Pennsylvania Archives

Pennsylvania Archives

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Published: 1899

Total Pages: 806

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A collection of documents supplementing the companion series known as "Colonial records," which contain the Minutes of the Provincial council, of the Council of safety, and of the Supreme executive council of Pennsylvania.


"Rememb'ring Our Time and Work is the Lords"

Author: Karen Guenther

Publisher: Susquehanna University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9781575910932

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Pennsylvania's role in the development of American culture and society has received an increasing amount of attention in the past two decades, as the tercentenary celebrations of the founding of the province led to a reexamination of the colony and state's contributions to the ethnic and religious diversity of modern America. With increasing pluralism, however, the religious group that was most prominent in the establishment of the province - the Society of Friends, or Quakers - declined in its impact and importance.