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	Pennsylvania - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		The founder of Pennsylvania was William Penn, the son of the wealthy English Admiral Sir William Penn. The younger Penn was a rebellious youth who became a free thinker and joined the Society of Friends, or Quakers.
		In response to Penn’s advertisements, English, Welsh, and Dutch Quakers migrated to the colony.
		The Penns, mobilizing their supporters into the Proprietary Party, demanded appropriations for colonial defense and formed an alliance with the Scots-Irish, who desired better representation in the assembly and protection from raids by Native Americans on the western frontier.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761555992___83/Pennsylvania.html (6510 words)

	Hannah Callowhill Penn Encyclopedia Information @ Karr.net (Karr Network) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Hannah Callowhill Penn (edit, Portals - William Penn) was the second wife of Glossaries; she effectively administered the Province of Wíkipedia for six years after her husband suffered a series of strokes and then for another eight years after her husband's death.
		When William Penn died at age 73 on November 28, Honorary Citizen of the United States his will gave full control of the colony and his fortune to Hannah Penn. William Penn's oldest son by his first marriage sought to set aside his father's will to obtain control of the colony.
		His suit was unsuccessful and Hannah Penn remained in charge until she died from a stroke at age 55.
	216.92.11.22 /encyclopedia/Hannah_Callowhill_Penn (425 words)

	Wikinfo \| William Penn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Penn's religious views were extremely distressing to his father, Sir William Penn, who had through naval service earned an estate in Ireland and hoped that Penn's charisma and intelligence would be able to win him favor at the court of Charles II.
		Although Penn's authority over the colony was officially subject only to that of the king, he implemented a democratic system with full freedom of religion, fair trials, elected representatives of the people in power, and a separation of powers—again ideas that would later form the basis of the American constitution.
		Penn died in 1718, and was buried next to his wife in the cemetery of the Quaker meetinghouse in Jordans.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=William_Penn (1375 words)

	William Penn Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Penn's influence with the British royal family and his pamphlets on behalf of religious toleration were important factors in the consolidation of the Quaker movement.
		William Penn was born in London on Oct. 14, 1644, the son of Adm. William Penn and Margaret Jasper.
		Penn's initial treaties with the Indians, signed in 1683 and 1684, were based on an acceptance of Indian equality and resulted in an unprecedented era of peace.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/william-penn (1221 words)

	William Penn, Page 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This was the first of four sessions of the Assembly held during Penn's brief stay in North America, and the laws passed during those sessions embodied the humanitarian and tolerant spirit of Penn and his fellow Quakers.
		In 1684 Penn learned that Lord Baltimore was on his way back to England and would try to persuade the King to give Maryland the lands that were in dispute between the two colonies.
		Penn knew that he must also go back if he were not to lose a large portion of his land.
	www.phmc.state.pa.us /ppet/penn/page3.asp (782 words)

	PHMC: Pennsylvania History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Penn was born in London on October 24, 1644, the son of Admiral Sir William Penn. Despite high social position and an excellent education, he shocked his upper-class associates by his conversion to the beliefs of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, then a persecuted sect.
		Although William Penn was granted all the land in Pennsylvania by the King, he and his heirs chose not to grant or settle any part of it without first buying the claims of Indians who lived there.
		Because of the liberality of Penn's principles and the freedom of expression that prevailed, the province was noted for the variety and strength of its intellectual and educational institutions and interests.
	www.phmc.state.pa.us /bah/pahist/quaker.asp?secid=31 (2231 words)

	Hannah Callowhill Penn - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Hannah Callowhill Penn (February 11, 1671 - 1727) was the second wife of William Penn; she effectively administered the Province of Pennsylvania for six years after her husband suffered a series of strokes and then for another eight years after her husband's death.
		It was given to her by Presidential Proclamation upon an Act of Congress (PL.98-516) by Ronald Reagan on November 28, 1984.
		When William Penn died at age 73 on July 30, 1718 his will gave full control of the colony and his fortune to Hannah Penn. William Penn's oldest son by his first marriage sought to set aside his father's will to obtain control of the colony.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/h/a/n/Hannah_Callowhill_Penn_b5e9.html (252 words)

	Pennsbury Special Announcements
		Hannah was uneasy with Penn who was almost twice her age and from a higher social standing.
		Hannah did not want a marriage that was based on a financial benefit and her eventual inheritance.
		Penn wrote, "Let my letters have some place if I deserve any, though I hope thou art sensible of me in that in which we can never be separated." The letters were a reassurance that his love and friendship were boundless.
	www.pennsburymanor.org /Courtship.html (918 words)

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		There were just two portraits of Penn painted during his lifetime, one depicting him as a handsome youth, the other as a stout old man. A biographer described young Penn's "oval face of almost girlish prettiness but with strong features, the brusqueness of the straight, short nose in counterpoint to the almost sensuous mouth.
		Penn further rebelled by protesting compulsory chapel attendance, for which he was expelled at age 17.
		Penn's fortunes collapsed after a son was born to James II in 1688.
	www.quaker.org /wmpenn.html (3150 words)

