., on the one part, and John Lowther and Ann Sharlot Lowther, two of the children of Anthony Lowther, Esq., by Margaret his wife”, and grants them “5,000 acres bounded by the Delaware River”.
But the Act of Toleration (1689), passed after James’s abdication, finally established the principle for which Penn had laboured so long and faithfully. Relations with the home government were strained by the Quakers’ conscientious refusal to provide military defense. In 1681 Penn and 11 other Quakers bought the proprietary rights to East New Jersey from the widow of Sir John Carteret.
To pay expenses and realize a profit from his enterprise, Penn had to sell land. This confirms an early source that states that Penn’s sister’s family received 10,000 acres of land in Pennsylvania. With the accession of his friend the duke of York as James II in 1685, Penn found himself in a position of great influence at court, whereby he was able to have hundreds of Quakers, as well as political prisoners such as John Locke, released from prison. In 1681 Penn told prospective Pennsylvania colonists, “You shall be governed by laws of your own making, and live a free and, if you will, a sober and industrious people. The estate given to John and Ann Charlotte came to be known as the Manor of Carlton, in Germantown, now part of Philadelphia. Penn himself sailed in the Welcome for Pennsylvania late in 1682, leaving his family behind, and found his experiment already well under way.
As further evidence of his sincerity he refused, in September 1681, the offer of £6,000 from a Maryland group for a tract of 30,000 acres and a monopoly of the Indian trade within the area from the Delaware to the Susquehanna.
Upon receiving his grant for Pennsylvania from King Charles II in March 1681, William Penn immediately set about attracting investors and settlers. Founding and governorship of Pennsylvania, Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Baltimore, David Nash Ford's Berkshirehistory - Biography of William Penn, UShistory.org - Biography of William Penn, William Penn - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11), William Penn - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up).
Penn offered for sale initially fifty blocks of land, each of which contained 10,000 acres. Items in the Worthopedia® are obtained exclusively from licensors and partners solely for our members’ research needs. Pomfret writes, “William Penn disposed of blocks of 5,000 acres to his relatives, the Peningtons, the Lowthers, the Crispins, William Markham, and Richard Penn; to outside friends like Petty and Ingoldsby; and to close associates, such as Philip Ford, Thomas Rudyard, James Harrison, and Thomas Holme. In 1776, President of Congress John Hancock Orders the Urgent Purchase of Munitions to Bolster the Invasion of Canada.
In 1699 Penn, his wife, and his secretary, James Logan, returned to the province. These tracts were quickly followed by eight others, all of which were printed before the end of September 1681. Land and other records for this area may be in the archives of these countries (Sweden, The Netherlands, and England) and in New York (see New York Land … After less than two years Penn’s affairs in England demanded his presence, and he left the province in 1701, never to see it again. General William T. Sherman Intervenes to Assist the Family of Noted Portrait Artist Chester Harding Place His Work With the U.S. Government, Very Rare Oversize World War II Date Signed Photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Penn lingered on, virtually helpless, until 1718, his wife undertaking to manage his proprietary affairs.
As land sold at the rate of £100 for 5,000 acres, the large purchasers paid £100 or more; the medium-sized purchaser paid £20 for 1,000 acres; while the small purchaser paid £10 for 500 acres or half that sum for 250. William Penn Grants One of the Original Plots of Land in Pennsylvania to His Niece and Nephew. William Penn (1666) from Wikimedia Commons.
Pennsylvania records show that by two deeds dated 23 October 1681, William Penn granted to William Lowther and Margret Lowther jointly, and to John and Ann Sharlot Lowther jointly, his nieces and nephews, each 5,000 acres per group of two.
And counter signed by Thomas Lloyd, Benjamin Griffith and Thomas Coxe. In a series of treaties based on mutual trust, he established good relations with the Delaware Indians. The democratic principles that he set forth in the Pennsylvania Frame of Government served as an inspiration for the United States Constitution.
Overall size 22" x 18".
The document gives the parties as, “William Penn of Warminghurst in the County of Sussex, Esq., on the one part, and John Lowther and Ann Sharlot Lowther, two of the children of Anthony Lowther, Esq., by Margaret his wife”, and grants them “5,000 acres bounded by the Delaware River”.
But the Act of Toleration (1689), passed after James’s abdication, finally established the principle for which Penn had laboured so long and faithfully. Relations with the home government were strained by the Quakers’ conscientious refusal to provide military defense. In 1681 Penn and 11 other Quakers bought the proprietary rights to East New Jersey from the widow of Sir John Carteret.
To pay expenses and realize a profit from his enterprise, Penn had to sell land. This confirms an early source that states that Penn’s sister’s family received 10,000 acres of land in Pennsylvania. With the accession of his friend the duke of York as James II in 1685, Penn found himself in a position of great influence at court, whereby he was able to have hundreds of Quakers, as well as political prisoners such as John Locke, released from prison. In 1681 Penn told prospective Pennsylvania colonists, “You shall be governed by laws of your own making, and live a free and, if you will, a sober and industrious people. The estate given to John and Ann Charlotte came to be known as the Manor of Carlton, in Germantown, now part of Philadelphia. Penn himself sailed in the Welcome for Pennsylvania late in 1682, leaving his family behind, and found his experiment already well under way.
