PLOWDEN, SIR EDMUND
\plˈa͡ʊdən], \plˈaʊdən], \p_l_ˈaʊ_d_ə_n]\
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Was a patentee of a grant by Charles I. in 1634, embracing New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania. A county palatinate was erected, called " New Albion," of which he was Governor. He visited the colony in 1641, but remained mostly in Virginia till his return in 1648. The Swedes disputed his jurisdiction, and the colony prospered only in the alluring accounts published in its interests.
By John Franklin Jameson
