Discovering America Podcast

Terry Noorda

This podcast will be a history narrative collected from various sources. I will be covering the stories of events and people that played a part in creating America. My goal is to give the listener an entertaining dialog of history and walk away (or ear away) with a, “I didn’t know that”, feeling.

  • 35 minutes 13 seconds
    166-William Penn part six

    Taking you through the years after 1711 until William Penn’s family take over the Pennsylvania  proprietary.

    19 February 2024, 12:19 am
  • 42 minutes 9 seconds
    165-Correspondense between William Popple and William Penn

    Popple who was secretary to the plantation office in 1688, wrote to Penn on varies topics and about the attacks that were being made against him. Penn responded as one would expect with principle and laid out a defense and proof on allegations of character and religious persuasion.

    14 February 2024, 3:54 am
  • 17 minutes 50 seconds
    164-William Penn's Pep Talk

    Pep talk, more of a scolding, William Penn was disappointed on the behavior of the colonists and the financial burden was taking its toll. Here is a letter to give them a sort of wake up call. Do your part and enjoy the freedom you have to make a life for yourself.

    30 January 2024, 3:43 am
  • 44 minutes 22 seconds
    163-William Penn part five

    Recounting Pennsylvania during the years 1702 through 1710 pertaining to meetings between the different Governors and the House and the assembly, there were individuals on both sides of the isle trying to set up an acceptable government with guidelines from England and William Penn, a definite learning curve. And the cost to the William Penn’s estate was not growing as planned.

    26 January 2024, 3:52 am
  • 59 minutes 29 seconds
    162-William Penn part four

    This episode is a continuation of the historical encounters and events of William Penn residing either in England or Philadelphia, trying to set up and maintain the territory of Pennsylvania and the lower counties between 1684 and 1701.

    15 October 2023, 3:22 am
  • 57 minutes 19 seconds
    161-Quit Rent System Under William Penn

    Individuals were starting a new life across the ocean and with that were able to purchase land. This land also had some strings attached. The crown had amount that was due for lands sold to the Proprietors, such as William Penn. The new comers had to purchase and pay a yearly fee upon what land was obtained, they experienced the old feudal system of “Quit-Rent.” This episode covers this system in Pennsylvania and the Lower Counties.

    6 September 2023, 3:32 am
  • 59 minutes
    160-"The United States Constitution" read

    I read the United States Constitution in Celebration of July 4th 2023.

    14 July 2023, 4:08 am
  • 10 minutes 38 seconds
    159-Excerpt of William Penn's Frame of Government

    I read an excerpt of William Penn’s frame of government for Pennsylvania.

    3 April 2023, 2:05 am
  • 48 minutes 39 seconds
    158-William Penn's letter to Free Society of Traders, 1683

    It was time to let people know just what they had invested in, you know, keep them happy, so the monies would continue to flow to his venture. Penn offered to the first 100 investors an additional 5000 acres. Whoa what a deal. Is there a road to the property? Most likely not, so starts the hard work of making your own estate. Although, something you probably couldn’t accomplish in your mother country.

    27 February 2023, 1:15 am
  • 11 minutes 2 seconds
    157-Treatise written by Andrew Sowle in 1684 about Pennsylvania

    A treatise written by Andrew Sowle in 1684 describing the why a person should make their way to the land of Pennsylvania.

    20 February 2023, 4:56 pm
  • 5 minutes 57 seconds
    156-A letter written to the Indians from William Penn

    This is a letter written in 1681 by William Penn to the Indians to express his intentions of peace and prosperity between the colonists and the Indians.

    20 February 2023, 12:12 am
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