We are pleased to announce the publication of Lawmaking and Legislators in Pennsylvania: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume Three, 1757-1775. This volume covers the Assembly terms from 1757 through 1775, a period that witnessed the French and Indian War, the expansion of Pennsylvania, with the addition of Bedford, Northumberland, and Westmoreland counties, the Stamp Act crisis, the development of extra-legal committees, the creation of county militias, and the eventual overthrow of the colonial government. The essays included in this volume are of enormous value in helping us understand the social origins and development of the American Revolution in Pennsylvania, as well as, more generally, our nation's democratic heritage.
Among the legislators who are profiled in this volume are: four signers of the Declaration of Independence (Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Ross, and George Taylor); numerous significant military figures including John Armstrong, James Ewing, Samuel Miles, James Potter, Daniel Roberdeau, and William Thompson; prominent loyalists (Andrew Allen, Joseph Galloway, James Rankin, and Samuel Shoemaker); and many notable civic leaders including Michael Hillegas, Henry Keppele, James Pemberton, David Rittenhouse, Samuel Rhoads, John Sellers, and David Twining. For a complete list of biographies in this volume click here.
Lawmaking and Legislators in Pennsylvania: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume Three, 1757-1775 is of enormous value in helping us understand the social origins and development of the American Revolution in Pennsylvania, as well as, more generally, our nation's democratic heritage. Order your copy today through Penn State Press (1-800- 326-9180).
We hope you enjoy the excerpts [note: you need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these excerpts] from the biographies of Edward Biddle, Benjamin Franklin, and Michael Hillegas. You can also read the full-text of our introductory essay Prelude to Revolution. Be sure to check out our Name Index and Subject Index to
Volume Three, which may prove useful to you if you are interested in early Pennsylvania or are researching your own family's history.
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published its last issue (see masthead above). The newspaper closed to protest the imposition of the Stamp Act, a tax on paper, imposed by Great Britian. A contemporary political cartoon depicts British politicians mourning the repeal by Parliament the Stamp Act in 1766.