Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . re filled witbtidings of strife, wbere be bad labored most for barmony. His own life, too, was filled witb grief in bis last years. Unfaitbful 122 WILLIAM PBNN. agents liad so badly managed his property that his fortune was lost andhe was put in prison because he would not pay these agents some unreason-able sums thai, they claimed to be due them. He had some good friends,though, who secured his release. Then he asked the Legislature ofPennsylvania to loan him some money to help
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . re filled witbtidings of strife, wbere be bad labored most for barmony. His own life, too, was filled witb grief in bis last years. Unfaitbful 122 WILLIAM PBNN. agents liad so badly managed his property that his fortune was lost andhe was put in prison because he would not pay these agents some unreason-able sums thai, they claimed to be due them. He had some good friends,though, who secured his release. Then he asked the Legislature ofPennsylvania to loan him some money to help him out of his difficulties,but they refused. This was one of the greatest sorrows of his life, for he had given his work, his time, and a greatdeal of money to help the colonists inmany ways; and now that he was oldand in distress their ingratitude almostbroke his heart. The Letitia House, inwhich Penn resided inPhiladelphia, formerlystood in Letitia Street,near Second and Market,and was named after hisdaughter Letitia. It wastaken down, removed toFairmount Park, and putup again, just as it wasfirst built. He. penns (i^etitia) house. William Penn was born in London, England, October 14, at Ruscombe, Berkshire, England, July 30, 1718. QUESTIONS. To what sect did William Penn belong? How did his father treathim ? What brought him to America ? What about the treaty he madewith the Indians ? Where was this treaty made ? What was the feelingof the Indians toward him ? What troubles did he have with the EnglishGovernment ? What became of the house he lived in ? Where and whenwas he born ? Where and when did he die ? HEISTRT CLAY THE CELEBRATED ORATOR
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