Pennsylvania -- Politics and Government

This collection contains a ticket to the 1948 Democratic National Convention.

The script of Columbia Broadcasting Company's 1950 production of "The Trial of William Penn" is a dramatic retelling of the last day of Penn's trial.

Cope was a Quaker merchant, founder of Cope family shipping business, and member of Philadelphia City Council and Pennsylvania legislature. His diary entries cover a variety of topics including weather, religious and personal reflection, business interests, family news, and discussions of international politics.

This collection consists of 11 volumes of Thomas Scattergood’s manuscript journals, spanning the years 1881 to 1906.