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WELSH BARONY

\wˈɛlʃ bˈaɹənɪ], \wˈɛlʃ bˈaɹənɪ], \w_ˈɛ_l_ʃ b_ˈa_ɹ_ə_n_ɪ]\

Definitions of WELSH BARONY

1894 - Dictionary of United States history

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A tract of 40,000 acres granted by William Penn to a Welsh colony. The colonists were granted the right of local self-government. The Barony was conducted after the methods of the English manor.

1894 - Dictionary of United States history
By John Franklin Jameson

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