	William Penn
		Penn's patron and the friend of his father, the Duke of York, succeeded to the throne as James II, on 6 February, 1685, and soon after his accession set at liberty about 1,200 Quakers that had been imprisoned for their religious opinions.
		Penn's success with the king being reported, it naturally made enemies for him, and it was circulated that he had matriculated at a Jesuit seminary, had taken holy orders in Rome, and officiated regularly at mass in the private chapel at Whitehall.
		Penn was sent by James to visit William of Orange, whom he endeavored to convert to his views of universal toleration, and, after visiting in Holland, he traveled through Rhineland, where he circulated reports of the success of his colony.
	www.williampenn.org (5689 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Hannah Callowhill was born on February 11, 1671 in Bristol, a city in England.
		Hannah would have liked to live in town, to be near her parents.
		Hannah and her servants had to make whatever they needed, or ask for it to be sent to them.
	www.cbsd.org /pennsylvaniapeople/level2_biographies/Level_2_biographies/hannah_penn_level_2.htm (3517 words)

	Callowhill Street
		Callowhill Street, or "Callow Hill," as it used to be called although it was understood it bore the name of William Penn's second wife, Hannah Callowhill has two wide places, one east of Second and the other west of Fourth Street, which occasionally arouse curiosity as to their original use.
		Prior to the Revolution much of the land in that part of the Northern Liberties was owned by the Penns, and Thomas Penn, son of William Penn and Hannah Callowhill Penn, was particularly concerned with selling off the lots around Front and Callowhill.
		Along Callowhill, west of Front, on the north side of the way, there also are some other examples old-time Philadelphia dwellings, smaller in size, but showing almost equal marks of age, although, for the most part, the structures round about are of a later date.
	www.ushistory.org /philadelphia/street_callowhill.htm (1079 words)

	Three Relics of Pennsylvania's Founding : Historical Society of Pennsylvania
		But there is no written record that Penn ever met Place, that he ever visited the artistâs hometown of York (although it may have been on his route to visit his sister who lived in Yorkshire), or for that matter, that he ever sat for a portrait.
		And Hannah, who managed nearly all the affairs of the proprietorship of Pennsylvania from 1712, when William suffered an incapacitating stroke, until her death in 1726, was nothing if not unusual.
		William and Hannah Penn were actual people, and if we trust oral tradition, we can feel confident that Placeâs portraits convey something powerful to us about their character.
	www.hsp.org /default.aspx?id=567 (1408 words)

	Brief History of William Penn
		Penn pleaded for his right to see a copy of the charges laid against him and the laws he had supposedly broken, but the judge, the Lord Mayor of London, refused — even though this right was guaranteed by the law.
		In fact, Penn would later be imprisoned in England for debt and, at the time of his death in 1718, he was penniless.
		At this meeting William Penn expressed concern over wearing a sword (a standard part of dress for people of Penn's station), and how this was not in keeping with Quaker beliefs.
	www.ushistory.org /Penn/history/index.htm (1565 words)

	William Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Penn was a wealthy Quaker but he bought more things than he could afford.
		Penn first arrived at his new colony in the fall of 1682 and stayed only until August of 1684.
		Penn and Hannah Callowhill had seven children, but only five of them lived until adulthood.
	www.spruance.phila.k12.pa.us /leungvoweb/willbio.html (258 words)

	1951-1968: Timeline of Women at Penn, University of Pennsylvania Archives
		She was the first woman to be appointed Dean of that College and the third woman to be named an academic dean at Penn. It should be noted, however, that Dean Brownlee did not hold the customary authority and standing traditionally accorded the office of an academic Dean.
		Burns had served in a series of increasingly responsible administrative positions at Penn. She was first employed in 1950 as an assistant to the Dean of Women in charge of women's residences.
		Prior to accepting her appointment at Penn, Dr. Dent was Dean of Women and Associate Professor at Glassboro State College in Glassboro, New Jersey.
	www.archives.upenn.edu /histy/features/women/chron7.html (5198 words)

	News \| TimesDaily.com \| TimesDaily \| Florence, AL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		William Penn (October 14, 1644 – July 30, 1718) founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony that became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
		Penn was educated at Chigwell School, where he had his earliest religious experience.
		His second marriage was to Hannah Margaret Callowhill (1671-1726), daughter of Thomas Callowhill and Anna (Hannah) Hollister.
	www.timesdaily.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=William_Penn (1925 words)

	Penn Family Part 4
		Franklin argued that the Charter William Penn had given to the assembly gave the assembly "all the powers and privileges of an assembly according to the rights of free-born subjects of England, and as is usual in any of the British plantations in America." Franklin recorded Thomas Penn's their conversation thus:
		Thomas and his brother Richard Penn became increasingly unpopular with the white establishment in Pennsylvania by instructing their Governors not to assent to any laws taxing their estates in common with the people.
		It was thought that William Penn Junr was having an affair with at least one unmarried woman at this time.
	www.csm.uwe.ac.uk /~rstephen/livingeaston/local_history/Penn/Penn_family_part_4.html (1145 words)

