William Penn was granted a royal charter for Pennsylvania from King Charles on his day in 1681, so the editors selected a collection of reflections and maxims from the founder of Pennsylvania and staunch defender of Quakerism.
The editors call "Some Fruits of Solitude" a combination of "the acute common sense of Franklin" with "the spiritual elevation of Woolman." Their assessment is correct. His maxims are steeped in piety, but have a core of common sense.
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