Research Catalog

Title

The Papers of William Penn, Volume 4 Volume four, 1701-1718 / 1701-1718 / [electronic resource] : editors, Craig W. Horle, Alison Duncan Hirsch, Marianne S. Wokeck, Joy Wiltenburg ; general editors, Richard S. Dunn, Mary Maples Dunn.

Author

Penn, William, 1644-1718.

Publication

• Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
• [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1987.

Details

Additional Authors

• Dunn, Mary Maples.
• Dunn, Richard S.
• Wiltenburg, Joy.
• Wokeck, Marianne Sophia.
• Hirsch, Alison Duncan.
• Horle, Craig W.
• Project Muse.

Description

1 online resource (1 PDF (xvii, 823 pages) :) : illustrations, maps, facsimile.

Summary

This volume documents the final eighteen years of William Penn's life, from 1701 to 1718. It opens with his last months as resident proprietor of Pennsylvania--a moment of great importance in the political history of the colony. It ends with his death on 30 July 1718, after a lingering illness.

Uniform Title

• Papers of William Penn, Volume 4 Volume four, 1701-1718 (Online)
• Book collections on Project MUSE.

Alternative Title

Papers of William Penn, Volume 4 Volume four, 1701-1718 (Online)

Subject

• Penn, William, 1644-1718 > Correspondence
• Penn, William, 1644-1718
• Pioneers > Pennsylvania > Correspondence
• Quakers > Biography
• Society of Friends > History > 18th century > Sources
• Society of Friends > History > 17th century > Sources
• Pennsylvania > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Sources

Note

• Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Source of Description (note)

• Description based on print version record.

Contents

The proprietor in residence, January-September 1701 -- Last months in America, September-December, 1701 -- Battling the board of trade, 1702 -- First proposals for surrender, 1703 -- Growing conflict in Pennsylvania, 1704 -- Antagonists closing in, January-October, 1705 -- At law : Ford v. Penn, October 1705-July 1708 -- Desperate for money, November 1705-December 1706 -- Debtors' prison, January 1707-August 1708 -- Renewal, September 1708-June 1709 -- Reconciliations, June 1709-May 1711 -- Final negotiations for surrender, June 1711-December 1712 -- The closing years, 1713-1718.

OCLC

ssj0000217800

Author

Penn, William, 1644-1718.

Title

The Papers of William Penn, Volume 4 Volume four, 1701-1718 / 1701-1718 / [electronic resource] : editors, Craig W. Horle, Alison Duncan Hirsch, Marianne S. Wokeck, Joy Wiltenburg ; general editors, Richard S. Dunn, Mary Maples Dunn.

Imprint

Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016 (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)

[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1987. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)

Series

Book collections on Project MUSE.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card

Available onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Dunn, Mary Maples.

Dunn, Richard S.

Wiltenburg, Joy.

Wokeck, Marianne Sophia.

Hirsch, Alison Duncan.

Horle, Craig W.

Project Muse.

Other Form:

Print version: (DLC) 80054052 9780812280500