As further evidence of his sincerity he refused, in September 1681, the offer of £6,000 from a Maryland group for a tract of 30,000 acres and a monopoly of the Indian trade within the area from the Delaware to the Susquehanna.
Upon receiving his grant for Pennsylvania from King Charles II in March 1681, William Penn immediately set about attracting investors and settlers. Founding and governorship of Pennsylvania, Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Baltimore, David Nash Ford's Berkshirehistory - Biography of William Penn, UShistory.org - Biography of William Penn, William Penn - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11), William Penn - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up).
Penn. President Theodore Roosevelt: "I know a good deal about the big animals of the wilderness...I am, I think I may say, to a certain extent an... Stay informed about new historical documents, historical discoveries, and information for the educated collector. Consequently, in July 1681, the Conditions and Concessions were issued. Penn’s final years were unhappy. Penn’s own poor judgment in choosing his subordinates (except for the faithful Logan) recoiled upon him: his deputy governors proved incompetent or untrustworthy, and his steward, Philip Ford, cheated him on such a staggering scale that Penn was forced to spend nine months in a debtors’ prison.
Penn offered for sale initially fifty blocks of land, each of which contained 10,000 acres. Items in the Worthopedia® are obtained exclusively from licensors and partners solely for our members’ research needs. Pomfret writes, “William Penn disposed of blocks of 5,000 acres to his relatives, the Peningtons, the Lowthers, the Crispins, William Markham, and Richard Penn; to outside friends like Petty and Ingoldsby; and to close associates, such as Philip Ford, Thomas Rudyard, James Harrison, and Thomas Holme. In 1776, President of Congress John Hancock Orders the Urgent Purchase of Munitions to Bolster the Invasion of Canada.
In 1699 Penn, his wife, and his secretary, James Logan, returned to the province. These tracts were quickly followed by eight others, all of which were printed before the end of September 1681. Land and other records for this area may be in the archives of these countries (Sweden, The Netherlands, and England) and in New York (see New York Land … After less than two years Penn’s affairs in England demanded his presence, and he left the province in 1701, never to see it again. General William T. Sherman Intervenes to Assist the Family of Noted Portrait Artist Chester Harding Place His Work With the U.S. Government, Very Rare Oversize World War II Date Signed Photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Penn lingered on, virtually helpless, until 1718, his wife undertaking to manage his proprietary affairs.
As land sold at the rate of £100 for 5,000 acres, the large purchasers paid £100 or more; the medium-sized purchaser paid £20 for 1,000 acres; while the small purchaser paid £10 for 500 acres or half that sum for 250. William Penn Grants One of the Original Plots of Land in Pennsylvania to His Niece and Nephew. William Penn (1666) from Wikimedia Commons.
Pennsylvania records show that by two deeds dated 23 October 1681, William Penn granted to William Lowther and Margret Lowther jointly, and to John and Ann Sharlot Lowther jointly, his nieces and nephews, each 5,000 acres per group of two.
And counter signed by Thomas Lloyd, Benjamin Griffith and Thomas Coxe. In a series of treaties based on mutual trust, he established good relations with the Delaware Indians. The democratic principles that he set forth in the Pennsylvania Frame of Government served as an inspiration for the United States Constitution.
Overall size 22" x 18".
The document gives the parties as, “William Penn of Warminghurst in the County of Sussex, Esq., on the one part, and John Lowther and Ann Sharlot Lowther, two of the children of Anthony Lowther, Esq., by Margaret his wife”, and grants them “5,000 acres bounded by the Delaware River”.
But the Act of Toleration (1689), passed after James’s abdication, finally established the principle for which Penn had laboured so long and faithfully. Relations with the home government were strained by the Quakers’ conscientious refusal to provide military defense. In 1681 Penn and 11 other Quakers bought the proprietary rights to East New Jersey from the widow of Sir John Carteret.
To pay expenses and realize a profit from his enterprise, Penn had to sell land. This confirms an early source that states that Penn’s sister’s family received 10,000 acres of land in Pennsylvania. With the accession of his friend the duke of York as James II in 1685, Penn found himself in a position of great influence at court, whereby he was able to have hundreds of Quakers, as well as political prisoners such as John Locke, released from prison. In 1681 Penn told prospective Pennsylvania colonists, “You shall be governed by laws of your own making, and live a free and, if you will, a sober and industrious people. The estate given to John and Ann Charlotte came to be known as the Manor of Carlton, in Germantown, now part of Philadelphia. Penn himself sailed in the Welcome for Pennsylvania late in 1682, leaving his family behind, and found his experiment already well under way.
As further evidence of his sincerity he refused, in September 1681, the offer of £6,000 from a Maryland group for a tract of 30,000 acres and a monopoly of the Indian trade within the area from the Delaware to the Susquehanna.
Upon receiving his grant for Pennsylvania from King Charles II in March 1681, William Penn immediately set about attracting investors and settlers. Founding and governorship of Pennsylvania, Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Baltimore, David Nash Ford's Berkshirehistory - Biography of William Penn, UShistory.org - Biography of William Penn, William Penn - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11), William Penn - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up).
