Context–When Penn left town in 1701, he and the Legislature (personified by David & Thomas Lloyd) were bitterly divided. True, both had been on the
Category: As the Twig is Bent
The final Frame: Charter of Privileges
Penn’s Back in Town: Revamp Real Estate/Settlement Strategy and Charter of Privilege He’s Back in Office–Penn arrived in December 1699. From the beginning he was
TIME OF TROUBLES (1684-1699): PENN’S PERFECT STORM
To put some perspective on Penn’s Frame of Government, his personal compact with the First Purchasers was based on what E. Digby Baltzell calls “the
Preface to Pennsylvania and Segue Way from Virginia: Gee Whiz, they are different from the start
First Draft Only Why are States and Cities Different from Each Other? That is “The Question” which this history seeks to answer. This book begins at
4.6 the Philadelphia Municipal Corporation: Assessors, Separately Elected Functions: Laying the Foundation for Warner’s Privatism
Penn gave little particular thought to Pennsylvania’s governance–other than to copy the English sub-state political institutions/structures on paper into his Frame of Governance. After all
4.7 Assembly Bypasses Proprietor Sub-State Policy System: the Pennsylvania County and Township: Highways, Bridges and Ferries
Let’s start out with some contemporary Pennsylvania statistics on sub-state governments, generously provided to us by the the 2017 Census of Governments. Pennsylvania presently enjoys
Ron W. Coan 