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| | PHMC Doc Heritage: Pennsylvania Charter |
 | | The Seal laid under his pillow, so the thief missed it.” The purse, however, was stolen with the mace, and the thief, Thomas Sadler, attended by his confederates, made a mock procession with these in the nejghbourhood of the Lord Chancellor's house, (Lincoln 's Inn Fields). |
 | | Proprietor William Penn was a "landed gentleman" having inherited estates in England and Ireland from his father, Admiral Sir William Penn. Like others of his class, he was caught in an inflationary squeeze. |
 | | When William Penn was disabled by a stroke in l7l2, his wife Hanna assumed proprietary authority. |
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