. An historical account of the old State house of Pennsylvania now known as the Hall of independence. r TT. The National Museum. EASTERN SIDE. THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 181 unknown to any Pennsylvanian, until Mr. Samuel L. Smedley, learn-ing of it, procured from the original a small photograph, which byaccident was seen by the Chairman of the Committee on Restorationof Independence Hall. Efforts repeatedly made by letter, to secure acopy, were disregarded, but through the intervention of a friend, whowa^ asked to call in person and to make the request on behalf of thecitizens of Pennsylvania, the p
. An historical account of the old State house of Pennsylvania now known as the Hall of independence. r TT. The National Museum. EASTERN SIDE. THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 181 unknown to any Pennsylvanian, until Mr. Samuel L. Smedley, learn-ing of it, procured from the original a small photograph, which byaccident was seen by the Chairman of the Committee on Restorationof Independence Hall. Efforts repeatedly made by letter, to secure acopy, were disregarded, but through the intervention of a friend, whowa^ asked to call in person and to make the request on behalf of thecitizens of Pennsylvania, the present careful copy was finally pro-cured and placed beside Wests painting of the Treaty. The originalartist is Francis Place, who painted the portrait from life shortly afterWilliam Penns second marriage in 1696, at the age of fifty-two. Thecopy is made by Henry J. Wright, who certifies to its entire accuracyin every detail. Its companion picture is a copy by the same hand,from the original portrait of Mrs. Penn—Hannah Callowhill,—painted by Place at the same time. Of the Framers of tlie Constitut
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