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Forty Ferry Road Old Saybrook, Connecticut 06475 Tel: 860.388.6809 www.AntiqueSamplers.com Hubers@AntiqueSamplers.com Admiral William Penn’s purse is part of the suit of nery he ordered in May of 1660 in preparation for King Charles II’s return to England. When King Charles II boarded Penn’s ship he stated that Admiral Penn was “resplendent” in all his nery. e land known as Sylvania was renamed Pennsylvania by Charles II to honor Sir Admiral William Penn before granting it to his Quaker son William Penn.