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Creator
Date
1881
Location
Tottenham
England
Great Britain
England
Great Britain
Media format
Printed text
Extent
24 p.
Language
English
Size
29 cm
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 517
Folger call number: F152 .P293
Folger holdings ID: 533
Folger call number: F152 .P293
Folger holdings ID: 533
Notes
General notes
Title on wrapper: Coleman's re-print of William Penn's original proposal and plan for the founding & building of Philadelphia ... Reprint. Originally published: London : Printed and sold by Andrew Sowle, 1683 Includes (p. 10-14) the catalogue of lot-holders in Philadelphia, wanting in many copies of the original An appendix (p. [15]-24) added to the Letter by the publisher ... contains an address "To the representatives of the free-men of ... Pennsylvania ... 1692," a list of landholders of the period 1720-30, a list of proprietary tracts or manors in the province (undated), a short description of Philadelphia and a list of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, 1776
Also known as
Extended title: A letter from William Penn, proprietary and governour of Pennsylvania in America, to the committee of the Free Society of Traders of that province, residing in London : containing a general description of the said province, its soil, air, water, seasons and produce, both natural and artficial, and the good encrease thereof : of the natives or aborigines, their language, customs and manners ... of the first planters, the Dutch, &c ... to which is added, an account of the city of Philadelphia newly laid out, its scituation between two navigable rivers, Delaware and Skulkill ...
Related names
author: Penn, William, 1644-1718