US Charter William Penn (1644 - 1718), English Quaker and the founder of Pennsylvania, receives the Charter of Pennsylvania from King Charles II (1630 - 1685) in payment of a debt owed to his father, 4th March 1681. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Pennsylvania Charter Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome, Artist. The birth of Pennsylvania. , ca. 1932. July 28. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/99471904/. (Library of Congress)
PENN'S CHARTER School students view the front page of the restored 317-year-old original Pennsylvania Charter under a glass-enclosed case that was granted to William Penn by King Charles II of England. The document was unveiled, following restoration, in the William Penn Historical Museum in Harrisburg, Pa. Friday, March 6, 1998. It took five months to restore the fragile 4-page document with a picture of King George II at upper left corner.(AP Photo/Paul Vathis) (PAUL VATHIS/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Pennsylvania Charter William Wewer, executive director of Pennsylvanias Historical Commission and coordinator of activities for Pennsylvanias upcoming 300th birthday party in 1981, views the original charter for Pennsylvania given to William Penn by King Charles II in payment of a debt in 1681. Charter is kept under glass in William Penn Museum in Harrisburg, shown Sept. 14, 1979. State plans a 25-month-long commemoration starting in March 1981. (AP Photo/Paul Vathis) (Paul Vathis/AP)
William Penn 1696, English Quaker and reformer William Penn (1644 - 1718), founder of the colony of Pennsylvania. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
William Penn Circa 1710, English quaker and colonial leader William Penn (1644 - 1718), the founder of Pennsylvania. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
William Penn Statue of William Penn in Philadephia, Pennsylvania. One might specify that this is the ground-based statue of the founder of Pennsylvania and one of the planners of Philadelphia. A more famous version, beloved locally as the Billy Penn Statue, stands high atop city hall. (Photographer: Carol M. Highsmith/Library of Congress)
Great Treaty William Penn Philadelphia Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome, Artist. The landing of William Penn / J.L.G. Ferris. Pennsylvania, ca. 1932. Cleveland, Ohio: The Foundation Press, Inc., July 28. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004669764/. (Library of Congress)
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