Historic shrines of America; being the story of one hundred and twenty historic buildings and the pioneers who made them notable . Pholn by Ph. R. Wallac PEW HOrSE, PHILADEEIMIIA See page 145 J^. ST. PETERGt-I aj S PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA See page 153 THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE U7 that the house should be used in the public it was the gathering place for the ProvincialCouncil for many years. Thus it was the first statehouse of Pennsylvania. During the fourteen years stay in England many mis-fortunes came to Penn. He was accused of treason, andhis tit
Historic shrines of America; being the story of one hundred and twenty historic buildings and the pioneers who made them notable . Pholn by Ph. R. Wallac PEW HOrSE, PHILADEEIMIIA See page 145 J^. ST. PETERGt-I aj S PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA See page 153 THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE U7 that the house should be used in the public it was the gathering place for the ProvincialCouncil for many years. Thus it was the first statehouse of Pennsylvania. During the fourteen years stay in England many mis-fortunes came to Penn. He was accused of treason, andhis title to the American lands was taken away fromhim. Later he was acquitted, and his lands werereturned. In 1692 Guli Penn died, and in 1696 Penn marriedHannah Callowhill. In 1699, when he returned toAmerica, he brought with him his wife and Letitia,who was then about twenty-five years old. Evidently the old house was not good enough for theladies of the family. At any rate they occupied for atime the slate-roof house, one of the most preten-tious buildings in the Colony. When the manor, Penns-bury, twenty miles up the Delaware, was completed, thefamily was taken there. Great style was maintained atth
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