. An historical account of the old State house of Pennsylvania now known as the Hall of independence. ceipt to the trustees for the saidbills, etc. Passing throughthe usual xformalities on theeighth, the bill was signed by the Speaker on the tenth of the same day the House, as was then the custom, waited in abody upon the Gov-ernor, that this andother bills should bepassed into law—theconcurrence of hishonour having beengraciously accorded. Such is the modestprovision made for the State House of Pennsylvania, now tlie worldrenowned Independence Hall. Still another formality was required
. An historical account of the old State house of Pennsylvania now known as the Hall of independence. ceipt to the trustees for the saidbills, etc. Passing throughthe usual xformalities on theeighth, the bill was signed by the Speaker on the tenth of the same day the House, as was then the custom, waited in abody upon the Gov-ernor, that this andother bills should bepassed into law—theconcurrence of hishonour having beengraciously accorded. Such is the modestprovision made for the State House of Pennsylvania, now tlie worldrenowned Independence Hall. Still another formality was required, the affixing of the GreatSeal of the Province, and this demanded the presence of a committeeof the House. Messrs. Thomas Tress and William Monington, wereassigned to this duty. Even now the law might be disallowed by hisMajestys Government, and in anticipation of an adverse action theHouse had appointed another committee, consisting of John Kearsley,Andrew Hamilton, and William Webb, to prepare an address to theKing, and one to the Penns, in favor of the law as passed. It was not for many mon
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