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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 the Latin for "Penn's Woods", referring to William Penn's father Admiral Sir William Penn.
A c. 1815 illustration of the Ninth Street campus of the University of Pennsylvania, including the medical department (on left) and the college building (on right). In 1802, the university moved to the unused Presidential Mansion at Ninth and Market Streets, a building that both George Washington and John Adams had declined to occupy while Philadelphia was the nation's capital.
October - Celebration of the bi-centennial of the landing of William Penn. [5] 1883 – Philadelphia Phillies baseball team formed. 1884 Starr Centre founded. [16] Post Office opens on 9th Street [5] 1887 – September: U.S. Constitution centennial. [55] 1890 Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church built. Population: 1,046,964. [5] Frankford Camera Club ...
William Penn (24 October [O.S. 14 October] 1644 – 10 August [O.S. 30 July] 1718) was an English writer, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania during the British colonial era.
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William Penn and the Quakers purchase West Jersey. 1677 – Colonists in North Carolina rebel against Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper. [1] Edmund Andros, Governor of New York, negotiates the Covenant Chain with the Iroquois. 1679–81 – Debate over the Exclusion Bill in England. 1680 – Destruction of the Westo people in South Carolina.
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