"It may surprise many that William Penn, who founded one of the thirteen original American colonies, spent just four years on American soil. Even more surprising, though, is Penn's remarkable impact on the fundamental principles of religious freedom on both sides of the Atlantic, especially given his tumultuous life: from his youthful radicalism as leader of the Quaker movement to his role as governor and proprietor of a major American colony; from...

While Daniel Boone is today remembered as the most famous and illustrious of his family, many generations of Boones before and after embodied the early American spirit of exploration, migration and adventure. This book traces the Boone family through 11 generations, starting with ancestors in 17th-century England and continuing through the Revolutionary War to the 19th century. Numerous manscripts, wills and land deeds from Boone family history are...

The biography of John Woolman, a great American Quaker in the colonies.