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Frederick B. Tolles
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Howard M. Jenkins Professor of Quaker History and Research, 1954–70; Director, Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, 1941–70. Author of The Witness of William Penn and others.

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Engraved portrait of William Penn wearing a dark coat, white cravat, and wide-brimmed hat, with shoulder-length curly hair.
William Penn was an English Quaker leader and advocate of religious freedom, who oversaw the founding of the American Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers and other religious minorities of Europe. William was the son of Admiral Sir William Penn. He acquired the foundations of a…
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