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- GLC#
- GLC04299
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 29 June 1692
- Author/Creator
- Penn, William, 1644-1718
- Title
- to Loving friend
- Place Written
- England
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 18.5 cm, Width: 15.4 cm
- Primary time period
- Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
- Sub-Era
- The Thirteen Colonies
Written while he was under indictment for treason and hiding in England. Reviews the history of Pennsylvania's government since his departure in 1684, lamenting about his failure to find fit administrators and the division between the upper and lower counties (i.e., Pennsylvania and Delaware). Refers to the proclamation ordering him held for treason. Signed "W."
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