William Penn

Invitation to Share

September 18th, 2012

This summer a young friend attended summer camp at Pennsbury Manor, and during the course of the week she formed some opinions about my job as the Museum Educator. She Read More

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French Cuisine – The Height of English Fashion

September 10th, 2012

Last month our Open-Hearth Cooks demonstrated the cooking traditions of the Netherlands, previewed in an article we posted about Dutch foodways. Now we turn our attention to another highly influential culture, Read More

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Confessions of a Costumier: Dressing the Tradespeople

September 3rd, 2012

Following our 17th-century Fashion Show last spring, I posted an article highlighting the Laborers and their clothing – next up are the Servants & Tradespeople! These men and women did not Read More

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Learning Your ABC’s and 123’s – A 17th-Century Education

August 27th, 2012

“Education is the stamp Parents give their Children” – William Pen When we think of standards in education today, it is safe to say it has come a long way Read More

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The Country Life: It’s Harvest Time… Right?

August 20th, 2012

When many people think of the harvest, they think of autumn. But another important time for gathering crops, not to be forgotten, takes place in the heat of the summer! Read More

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William’s World: Make Your Mark

August 6th, 2012

“One drop of ink makes thousands, perhaps millions think…” – Lord Byron Although from different centuries, Lord Byron and William Penn shared a common tie: the fervent use of the quill pen Read More

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17th Century Child-Rearing: It’s A Hard-Knock Life

July 30th, 2012

Here at Pennsbury Manor we just finished our annual Colonial Summer Camp, and boy did they have fun! This summer camp features a number of activities that were common to Read More

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The Country Life: Growing our Clothes

July 17th, 2012

As the summer heat drags on, we turn our focus to an important crop we’ve been growing in the Kitchen Garden: flax. This reed-like plant has been used for thousands Read More

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William’s World: We’re So Cheesy

July 9th, 2012

We’ve recently been discussing just how important dairying was, first as a career for the idyllic milkmaids and as a country business that was transported into towns (resulting in a more convenient, but poorer Read More

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Penn’s Pen: A Government of Freedom

July 4th, 2012

On Sunday we honored William Penn’s early hopes for a land of freedom. Now we want to highlight the personal freedoms he made into law, just before sailing to his Read More