	Editorial
		Penn, a British citizen and Quaker, founded Pennsylvania in 1681 and stayed just three and a half years before returning to England.
		When the students were creating their Penn masterpieces, Peden began researching the Penn family more deeply, spending hours at the City Hall archives, Quaker meetinghouses, museums and libraries.
		More important, she hopes the Penns’ honorary citizenship will be mentioned in school social-studies textbooks so children will realize that Pennsylvania’s founder was never recognized as a U.S. citizen until centuries after his death.
	www.northeasttimes.com /2003/0911/penn.html (1119 words)

	Quakers and the Political Process - Penn's Holy Experiment
		In creating his colony's government, Penn expanded upon the experiences of Friends in West New Jersey and Rhode Island in a comprehensive Frame of Government, Great Law, and Charter of Privileges which many historians believe formed the pattern for most of the state and the federal constitutions.
		N 1693, Penn wrote a plan for the "Present and Future Peace of Europe," which included settling disputes between nations by arbitration instead of war.
		There is one great God and power that hath made the world and all things therein, to whom you, and I, and all people owe their being and well-being, and to whom you and I must one day give an account for all that we have done in the world...
	www.pym.org /exhibit/p078.html (1099 words)

	PENN: MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME - New York Times
		Penn died in 1718, at the age of 73, on a return trip to England from his beloved New World.
		Congress adopted a resolution last week calling on President Reagan to proclaim Penn and his wife, Hannah Callowhill Penn, honorary citizens.
		William Penn ''spent a lifetime promoting peace and liberty and helped to establish the foundation for our great country,'' Mr.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E1DE103BF932A25753C1A962948260 (181 words)

	William Penn Chapter, PSDAR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Located in Glenside, Pennsylvania, the chapter is named for William Penn, founder of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia.
		The precepts he set forth shaped the destiny of Philadelphia until the Revolution and was an inspiration for the new government forming in 1776.
		In 1984, President Ronald Reagan conferred Honorary Citizenship of the United States upon William Penn and his second wife, Hannah Callowhill Penn. Penn died on July 30, 1718.
	www.rootsweb.com /~pawpcdar (181 words)

	A William Penn I Pennsbury Chronology
		Portrait of William Penn in armor, age 22.
		Penn lived in Ireland 1666-67 during the time he served under Lord Arran, in the military, before embracing the beliefs of the Society of Friends.
		King Charles II grants William Penn a charter for a colony to be known as Penn’s Woods or Pennsylvania, for Penn’s father, Admiral Sir William Penn. Penn first visits colony.
	www.pennsburymanor.org /Chronology.html (154 words)

	Pennsylvania - MSN Encarta
		From 1692 until 1694, Penn’s right to govern the colony was revoked by the English monarchs, William III and Queen Mary, who doubted his loyalty.
		Penn had been a close friend of King James II, who had been overthrown and replaced on the throne by William and Mary.
		Did the old lady really microwave her pooch?
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761555992_11/Pennsylvania.html (2132 words)

	Proclamation 5284 -- Honorary United States Citizenship for William and Hannah Penn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In the history of this Nation, there has been a small number of men and women whose contributions to its traditions of freedom, justice, and individual rights have accorded them a special place of honor in our hearts and minds, and to whom all Americans owe a lasting debt.
		Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim William Penn and Hannah Callowhill Penn to be honorary citizens of the United States of America.
		In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of Nov., in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and ninth.
	www.reagan.utexas.edu /archives/speeches/1984/112884a.htm (347 words)

	William Penn & the City of Brotherly Love
		Other provisions assured its people the protection of English laws and kept it subject to the government in England to a certain degree.
		In 1684, William Penn and his wife Hannah Callowhill Penn were made the third and fourth honorary citizens of the United States, by act of Congress.
		On May 8, 1685, the Penns were granted honorary citizenship of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
	www94.homepage.villanova.edu /ebony.taylor/philly/history.html (506 words)

	THE QUAKER PROVINCE: 1681-1776
		Later, in October 1682, the Proprietor arrived in Pennsylvania on the ship Welcome.
		This first Assembly united the Delaware counties with Pennsylvania, adopted a naturalization act and, on December 7, adopted the Great Law, a humanitarian code that became the fundamental basis of Pennsylvania law and which guaranteed liberty of conscience.
		An academy that held its first classes in 1740 became the College of Philadelphia in 1755, and ultimately grew into the University of Pennsylvania.
	www.legis.state.pa.us /WU01/VC/visitor_info/pa_history/II.htm (2231 words)

	Xlibris.Com Bookstore
		A “serious piece of fiction,” THE WIND COMING FAIR gives a different account of life then through the experiences of William Penn’s second wife.
		Through exciting and difficult years and with growing family and responsibilities, Hannah Callowhill Penn kept her good business judgment and became the first woman manager of Pennsylvania.
		Click here to read an excerpt from the book.
	www2.xlibris.com /bookstore/bookdisplay.asp?bookid=25889 (107 words)

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