[Perseverando]

Time for another great American (and world) history lesson from American Minute.

[Albion Wilde]

Ping!

[Hamiltonian]

It was all holy and the stuff of good paintings until Mr. Penn rode off into the sunset or an oatmeal container or wherever he went.

Following that, Thomas Penn made a living off selling the Penn land to real estate dealers who sold it to settlers, including in the terms perpetual "quitrent" which was payable to the Penn family.

People that the Penn interests referred to as "rioters" and "miscreants", from Connecticut and modern day Dauphin County, Pa., used a competing Connecticut claim as cover and settled Northeast Pa.

Thomas Penn hired people to throw them out and they failed three times.

The miscreants and rioters that settled the place named their County Seat after two rogues in Parliament named John Wilkes and Isaac Barre. They were also referring to Penn's people as Tories two years before the Declaration was signed.

The British army, Tories and several hundred Iroquois tried to throw them out in 1778 and also didn't get the job done.

The Penn land claims went away around 1781.

[C19fan]

When the family visited Philadelphia we were able to find St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.