William Penn Quote

It may be a green country town which will never be burnt and always be wholesome.

Of his planned city of Philadelphia

letter of instructions to commissioners, 30 September 1681, in Samuel M Janney The Life of William Penn (1856)


It may be a green country town which will never be burnt and always be wholesome.

It may be a green country town which will never be burnt and always be wholesome.

It may be a green country town which will never be burnt and always be wholesome.

It may be a green country town which will never be burnt and always be wholesome.