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William Penn is believed to have purchased the land on which his house was built from the Lenni-Lenape tribe. Penn is also know for treating the native american population with respect. So yes, it's an interesting history and would not be complete without including the Native American role in William Penn's Pennsylvania.The tribes needed a space in front of his home? Interesting
When Penn arrived in his colony in late October 1682, he reinforced the Lenape's favorable view of him. He took great pains to deal fairly, generously and honestly with the native inhabitants of the land that he claimed as his own. He personally met with them to purchase land, a practice memorialized in his legendary meeting with the Lenape along the banks of the Delaware River at
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