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The Papers of William Penn, Volume 1: 1644-1679
Author: Edited by Mary Maples Dunn and Richard S. Dunn. Richard A. Ryerson and Scott M. Wilds, Associate Editors. Jean R. Soderlund, Assistant Editor
This first volume, spanning the first thirty-five years of William Penn's life, from 1644 to 1679, documents his activities as a young Quaker activist.
This first volume, spanning the first thirty-five years of William Penn's life, from 1644 to 1679, documents his activities as a young Quaker activist.
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