un-quakerlike

Updated: September 19, 2025

Then the governor whom the king had appointed during Penn's retirement was a soldier, and his un-Quakerlike notions as to the right conduct of a colony brought a new element of confusion into affairs which were already sufficiently confounded. At last, in 1699, it became possible for the founder to make another visit to his province. He brought his family with him, evidently intending to stay.

George Hodges - William Penn