On March 5, 1681, one day after receiving his royal charter for
Pennsylvania, William Penn wrote that he believed God would make
his colony "the seed of the nation." Penn wanted his Pennsylvania
to be a land where people of differing languages and customs could
live together, where men and women could worship as they pleased,
where men could participate fully in their government. Such a land,
Penn believed, would indeed be blessed. Beginning with his petition
to the king in May 1680 and ending with his departure to England in
August 1684, this book contains the most important documents
describing the founding of Pennsylvania. The letters, orders,
petitions, charters, laws, pamphlets, maps, constitutional drafts,
legislative journals, newspaper articles, memoranda, deeds, and
other business records assembled here include Penn's own
explanations of his desire to found a Quaker colony, his invitation
to settlers, and his design for government. Jean R. Soderlund is
Professor of History at Lehigh University, where she is also chair
of the History Department and codirector of the Lawrence Henry
Gipson Institute for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Her other books
include "Quakers and Slavery: A Divided Spirit" and, with Gary B.
Nash, "Freedom By Degrees: Emancipation in Pennsylvania and Its
Aftermath."
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