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" Philadelphia / "
Shane Mountjoy.
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BL
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| Record Number
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972472
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b726842
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| Main Entry
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Mountjoy, Shane,1967-
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Philadelphia /\ Shane Mountjoy.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Chelsea House,, 2007.
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| Series Statement
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Colonial settlements in America
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99 pages :: illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ;; 25 cm.
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0791093360
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: 9780791093368
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-93) and index.
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| Contents
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A meeting of friends and neighbors -- Early European exploration -- Seventeenth-century England : overseas growth and turmoil at home -- The Penn family -- Fighting for religious freedom -- Penn's Woods -- Penn comes to America -- The rise of Philadelphia -- Philadelphia since 1701 -- Chronology & timeline.
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| Abstract
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Using a debt owed by King Charles II, William Penn traded away a fortune in order to acquire an American colony, into which he planted the city of Philadelphia.
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Penn, William,1644-1718
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Penn, William,1644-1718.
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Penn, William,1644-1718.
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Pennsylvania, History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Juvenile literature.
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Philadelphia (Pa.), History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Juvenile literature.
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Pennsylvania, History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Philadelphia (Pa.), History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
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Pennsylvania.
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| Dewey Classification
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974.8/1102
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F158.4.M68 2007
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