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Penn, William William Penn's last farewell to England.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01673 Author/Creator: Penn, William Place Written: London, England Type: Pamphlet Date: 1682 Pagination: 6 p. 19 x 15 cm Order a Copy

Title continues: "being an epistle containing a salutation to all faithful friends, a reproof to the unfaithful, and a visitation to the enquiring, in a solemn farewell to them all in the land of my nativity." Printed for Thomas Cook.

Penn, William, 1644-1718

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