Excerpt from Sir William Penn, Knight, Admiral and General at Sea: Great Captain Commander of the FleetIf I may claim the credit of being the first to condense into one volume the substance of what is now ascertainable in regard to Sir William Penn, I would not undervalue the biographical notices in the various cyclopedias, they, however, are brief, and in different degrees imperfect. On the other hand Mr. Granville Penn's Memorials is a work of such extended and thorough research, that it ranks among standard books of reference, having original authority.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.