Centennial Book of Reference (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Centennial Book of Reference (Classic Reprint) written by Benjamin F. Lewis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Centennial Book of Reference TI - ie'city of Philadelphia was founded in 1682 - 3, by William Penn, who with a colony of Friends, had come to America to settle a tract of land, granted to him by King Charles II, in payment of a debt due by Government to his father. Before attempting any overt acts of sovereignty, however, Penn acknowledged and purchased the rights of aborigines, and thus signalized his arrival by an act of equity, which made his person and his prin ciples, equally beloved. In drafting the plan of his American City, Penn is supposed to have in view the celebrated City of Babylon, which he certainly imitated in the regularity of the streets, and which he seemed desirous to emulate in size. In 1701, however, the plan was much contracted, and the city was declared to be bounded by the two rivers, Delaware and Schuylkill, and Vine and (cedar) South streets, as the north and south boundaries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.