sentences:  A remarkable orator, Penn had earned a place at the Third Provincial Congress of 1775, and he replaced Richard Caswell, joining William Hooper and Joseph Hewes in Philadelphia for the convening of the Continental Congress in 1776.Later, John Penn, with Cornelius Harnett and John Williams, signed the Articles of Confederation for North Carolina.Penn retired to Granville County, and he died at a relatively young age of 48 years in 1788.