Here are excerpts from biographies and full-text introductory essays from Lawmaking and Legislators, Volumes One , Two, and Three.  Note: You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files.

Volume One
- Joseph Growden (excerpt)
- Edward Shippen (excerpt)

- Nicholas Waln (excerpt)

- The Pennsylvania Quakers and William Penn

Volume Two
- James Burnside (excerpt)

- James Hamilton (excerpt)

- Sir William Keith (excerpt)

- The Assembly, the Pennsylvania Economy, and the Growth of the Province

Volume Three
- Edward Biddle (excerpt)

- Benjamin Franklin (excerpt)
- Michael Hillegas (excerpt)

                                                                     - Prelude to Revolution

     James Hamilton by Benjamin West

See our Gallery of Signers for pictures of Pennsylvania legislators who signed the Declaration of Independence.