A letter from William Penn of Pennsylania improvisation The Surrender of Breda (Las

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A letter from William Penn of Pennsylania improvisation The Surrender of Breda (LasA letter from William Penn of Pennsylania, late 17th early 18th century, (1840). Penn (1644 1718), English Quaker leader and advocate of religious freedom, founded the American Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers and other religious minorities. Illustration from Historical and Literary Curiosities consisting of Fac similies of Original Documents, by Charles John Smith, (Henry G Bohn, London, 1840).