Papers of William Penn, Volume 1

• v. 1. 1644-1679.--v. 2. 1680-1684 / editors, Richard S. Dunn, Mary Maples Dunn ; associate editors, Scott M. Wilds, Richard A. Ryerson, Jean R. Soderlund ; special editor, Ned C. Landsman.--v. 3. 1685-1700 / editors, Marianne S. Wokeck ... [et al.] ; general editors, Richard S. Dunn, Mary Maples Dunn.--v. 4. 1701-1718 / editors, Craig W. Horle ... [et al.] ; general editors, Richard S. Dunn, Mary Maples Dunn.--v. 5. William Penn's published writings, 1660-1726 : an interpretive bibliography / Edwin B. Bronner, David Fraser.

"Superb is the only term of description for this first (of a projected set of five) volumes containing all the surviving manuscripts originating with William Penn. . . . One can now more fully understand this extraordinary man's character-impetuous, careless, and disorganized in personal and business affiars, tactless yet burningly sincere and indefatigable." (Journal of American Studies) "A monumental volume. . . . [The editors] have produced a kind of encyclopedia, not merely of Penn's life but of the age itself." (The Eighteenth Century)