Pennsylvania
Quakerly Love
William Penn and friends
William Penn was the founder of Pennsylvania. In 1909, Quaker Oats advertisers identify the man on the Quaker Oats box as William Penn, however today it has been refuted. The name "Quakers" originates from the fact that early worshippers would "quake with the spirit of God." Quakers believe that God presented redemption and placed a "inner light" inside everyone.
The Safest Place in the New World
Our wonderful city is a place far, far away from religious persecution and the domineering Church of England. Here we believe that God is almighty and is a part of all of us. We are very strong, hardworking, honest, independent people. The first leader of our sect was Mr. George Fox, he was a fascinating man, and his word was of great strength and power and thousands of us left controlling England for a New world. We do not believe in serving in the military or paying taxes to help support such barbaric, inhumane fighting. We started off in Massachusetts, but their ignorance to our way of life left us searching for a new land and thanks to the young William Penn and his inheritance, which was of enormous quantity, we found it. A land name came from the unfortunate death of our new leaders father, Admirable Penn. Mr. William Penn asked for the territory west of the Delaware River and from the northern boundary of Maryland to the north. There was conflict between Mr. Penn and lord Baltimore in reference to our land and after the deaths of both it was settled by two lovely surveyors' Mason and Dixon. Mr. Penn was the nicest man alive. He made friends with the unusually natives, the red people they call Indians. He treated them as equals and they loved him as we did. He signed a treaty under my favorite elm tree of peace and friendship. Mr. Penn respected and looked at them as people, but different looking people. He made us also become fond the red people. He stood for liberty, honor and was well respected around the land. This land is the birthplace of the Declaration and independence and the Constitution of the Common Wealth.