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Born 1606 • Somerset • England
Died July 9, 1677 (aged 71) • Twickenham • England
Title / Office governor (1660-1677), Virginia • governor (1641-1652), Virginia
Role In Bacon’s Rebellion
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Engraved portrait of William Penn wearing a dark coat, white cravat, and wide-brimmed hat, with shoulder-length curly hair.
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Title page of Richard Hakluyt's The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation
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Bradford, William
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Sir George Carteret, Baronet
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Priscilla Alden
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John Alden
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