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![[Proclamation by the State of Pennsylvania offering reward for Daniel Shays and 3 othe rebellion ringleaders. Signed by Benjamin Franklin]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODcvMDEvMDEvcHJvY2xhbWF0aW9uLWJ5LXRoZS1zdGF0ZS1vZi1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtb2ZmZXJpbmctcmV3YXJkLWZvci1kYW5pZWwtc2hheXMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/505/jpg "[Proclamation by the State of Pennsylvania offering reward for Daniel Shays and 3 othe rebellion ringleaders. Signed by Benjamin Franklin]")
![To the freemen of Pennsylvania ... [On the excise law] [Signed] Civis. [Philadelphia 1772].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NzIvMDEvMDEvdG8tdGhlLWZyZWVtZW4tb2YtcGVubnN5bHZhbmlhLW9uLXRoZS1leGNpc2UtbGF3LXNpZ25lZC1jaXZpcy1waGlsYWRlbHBoaWEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "To the freemen of Pennsylvania ... [On the excise law] [Signed] Civis. [Philadelphia 1772].")
![[Franklin signing the Declaration of Independence]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvZnJhbmtsaW4tc2lnbmluZy10aGUtZGVjbGFyYXRpb24tb2YtaW5kZXBlbmRlbmNlLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Franklin signing the Declaration of Independence]")
![[Reenactment of Pickett's Charge at the battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. William Sproul and Elbert Lee Trinkle]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjIvMDEvMDEvcmVlbmFjdG1lbnQtb2YtcGlja2V0dHMtY2hhcmdlLWF0LXRoZS1iYXR0bGUtb2YtZ2V0dHlzYnVyZy1pbi1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtMi02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Reenactment of Pickett's Charge at the battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. William Sproul and Elbert Lee Trinkle]")
![To the Freeholders and electors of the Province of Pennsylvania. [An anti-Franklin election address] [Philadelphia, William Bradford] [1765].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NjUvMDEvMDEvdG8tdGhlLWZyZWVob2xkZXJzLWFuZC1lbGVjdG9ycy1vZi10aGUtcHJvdmluY2Utb2YtcGVubnN5bHZhbmlhLWFuLWFudGktZnJhbmtsaW4tMS02NDAuanBn/40/60/webp "To the Freeholders and electors of the Province of Pennsylvania. [An anti-Franklin election address] [Philadelphia, William Bradford] [1765].")
![[Thomas Jefferson, 1743, 1826, reading rough draft of Declaration of Independence to Benjamin Franklin]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTcvMDEvMDEvdGhvbWFzLWplZmZlcnNvbi0xNzQzLTE4MjYtcmVhZGluZy1yb3VnaC1kcmFmdC1vZi1kZWNsYXJhdGlvbi1vZi1pbmRlcGVuZGVuY2UtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/52/webp "[Thomas Jefferson, 1743, 1826, reading rough draft of Declaration of Independence to Benjamin Franklin]")
![Proposals for a second settlement in the Province of Pennsylvania .... [Signed] William Penn. Printed and sold by Andrew Sowle, at the Crooked Billet in Holloway-Lane, Shoreditch, 1690 [Reprint].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvcHJvcG9zYWxzLWZvci1hLXNlY29uZC1zZXR0bGVtZW50LWluLXRoZS1wcm92aW5jZS1vZi1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtc2lnbmVkLXdpbGxpYW0tNDI4M2VkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "Proposals for a second settlement in the Province of Pennsylvania .... [Signed] William Penn. Printed and sold by Andrew Sowle, at the Crooked Billet in Holloway-Lane, Shoreditch, 1690 [Reprint].")
