HIST 113: Introduction to Public History (HC) Spring 2017

The letter is "to the committee of the Free society of traders of that province, residing in London." To which is added an account of the city of Philadelphia, newly laid out.
London: A. Sowle, 1683.

Includes the first printing in what would become of the U.S. of the Magna Charta as well as "And Lastly, the Charter of Liberties granted by the said VVilliam Penn to the Free-men and Inhabitants of the Province of Pennsilvania and Territories thereunto annexed, in America."

The text of this protest against the trafficking of human beings asks such questions as to whether one person may hold another as slave, likening slavery to the purchase of stolen goods and a sin, and objects to the notion that holding a black slave is any more permissible than holding a white slave. Thought to be the first organized written protest again slavery in the Americas.

Philadelphia, Pa.: William Bradford, 1689.

14th 4 mo. 1691 to Thomas Lloyd, deputy governor of PA.

At London : Re-printed for Richard Baldwin, 1694.

Includes both original documents by Penn as well as copies of documents and later images of him.