TRUE STORIES OF GREAT AMERICANS WILLIAM PENN [Illustration: Logo] THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO [Illustration: Wm Penn] WILLIAM PENN BY RUPERT S. HOLLAND AUTHOR OF "HISTORIC BOYHOODS," "THE KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN SPUR," ETC. New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1915 _All rights reserved_ COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped. Published September, 1915. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE WILLIAM PENN GOES TO COLLEGE 1 CHAPTER II THE EARLY QUAKERS 9 CHAPTER III WILLIAM PENN TRAVELS 18 CHAPTER IV THE YOUNG QUAKER COURTIER 25 CHAPTER V PENN HELPS HIS FRIENDS 36 CHAPTER VI PENN BECOMES A MAN OF WEALTH 44 CHAPTER VII PENN IN POLITICS 55 CHAPTER VIII FIRST VISIT TO PENNSYLVANIA 68 CHAPTER IX WHAT PENN FOUND IN AMERICA 86 CHAPTER X TROUBLOUS DAYS IN ENGLAND 94 CHAPTER XI PENN IN DISFAVOR 109 CHAPTER XII PENN GOES TO AMERICA AGAIN 122 CHAPTER XIII AT COURT AND IN PRISON 139 CHAPTER XIV PENN'S WORK COMPLETED 151 CHAPTER XV PENNSYLVANIA UNDER PENN'S DESCENDANTS 158 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM PENN _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM PENN 28 PENN'S CREST _in text_ 43 PENN'S SEAL _in text_ 67 THE LETITIA HOUSE _in text_ 74 THE TREATY TREE 76 PENN'S WAMPUM BELT _in text_ 84 PENN'S BIBLE AND BOOK-PLATE 100 THE SLATE-ROOF HOUSE _in text_ 127 PENN'S DESK _in text_ 130 TABLET TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM PENN 156 FOUR OF WILLIAM PENN'S GRANDCHILDREN 162 WILLIAM PENN CHAPTER I WILLIAM PENN GOES TO COLLEGE