FRANK, MANOR
\fɹˈaŋk], \fɹˈaŋk], \f_ɹ_ˈa_ŋ_k]\
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a territory with privilege of local self-government granted to certain Welsh colonists, known as the " Free Society of Traders," by William Penn, March 20, 1682. The grant empowered them to hold courts of sessions and jail deliveries, and to appoint certain civil officers. The company purchased 20,000 acres of Penn.
By John Franklin Jameson