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2. History of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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   Miller, Randall M. and William A. Pencak, eds. Pennsylvania: A History of the Commonwealth (2002) detailed scholarly history; Beers, Paul B. Pennsylvania Politics Today and Yesterday (1980)* Klein, Philip S and Ari Hoogenboom. A History of Pennsylvania (1973). Weigley, Russell. Philadelphia: A 300-Year History (1982)

3. Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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   Pennsylvania's most populous city is Philadelphia. Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 through a royal land grant to William Penn, the son of the state's namesake. Before that, between 1638 and 1655, a southeast portion of the state was part of New Sweden, a Swedish colony.

4. History of Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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   The European forts and settlements in the Delaware River Valley, then known as New Sweden, c. 1650 A 1683 map of Philadelphia, which is believed to be the first city map created Philadelphia's seal in 1683 Penn's Treaty with the Indians, a 1772 portrait by Benjamin West now on display above the north door of the United States Capitol rotunda

5. List of cities in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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   Map of the United States with Pennsylvania highlighted. There are 56 municipalities classified as cities in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [1] Each city is further classified based on population, with Philadelphia being of the first class, Pittsburgh of the second class, Scranton of the second class A, and the remaining 53 cities being of the third class.

6. Category:Histories of cities in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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   Category: Histories of cities in Pennsylvania. 6 languages. ... History of Allentown, Pennsylvania (4 C, 44 P, 3 F) C. History of Chester, Pennsylvania (4 P) E.

7. History of Pittsburgh - Wikipedia

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   Grinder, Robert Dale. " From Insurgency to Efficiency: The Smoke Abatement Campaign in Pittsburgh before World War I." Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine (1978) 61#3 pp 187–202. Hays, Samuel P., ed. City at the Point: Essays on the Social History of Pittsburgh. U. of Pittsburgh Press, 1989. 473 pp. Heineman, Kenneth J. (1999).

8. Outline of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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   Pennsylvania lies west of the Delaware River in the Mid-Atlantic United States. King Charles II of England granted William Penn a charter for a Colony of Pennsylvania in 1681. Philadelphia, the capital of the colony, soon rose to become the most populous city of British America.

9. History of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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   The city expanded its city park system, which eventually included 1,100 acres; built steps and esplanade along the Susquehanna River, which still exist today as Riverfront Park; paved seventy miles of roads; and improved the city water system. The city's population increased from 51,000 to 73,000 between 1900 and 1920.