Resources in Early American History

1	Author:	Pennsylvania. General Assembly	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Laws, 1682-1719
	Dates:	1682-1719
	Abstract:	This volume contains a series of documents relating to the founding of the colony and its early political development. Included are the acts of Pennsylvania Assembly, 1685-1719, a copy of Charles II grant to William Penn, the Frame of Government for 1701, and an act of the Privy Council in 1705. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.345.12.P38
	Extent:	2 volume(s)
	Topics:	Colonial Politics \| Law \| Pennsylvania History
	Genre:	Official Government Documents and Records

2	Author:	unknown	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Pennsylvania. General Assembly. The Great Law, 1682
	Dates:	1682
	Abstract:	This collection contains a copy of the Great Law signed between William Penn and colonists when he arrived in the colony in 1682. The original is in the State Archives of Pennsylvania. Influenced by Quaker principles, the Great Law listed the crimes and punishments that the new colony would enforce and aimed to regulate morality and behavior. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.345.12.P38L
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Colonial Politics \| Government Affairs \| Law \| Pennsylvania History
	Genre:	Legal Records \| Official Government Documents and Records

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