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Leighton Library has a 1675 edition of "England's present interest discovered with honour to the prince, and safety to the people" by William Penn
Added at 06:26 on 14 October 2024
The Leighton Library has a 1675 edition of "England's present interest discovered with honour to the prince, and safety to the people" by founder of the North American colony, the Province of Pennsylvania, William Penn who was born #OnThisDay 14 October 1644. He worked to create his "Framework of Government", with the assistance of others, adding his own revolutionary idea to those ideas borrowed from elsewhere – the use of amendments – to enable a written framework that could evolve with the changing times. Site Search