Mayleigh Tracts research, ca. 1940.

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Mayleigh Tracts research, ca. 1940.

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Materials concerning land tracts deeded (Mar. 1682) to Robert Greenaway by William Penn.

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Bucks County Historical Society

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Bucks County Historical Society

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Greenaway, Robert

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Penn, William, 1644-1718

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The British colony of Pennsylvania was given to William Penn (1644-1718) in 1681 by Charles II of England in repayment of a debt owed his father, Sir Admiral William Penn (1621-1670). Under Penn's directive, Pennsylvania was settled by Quakers escaping religious torment in England and other European nations. Three generations of Penn descendents held proprietorship of the colony until the American Revolution, when the family was stripped of all but its privately held shares of land...