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it only mentioned william penn's idealism but in fact william penn had penned his famous essay of peace on world peace in 1693 and it was a concept akin to what the united nations was to become. the promoters mentioned that and united nations stay shares william penn's new calendar birthday sort of the prize. >> that didn't get the connection with the birthday however from the beginning there was reference to william penn especially as a world citizen and benjamin franklin in the same way. portraying philadelphia as a world place which is a contemporary concern as well so it's really interesting echo for me. there was also another promoter who was promoting the area around the media in pennsylvania who was very persistent and his argument was all about william penn. he felt it should be in pennsylvania and he did not want it to be in the city of philadelphia. he thought it was not an appropriate setting for his organization so he pushed the area around media and also brought a number of eastern pennsylvanian communities into this competition each with their own proposal in east end penn
it only mentioned william penn's idealism but in fact william penn had penned his famous essay of peace on world peace in 1693 and it was a concept akin to what the united nations was to become. the promoters mentioned that and united nations stay shares william penn's new calendar birthday sort of the prize. >> that didn't get the connection with the birthday however from the beginning there was reference to william penn especially as a world citizen and benjamin franklin in the same...
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when william penn laid out the city, he actually chose a spot of land that had a lot of groundwater.ever, by 1730, 30,000 people lived within the first seven blocks of philadelphia, next to the delaware river. well, 30,000 people caused filth in the city and polluted their water sources. the groundwater was not potable. and in one year, 1/6 of the population died of yellow fever. now, they didn't know at the time that yellow fever was carried by mosquitoes. but the health issue was major in that first movement to build a water system. narrator: so they set out to find the cleanest source of water. although the majority of philadelphia's water now comes from the delaware river, early engineers found that development along the waterfront was causing pollution. so their search led them to the nearby schuylkill river. philadelphia developed technologies to pump water from the river into the city. these technologies established engineering concepts that are still the basis for our water systems today. europeans flocked here. it was a destination point to see the new world technology. when
when william penn laid out the city, he actually chose a spot of land that had a lot of groundwater.ever, by 1730, 30,000 people lived within the first seven blocks of philadelphia, next to the delaware river. well, 30,000 people caused filth in the city and polluted their water sources. the groundwater was not potable. and in one year, 1/6 of the population died of yellow fever. now, they didn't know at the time that yellow fever was carried by mosquitoes. but the health issue was major in...
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called delaware's destiny determined by lewis and it's the story of the great lawsuit between william penn and lord baltimore in the english courts which resulted in delaware being a separate state rather than being part of maryland. some of our other books, we do a combinaticombinati on of new books on delaware history such as the one by dr. bradley skelter about african-american education in delaware and we do reprints of classics. this is one of my favorites. this is called delaware tied to the first-aid and the original history of this was published in 1938 as part of the depression era works progress a demonstration of federal writers and it's a guide to the state status it was at that time and it comes complete with a map of 1938 rosendahl that. this is a reprint of another classic colonial delaware tied dr. john john heyman monroe. when i was attending back in the dark ages everyone had to take a delaware history class and he was a professor of the course. he walked into the lecture hall and it was like you would turn on this bigot and all this stuff came pouring out of him and then
called delaware's destiny determined by lewis and it's the story of the great lawsuit between william penn and lord baltimore in the english courts which resulted in delaware being a separate state rather than being part of maryland. some of our other books, we do a combinaticombinati on of new books on delaware history such as the one by dr. bradley skelter about african-american education in delaware and we do reprints of classics. this is one of my favorites. this is called delaware tied to...
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it's the story of the great lawsuit between william penn and lord baltimore and the english court which resulted in delaware being a separate state rather than being part of maryland. some of our other books, we do a combination of new books on delaware history such as the one by doctor bradley skelcher about african-american education in delaware. and we do reprints of classic. this is one of my favorites. it is called delaware, a guide to the first state. and the original edition of this was published in 1938 as part of the old depression era, progress, federal writers project. and it's a guide to the state as it was at that time that it comes complete with a map with 1938 roads and all that. this is a reprint of another classic, colonial delaware by dr. roe. when i was attending the university of delaware back in the dark ages, everybody had to take a delaware history class and doctor monroe was a professor of that course. he walked in to the lecture hall and those like you turn on this spigot and all the stuff came pouring out of him. and then it turned off at the end of an hour. bu
it's the story of the great lawsuit between william penn and lord baltimore and the english court which resulted in delaware being a separate state rather than being part of maryland. some of our other books, we do a combination of new books on delaware history such as the one by doctor bradley skelcher about african-american education in delaware. and we do reprints of classic. this is one of my favorites. it is called delaware, a guide to the first state. and the original edition of this was...
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and it's a story of the great lawsuit between william penn and lord baltimore and the english courtsch resulted in delaware being a separate state rather than being part of maryland. and some of our other books, we do a combination of new books on delaware history such as the one by dr. bradley skelcher about african-american education in delaware. and we do reprints of classics. this is one of my favors. this is called "delaware: a guide to the first state." and the original edition of this was published in 1938 as part of the old depression-era progress administration federal writers' project. and it's a guide to the state as it was at that time. it comes complete with a map of 1938 roads and all that. this this is a reprint of another classic, colonial delaware by dr. john a. monroe. when with i was attending the university of delaware back in the dark ages, everybody had to take a delaware history class, and dr. monroe was the professor of that course. and you'd walk into the lecture hall, and it was like you'd turn on a spigot, and all this stuff came pouring out of him. and the
and it's a story of the great lawsuit between william penn and lord baltimore and the english courtsch resulted in delaware being a separate state rather than being part of maryland. and some of our other books, we do a combination of new books on delaware history such as the one by dr. bradley skelcher about african-american education in delaware. and we do reprints of classics. this is one of my favors. this is called "delaware: a guide to the first state." and the original edition...
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penn might find the emotional strength to deal with close management. other inmates are not as fortunate. >> all right, we've got it. what's going on, l.t.? >> i don't know. >> lieutenant williams been called to an emergency on the second floor of the unit. >> what's the problem? unresponsive? hey! come here, cuff up! come over here and cuff up! >> officers initially responded to an inmate who is kicking his door. when they looked inside, they saw a bed sheet tied loosely around his neck and the inmate began threatening suicide. >> what's up, dude? come on. >> the inmate is one known for bracingly exposing himself to female staff, anthony bell. >> call mental health. call medical. call oic. >> coming up -- >> if you really want to commit suicide, you cry for attention before. >> staff question anthony bell's are you flo? yes. is this the thing you gave my husband? well, yeah, yes. the "name your price" tool. you tell us the price you want to pay, and we give you a range of options to choose from. careful, though -- that kind of power can go to your head. that explains a lot. yo, buddy! i got this. gimme one, gimme one, gimme one! the power of the "name your price" tool. only fr
penn might find the emotional strength to deal with close management. other inmates are not as fortunate. >> all right, we've got it. what's going on, l.t.? >> i don't know. >> lieutenant williams been called to an emergency on the second floor of the unit. >> what's the problem? unresponsive? hey! come here, cuff up! come over here and cuff up! >> officers initially responded to an inmate who is kicking his door. when they looked inside, they saw a bed sheet tied...