The Papers of William Penn, Volume 4 : : 1701-1718 / / Richard S. Dunn, Mary Maples Dunn, Craig W. Horle, Alison Duncan Hirsch, Marianne S. Wokeck, Joy Wiltenburg.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• HerausgeberIn: Dunn, Mary Maples,; Dunn, Richard S.,; Hirsch, Alison Duncan,; Horle, Craig W.,; Wiltenburg, Joy,; Wokeck, Marianne S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Papers of William Penn
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (842 p.) :; illus.

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Illustrations and Maps -- Introduction -- Editorial Method -- Abbreviations and Short Titles -- A William Penn Chronology, 1701-1718 -- The Proprietor in Residence -- Last Months in America -- Battling The Board The Trade 1702 -- First Proposals for Surrender 1703 -- Growing Conflict in Pennsylvania 1704 -- Antagonists Closing in January-October, 1705 -- Desperate for Money -- Debtors' Prison -- Renewal -- Reconciliation -- Final Negotiations for Surrender -- The Closing Years, 1713-1718 -- Appendix -- Calendar of Microfilmed WP Documents, 1701-1718 -- Calendar of Documents Not Filmed, 1701-18 -- Index