Religion on a Moving Frontier: The Berks County Area, 1700-1748

Posted by on Nov 28, 2013 in | Comments Off on Religion on a Moving Frontier: The Berks County Area, 1700-1748 Because of the tolerant policy of the Penns, thousands of people of various ethnic backgrounds and religious faiths poured into the colony of Pennsylvania, many of them moving directly to the frontier. Within fifteen years after the founding of Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania frontier had moved more than fifty miles north and west of the city. By 1700 the area comprising the southeastern part of...
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