Papers, 1654-1735.

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Papers, 1654-1735.

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Correspondence, 1654-1855, includes family letters, official correspondence with Admiral William Penn, Hannah Penn, James Logan, Harbert Springett, Thomas Bishop Vickris, John Barclay, J. Freame, and others; letters to and from John, Thomas, and Richard Penn, on Irish immigration, books, education, epidemics; printing account with Benjamin Franklin; drafts, naval accounts, household accounts, land records, etc. William Penn letter books, 1667-1675, 1699-1701, contain conciliatory letter to his father; diary of a journey through Kent, Sussex, and Surrey, 1672; narratives of his trial and committal to the Tower; letters to the King, Friends, governors, Lords of the Admiralty, Lords of Trade and Plantations, etc. Domestic and miscellaneous letters, 1682-1794, contains letters of William Penn to Hannah Callowhill, and members of Pennsylvania Council, 1684-1694; letters of James Logan, to William Aubrey, 1703-1735. Penn manuscripts, 1680-1715, contains last will and testament of William Penn, with codicil in his hand, 1705, 1706; original draft of grant of Province of Pennsylvania, with corrections in his hand, 1680; William Penn to Archbishop Tillotson, 1691; to Robert Turner, 1693; to Lord Romney, 1701; to Samuel Pepys, 1670; commission to William Markham, 1697; "The Case of William Penn," "State of efforts of Crown to regain control of Pennsylvania in Queen Anne's reign," "Act of Pennsylvania vesting proprietary estates in Commonwealth," and other items. Penn's letter to the Free Society of Traders, 1683; Irish journal, 1669-1670; "An account of My Journey into Holland and Germany," 1677, includes letters to the King of Poland, Anna Maria de Horn (Countess of Horn), essays, etc.; William Penn receipt book, interest on loans, 1710-1728; William and Hannah Penn journal, 1710-1726; Hannah Penn cash book, 1712-1720.

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