num_pages: 842
description: This volume documents the final eighteen years of William Penn's life, from 1701 to 1718. It opens with his last months as resident proprietor of Pennsylvania--a moment of great importance in the political history of the colony. It ends with his death on 30 July 1718, after a lingering illness.
language: English
title: The Papers of William Penn, Volume Four: 1701-1718
titlecomplete: The Papers of William Penn, Volume Four: 1701-1718
series: The Papers of William Penn
publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press