Controversy in the Courts: Regicide, Rebels, and Regal Indiscretion, examines four cases – King Charles I, William Penn, Daniel O’Connell, and Queen Caroline – through books and illustrations from the Hampton L. Carson Collection Illustrative of the Growth of the Common Law. The exhibition runs from April 5th through July 30th, 2010 and may be viewed from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Tours of the Department are offered on weekdays at 11:00 a.m.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Charles Stuard [sic] II. Engraving by DeLarmessin. Paris: P. Bertrand, [n.d.]
After the intercession of the king’s brother (later James II) on behalf of Sir William Penn, King Charles II granted William Penn a colony of his own in America and named it “Pennsylvania.”
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