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Philadelphians celebrating Independence Day on July 4, 1819. Present-day Philadelphia was formerly inhabited by Lenape, a Native American tribe. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Philadelphia was known globally for its freedom of religion and a city where people could live without fear of persecution because of their religious affiliations or practices.
17th-century people from Pennsylvania (1 C) Y. Years of the 17th century in Pennsylvania (19 C) This page was last edited on 15 June 2024, at 18:19 (UTC). Text is ...
Thomas Holme's 1687 map of Pennsylvania. "The Welch Tract" appears to the left of center. In the late 17th century, there was significant Welsh immigration to Pennsylvania for religious and cultural reasons. In about 1681, a group of Welsh Quakers met with William Penn to secure a land grant to conduct their affairs in their language.
The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 24 (3). University of Pennsylvania Press: 306– 307. 1900. JSTOR 20085923. Stern, Madeleine B. (July 1950). "Books in the Wilderness: Some 19th Century Upstate Publishers". New York History. 3 (3). Cornell University Press: 260– 282. JSTOR 23149980. Stern, Madeleine B. (1951).
Whereas indentured servants in late-17th and early-18th centuries migrated predominantly from England, Scotland, and Wales (Great Britain after 1707 Acts of Union), a majority of those in the mid-to-late 18th century consisted of Irish and German/Palatinate immigrants. [9]
This branch belonged to the 19th-century Quaker families of that state [21] and produced a lot of Quaker Ministers and elders. The son of Nathan, David Benjamin Updegraff (1789–1864) of that family was a conductor and one of the leaders of the Underground Railroad. He was one of the first outspoken anti-slavery men, and voted with the first ...
Rittenhouse established America's first paper mill on the Monoshone Creek. William Rittenhouse (1644 – 1708) was an American papermaker and businessman. He served as an apprentice papermaker in the Netherlands and, after moving to the Pennsylvania Colony, established the first paper mill in the North American colonies, helping to meet the growing demand for paper among the Early American ...
A typical printing press of the 18th century. List of early American publishers and printers is a stand alone list of Wikipedia articles about publishers and printers in colonial and early America, intended as a quick reference, with basic descriptions taken from the ledes of the respective articles.