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The Birth of Pennsylvania, a portrait of William Penn (standing with document in hand), who founded the Province of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a refuge for Quakers after receiving a royal deed to it from King Charles II. The history of Pennsylvania stems back thousands of years when the first indigenous peoples occupied the area of present-day ...
1738–1747 Philadelphia: 19 Anthony Palmer: President of Council: 1747 Philadelphia: 20 James Hamilton: Deputy Governor: 1748–1754 Philadelphia: 21 Robert Hunter Morris: Deputy Governor: 1754–1756 Philadelphia: 22 William Denny Deputy Governor: 1756–1759 Philadelphia: Acting and 23 James Hamilton: Deputy Governor: 1759–1763 ...
Pages in category "1738 establishments in Pennsylvania" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
The 8th Pennsylvania Regiment or Mackay's Battalion was an American infantry unit that became part of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Authorized for frontier defense in July 1776, the eight-company unit was originally called Mackay's Battalion after its commander, Colonel Aeneas Mackay.
The first scam that cost Ed Hayduk of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, most of his life savings started with a simple text message. The text appeared to be meant for someone else, Hayduk told CBS ...
A 12-year-old Wisconsin boy heroically shot and killed a 200-pound black bear that was mauling his dad while pinning him to the ground. Owen Beierman shot the bear in its vitals, saving his 43 ...
The shooter in an apparent murder-suicide that stemmed from an argument over shoveling snow in Pennsylvania last week was at one point a member of the U.S. Navy, according to an obituary.