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An Image of Peace Deeds of Peace Kanshiaking... The Elegant Land Lenape... The Common People Brother Onas... William Penn Creating an Image of Peace Spreading an Image of Peace Celebrating an Image of Peace Sharing an Image of Peace Image Gallery Home |
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Brother Onas
William Penn Such goods
as will be of service if taken to Pennsylvania: Dutch and Osnabruck
Linens, Holland Thread, Bremen bed sheets,
. Fulled stockings,
several good razors, butcher's knives, chopping knives, broad-axes,
all sorts of chisels and files, spades, shovels, scythes, forks, sickles,
saws, hammers, iron pots and kettles, all kinds of cheap woolen goods
.
Several mattresses, colored kerchiefs, calico and canton flannel, all
kinds of cookery spices, glazier's lead, powder and shot
William Penn arrived in Pennsylvania
on October 29, 1682 after almost seven weeks at sea. In two years Penn
returned to England. He traveled back to Pennsylvania in 1699 and left
again for England in 1701, never to return. Before leaving England for Pennsylvania in 1682, William Penn wrote several letters to the Native Americans. These words of friendship support Penn's desire for peace. This copy, reprinted in the mid-nineteenth century and decorated with an image of Native Americans and Penn, reprints Penn's second letter read to the Lenape by Penn's representative Thomas Holme in August 1682. Text of the
letter: -- Richard Townsend, Shipmate of William Penn On the Proprietor's first visit to Pennsylvania, 1682
According to legend, Native Americans met William
Penn under an elm tree at Shackamaxon, just north of Philadelphia. Traditionally,
the encounter included words of friendship and maybe the purchase of
land. While such a "Great Treaty" meeting may never have occurred,
it symbolized the desire for peace on the part of both the Lenape and
William Penn.
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