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William Penn

Photograph at the William Penn brown plaque

William Penn The founder of Pennsylvania Preached to a congregation of 3000 in 1685 from a window of The Crown He was arrested but then released on the intervention of Bishop Kidder This plaque was presented by Michael Fentum of Wells and unveiled by Thacher Longstreth of Philadelphia.

Inscription drawn from imported open data, awaiting original TributeLegacy editorial.

Source: Open Plaques. Geographic data via OpenStreetMap.

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