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The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn, who received the land through a grant from Charles II of England in 1681. The name Pennsylvania was derived from "Penn's Woods", referring to William Penn's father Admiral Sir William Penn.
The two major restoration colonies were the Province of Pennsylvania and the Province of Carolina. The founding of the Carolinas is described thus: In 1663, three years after he was restored to his father's throne, England's Charles II granted a vast territory named Carolina to a group of supporters during his years of exile.
Pennsbury Manor is the colonial estate of William Penn, founder and proprietor of the Colony of Pennsylvania, who lived there from 1699 to 1701.He left it and returned to England in 1701, where he died penniless in 1718.
Pennsylvania Provincial Council; ... Restoration colony This page was last edited on 4 June 2022, at 06:49 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Google Earth images show this house was present in 1995, but missing in 2005 and subsequent images; it has been demolished. 14: George West Gordon Farm: George West Gordon Farm: August 24, 2000 : 333 Mary Hoge Road, 0.3 miles (0.48 km) southwest of Gordon Hill
Three of these sites are shared with other states and are credited by the National Park Service as being located in those other states: the Delaware and Hudson Canal (centered in New York but extending into Pennsylvania); the Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey (on the Ohio–Pennsylvania border); and the Minisink Archeological Site ...
Location of Washington County in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Pennsylvania. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National ...
West Nantmeal Township, Pennsylvania: c. 1780: House Historic stone farmhouse located near Glen Moore in West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania: Tomlinson-Huddleston House: Langhorne: 1783 House Denison House: Forty Fort: 1790 House Oldest house in Luzerne County: Headhouse at New Market: Philadelphia, Society Hill: 1804 Firehouse