. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. to America was the religiouspersecution by the established church. They were a peace-loving and industrious people, and it became a burningdesire to make a home in a land where they could worshipGod according to the dictates of their conscience, andwhere they might be free from military despotism andat liberty to enjoy the fruits of their own industry. Wil-liam Penn in 1681 had been granted by the crown theterritory which now forms the State of Pennsylvania inpayment of a debt due his father, and some years pre-viously had traveled through Ho
. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. to America was the religiouspersecution by the established church. They were a peace-loving and industrious people, and it became a burningdesire to make a home in a land where they could worshipGod according to the dictates of their conscience, andwhere they might be free from military despotism andat liberty to enjoy the fruits of their own industry. Wil-liam Penn in 1681 had been granted by the crown theterritory which now forms the State of Pennsylvania inpayment of a debt due his father, and some years pre-viously had traveled through Holland and Germany withseveral English Quakers preaching their doctrine of re-ligion. These people, who had suffered for years fromwar and despotism, now accepted Perms proposed planfor a settlement of his colony, with enthusiasm, to establisha home in the new world. His plan found favor with the Mennonites and Mystics,who by his agents were invited to join him with their settle-ment in the new country. (60) THE PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN SOCIETY. 1 m •.
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