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A letter from William Penn, proprietary and governour of Pennsylvania in America, to the committee of the Free Society of Traders of that province, residing in London. Containing a general description of the said province ... Of the natives or aborigines ... Of the first planters, the Dutch, &c ... To which is added, an account of the city of Philadelphia newly laid out ..
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- Creator
- London, Printed and sold by A. Sowle, 1683
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- Title on wrapper : Coleman's re-print of William Penn's original proposal and plan for the founding & building of Philadelphia ..
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- English
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- [Tottenham] : [Re-printed by J. Coleman], [1881]
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- 24 pages : folded plan. ; 29 cm
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- ocm00918504
- Includes (p. 10-14) the catalogue of lot-holders in Philadelphia, wanting in many copies of the original.
- An appendix (p. [15]-24) added to the Letter by the publisher, Mr. Coleman, contains an address "To the representatives of the free-men of ... Pennsylvania ... 1692", a list of landholders of the period 1720-30, a list of proprietary tracts or manors in the province (undated), a short description of Philadelphia and a list of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, 1776.