|
|
Sold Out
Book Categories |
| List of Illustrations | ||
| Preface | ||
| Introduction | 1 | |
| 1 | "Receive What Moneys Thou Canst Get In": The Penn Proprietorship | 5 |
| 2 | "Proprietary Affairs Suffer Much": The Penn Family in the Mid-Eighteenth Century | 13 |
| 3 | "To Kill Us All, and Burn the Town": The Paxton Boys | 29 |
| 4 | "Contentions and Squabbling": The Movement for Royal Government | 49 |
| 5 | "To Prevent a Stamp Duty Being Laid on America": Pennsylvania and the Stamp Act | 65 |
| 6 | "Greatest Confusion": The Personal Trials of John Penn | 77 |
| 7 | "Ungovernable Spirit of the Frontier": The Incident at Middle Creek | 83 |
| 8 | "The Storm Gathering": Pennsylvania and the Townshend Duties | 93 |
| 9 | "More Vexation and Uneasiness": The Connecticut Yankees in Pennsylvania, 1763-1773 | 103 |
| 10 | "A Fortune in the Clouds": The Dispute After the Death of Richard Penn Sr. | 115 |
| 11 | "So Glorious an Exertion of Public Virtue and Spirit": Opposing the Tea Act in Philadelphia | 123 |
| 12 | "Keeping Up the Flame": The Penns and Politics from 1774 to Lexington | 131 |
| 13 | "Surrounded with Many Vexations": The Penn Family and the Death of Thomas Penn | 141 |
| 14 | "A Difficult Card to Play": The Penns, Independence, and the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 | 147 |
| 15 | "Very Alarming to the Inhabitants of Those Parts": Pennsylvania's Border Problems from 1774 to 1776 | 157 |
| 16 | "Calm Spectator of the Civil War": Pennsylvania as a Commonwealth, John Penn as Private Citizen | 171 |
| 17 | "Unjustly Deprived of Their Property": The Divestment Act of 1779 | 185 |
| 18 | "Without Repining What Is Out of Our Power": The Penns in the Wake of the American Revolution | 193 |
| Epilogue | 201 | |
| Appendix A: Condensed Penn Family Tree and Interests in the Proprietorship | 205 | |
| Appendix B: Chronology | 207 | |
| Notes | 213 | |
| Bibliography | 237 | |
| Index | 241 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
| WonderClub |
Ashton Williams
reviewed The Storm Gathering: The Penn Family and the American Revolution on June 11, 2008
The Storm Gathering: The Penn Family and the American Revolution
Well researched and written account regarding the challenges facing the Penn Family as administrators of Colonial Pennsylvania in the years leading up to the American Revolution. The author is to be commended for not just focusing on the factional conflicts in Philadelphia but also for including the enduring problems on Pennsylvania's frontier. These problems include the more familiar squabbles with Native peoples but also with greedy neighbors such as Virginia and Connecticut who actively strove to seize Pennsylvania territory by both guile and force.
Login|Complaints|Blog|Games|Digital Media|Souls|Obituary|Contact Us|FAQ
CAN'T FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? CLICK HERE!!! X
You must be logged in to add to WishlistX
This item is in your Wish List
X
This item is in your Collection
The Storm Gathering: The Penn Family and the American Revolution
X
This Item is in Your Inventory
The Storm Gathering: The Penn Family and the American Revolution
X
You must be logged in to review the productsX
X
X
Add The Storm Gathering: The Penn Family and the American Revolution, Most Pennsylvanians are familiar with the story of William Penn and the founding of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a haven for religious dissenters. But few may know what became of Penn's enterprise in the years after his death in 1718. And fewer still realize t, The Storm Gathering: The Penn Family and the American Revolution to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
X
Add The Storm Gathering: The Penn Family and the American Revolution, Most Pennsylvanians are familiar with the story of William Penn and the founding of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a haven for religious dissenters. But few may know what became of Penn's enterprise in the years after his death in 1718. And fewer still realize t, The Storm Gathering: The Penn Family and the American Revolution to your collection on WonderClub |
