The land deed is for the property of Buena Vista and includes William Penn’s signature and his royal seal. Other documents include several 19th century land deeds, an 1830 agreement for a railroad ...

The Commonwealth’s foundation dates to March 4, 1681, the day King Charles II granted land in North America to William Penn via a royal charter.

The National Park Service’s proposal to remove a William Penn statue from a historic site in Philadelphia — quickly withdrawn amid a backlash — wasn’t a priority for some of the Native Americans the ...

Penn arrived in present-day Philadelphia in 1682 after being granted the charter for a huge swath of land by King Charles II, land that the English had wrested from Dutch colonialists, historians say.

A statue of William Penn at a Philadelphia historical site will remain in ... Penn founded Pennsylvania after receiving a charter from King Charles II for more than 45,000 square miles of land in ...

Penn arrived in present-day Philadelphia in 1682 after being granted the charter for a huge swath of land by King Charles II, land that the English had wrested from Dutch colonialists, historians say.