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Title: William Penn

Author: George Hodges

Release Date: March 24, 2009 [EBook #28394]

Language: English

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The Riverside Biographical Series

ANDREW JACKSON, by W. G. BROWN
JAMES B. EADS, by LOUIS HOW
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, by PAUL E. MORE
PETER COOPER, by R. W. RAYMOND
THOMAS JEFFERSON, by H. C. MERWIN
WILLIAM PENN, by GEORGE HODGES
GENERAL GRANT. (_In preparation_)
LEWIS AND CLARK, by WILLIAM R. LIGHTON. (_In preparation_)

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The Riverside Biographical Series

NUMBER 6

WILLIAM PENN

BY

GEORGE HODGES

[Illustration:]

WILLIAM PENN

BY

GEORGE HODGES

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COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY GEORGE HODGES
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CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. A PURITAN BOYHOOD: WANSTEAD CHURCH AND CHIGWELL SCHOOL 1

II. AT OXFORD: INFLUENCE OF THOMAS LOE 8

III. IN FRANCE AND IRELAND: THE WORLD AND THE OTHER WORLD 22

IV. PENN BECOMES A QUAKER: PERSECUTION AND CONTROVERSY 33

V. THE BEGINNING OF PENN'S POLITICAL LIFE: THE HOLY
EXPERIMENT 53

VI. THE SETTLEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA: PENN'S FIRST VISIT TO THE
PROVINCE