Philadelphia; a guide, made for the convenience of people interested in the city's notable history and present achievements . hips entailed by the Stamp Act of 1765 fell heavily on thiscolony; remonstrances were passed, and, in common with the other colo-nies, Pennsylvania refused to buy imported and dutiable commodities. Theleaders of the people then, besides Franklin, were Dickinson, Willing,Morris, Thomson, Mifflin, Reed, Wharton, Hopkinson and others whosenames are now familiar to all Philadelphians. The growing wrath of Pennsylvania toward the mother country wasfanned to bitter fury by th
Philadelphia; a guide, made for the convenience of people interested in the city's notable history and present achievements . hips entailed by the Stamp Act of 1765 fell heavily on thiscolony; remonstrances were passed, and, in common with the other colo-nies, Pennsylvania refused to buy imported and dutiable commodities. Theleaders of the people then, besides Franklin, were Dickinson, Willing,Morris, Thomson, Mifflin, Reed, Wharton, Hopkinson and others whosenames are now familiar to all Philadelphians. The growing wrath of Pennsylvania toward the mother country wasfanned to bitter fury by the treatment of Franklin in England at thehands of the Privy Council in 177-1—their most distinguished and vener-able citizen was attacked in a coarse and brutal examination, which hiscountrymen rightly regarded as outrageous. 6 Liberty Bell, cast in 1752 forthe Pennsylvania StateHouse, hearing the inscrip-tion, Proclaim L ib c r t yThroughout the joyful notes did indeedproclaim liberty when itrang forth to announce toPhiladelphians that withinthe State House the Inde-pendence of the Colonieshad been State House usually called Independence Hall, on Chestnut Street between Fifth andSixth Streets, facing Independence Square. This is the birthplace of AmericanLiberty for m a room here the delegates from the American Colonies met and^sued the Declaration of Independence. Passed on July 4, m6, it Was plblily*££****«* ? *«form in the Square on July 8. In the main corridor theLiberty Bell shown above, is carefully Preserved. The last time it was runawas in x835, m memory of Chief Justice Marshall. 9 OLD CHRIST CHURCH
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