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Posts tagged with Hannah Callowhill Penn

Last Updated: Mar. 08, 2018 · 5:11 p.m.

So if Hannah Callowhill Penn was really more instrumental in PA than William — should we change our name?

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William Penn's wife ran Pennsylvania after her husband fell ill — and kicked ass doing it.