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Richard Penn portrait

Image of Richard Penn.  Richard Penn (17 January 1706 – 4 February 1771) was a proprietary and titular governor of the province of Pennsylvania and the counties of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex (which three now comprise the state of ...

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Collection:Historical Society of Pennsylvania portrait collection (#V88)
Call Number:V88
Format: Electronic
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Drawing
Copyright:Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org)
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/15019
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description Image of Richard Penn. &nbsp;<strong>Richard Penn</strong>&nbsp;(17 January 1706 &ndash; 4 February 1771) was a proprietary and titular governor of the&nbsp;province of Pennsylvania&nbsp;and the counties of&nbsp;New Castle,&nbsp;Kent, and&nbsp;Sussex&nbsp;(which three now comprise the state of&nbsp;Delaware) on the&nbsp;Delaware River.<br /> Born in&nbsp;Bristol, England, he was the third son of&nbsp;William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, by his second wife,&nbsp;Hannah Margaret Callowhill. He married Hannah, daughter of John Lardner, and had two sons,&nbsp;John&nbsp;and&nbsp;Richard, both of whom also served as provincial governors of Pennsylvania.
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