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Penn, William, 1644-1718

 Person

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Penn Treaty Elm Trading Cards/Ads

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-801-11-011
Overview

The Penn Treaty Elm Trading Cards feature illustrations of the storied 1682 meeting between Lenape chiefs and William Penn used to advertise "Indian Chewing Gum" made by the Goudey Gum Company of Boston, and "Ayer's Cherry Pectoral" made by J.C. Ayer & Co of Lowell, Massachusetts

Dates: Undated.

"The Children of Light"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-093
Overview

Elizabeth Stanley Trotter's "The Children of Light: Being the story of George Fox, the Quaker, and of Oliver Cromwell, the Soldier, and of William Penn, the Settler, and some of those who followed them" is entirely written in verse, and is split into four "books."

Dates: 1941, undated

Vol. 2, Undated

 Item — Volume 2
Scope and Content note This collection is comprised of the single volume scrapbook of photos, and illustrations of the following Quakers: William Penn, James Naylor, James Logan, Richard Reynolds, James Pemberton, Nicholas Waln, Lindley Murray, George Dillwyn, Jonathon Dymond, Moses Brown, Bernard Barton, Anna Braithwaite, Dan Wheeler, William Allen, Samuel Gurney, Josiah Forster, Mary Ann Schimmelpenninck, Elisha Tyson, John Bright, Stephen Grellet, Enoch Lewis, George Fox, and Hannah Lloyd Neall. Clippings...
Dates: Undated

John Whiting Severall Book and Papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-146
Identifier: SFHL-SC-146
Abstract

This collection contains a bound volume of manuscript essays by early English Quaker John Whiting, most written during his imprisonment for failing to pay tithes. These essays include accounts of his confinement, testimonies on tiths, and accounts of Mary Whiting and of William Penn. Also included is typescript of a 1955 article written for the Journal of the Friends Historical Society by Frederick B. Tolles which describes the contents and significance of the volume.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1679-1695; 1679-1695, 1955

William Penn Charter School archives

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1115
Overview

The William Penn Charter School archives contain the financial, historical, business, and social records of the school, dating back as far as 1611. Documents signed by William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, and former Philadelphia mayors William Hudson and Edward Shippen, are included as well as a variety of school texts and memorabilia, which illuminate the traditions and history of the William Penn Charter School.

Dates: 1611-1992

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Collection 22
Archival Record 3
 
Subject
Quakers 8
Quakers -- History 8
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 6
manuscripts (documents) 4
Quakers -- Great Britain 3
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Drama 2
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
Quaker authors 2
Quakers -- Education 2
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 2
clippings (information artifacts) 2
Academic writing 1
American poetry 1
Arms control 1
Child rearing -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Christian literature for children 1
Church controversies -- Society of Friends 1
Conscientious objection -- World War, 1914-1918 1
Delaware Indians 1
Disarmament -- Netherlands 1
Disarmament -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
Friesland (Netherlands) -- History 1
Gentle Persuaders. Motion picture 1
Horticulture -- Pennsylvania 1
Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 1
Peace -- Religious aspects 1
Peace Movements -- Congresses 1
Pennsylvania -- History 1
Pennsylvania -- Politics and Government 1
Poetry 1
Quaker women -- United States 1
Quakers -- Books and reading 1
Quakers -- Correspondence 1
Quakers -- Ireland 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Germantown (Philadelphia) 1
Quakers -- Persecutions 1
Quakers -- Relations with African Americans 1
Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
Quakers -- Tortola 1
Quakers -- Virginia 1
Radio programs 1
Reports 1
Schools -- Quakers 1
Schools -- Society of Friends 1
Society of Friends -- Congresses 1
Society of Friends -- Education 1
Society of Friends -- Education -- Pennsylvania 1
Society of Friends -- England 1
Society of Friends -- History 1
Society of Friends -- Reunification 1
Society of Friends -- Sufferings 1
Sunday schools 1
United States Declaration of Independence -- Signers 1
Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- History 1
correspondence 1
deeds 1
scrapbooks 1
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