The Papers of William Penn, Volume 4: 171-1718

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This volume documents the final eighteen years of William Penn’s life, from 1701 to 1718. It opens with his last months as resident proprietor of Pennsylvania-a moment of great importance in the political history of the colony. It ends with his death on 30 July 1718, after a lingering illness.