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An Historical Account of the Old State House of Pennsylvania Now Known r-He weLL read mason li""-I:~I=-•I cl••'ILei,=:-,•• Dear Reader, This book was referenced in one of the 185 issues of 'The Builder' Magazine which was published between January 1915 and May 1930. To celebrate the centennial of this publication, the Pictoumasons website presents a complete set of indexed issues of the magazine. As far as the editor was able to, books which were suggested to the reader have been searched for on the internet and included in 'The Builder' library.' This is a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by one of several organizations as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online. Wherever possible, the source and original scanner identification has been retained. Only blank pages have been removed and this header- page added. 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Do not assume that just because we believe a book to be in the public domain for users in Canada, that the work is also in the public domain for users in other countries. Whether a book is still in copyright varies from country to country. Please do not assume that a book's appearance in 'The Builder' library means it can be used in any manner anywhere in the world. Copyright infringement liability can be quite severe. The Webmaster THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA. F. D. STONE, 1300 Lo~t Street. Libra"ia". phlladelphl~c.// 4?f' h LY189Z- @M:ir~ /1z/~~ ~f(-~~~ r-~~ l'r (hd,• ~7~ dL~,a~LtA ~4 tdar~~- ~ :;=L!i'::;;y~~~/ ;t,/ ...(2'. ,_£1 ~1'~~~ ;; vtwfL ~./Y f 4 ~ ~(! d~vW ~,;;)~ , INDEPENDENCE HAl.L IN 1876. JC':;T: ~~ ·,:,.Tt'{SOR. C.~.YFi<: ;)0i: , M/·.SS, • ----_ .. _- _-__, AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT THE OLD STATE HOUSE OF PENNSYLVANIA NOW KNOWN AS THE, HALL OF INDEPENDENCE/, ~ . RY FRANK M ETTING WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS SECOND EDITION WITH CONTINUATION PHILADELPHIA PORTER AND COATES " 189 I • US /fc 9 ':: c. I/o, 2, /,-' l"OP\,RH.HT,18;4. B\' FRAXK :\1. ETTI:",;G, 1(J\'I':J(SIIII-:, CA:\IIIRII'(,I-:: STI-:RF-OI YI'I-:n A:SD I'RI:STI-:Il 11\ 11,0, HOI'GIITOS &. l"O\II'A:O-Y, EIGHTY-TWOYEARS AGO this day, a deed which neither France nor England, Greece nor Rome, ever witnessed, was done in Independence Hall, in the city of Philadelphia; a deed that cannot be matched in the history of the world. That old Hall should forever be kept sacred as the scene of such a deed. Let the rains of heaven distil gently on its roof, and the storms of winter beat softly on its door. As each successive genera• tion of those who have been benefited by the great Declaration made within its walls shall make their pilgrimage to that shrine, may they think it not unseemly to call its walls salva• tion and its gates praise !-Edwa.rd Everett. (i ) PREF ACE. IN the work that I had "found for my hand to do." it became necessary to examine carefully into the details of the building of the State House of Pennsylvania; much that surprised me came to light not only in the circumstances of its erection but in its subsequent history. Instead of Dr. Kearsley, to whom the credit had been as• cribed, I discovered that its Architect and actual Builder was one of the greatest men ever fostered by Pennsylvania ; and that every important movement, from the very inception of the efforts of the colonists to assert their constitutional liberty, first assumed shape either within this building or under the shadow of its walls. A friendly suggestion thrown out induced me to extend still further my investigations, with a view of preserving the information in print in some accessible form. This desire was enhanced by the hope that the general public would ultimately share ill the interest which every brick of this old build• ing possesses for me, and thus be inclined to lend each his individual aid towards its preservation, and to insure its proper custodianship for all time. The desultory way in which, from causes unnecessa.ry to be detailed, my memoranda have been thrown together, must leave its impress, and I cannot expect to be exempt from inaccuracies; but having done my best without fee or reward, present or prospective, I have no apologies to make to the public for claiming their notice. To those nearer to me, whose social claims have from time to time been put aside, and I now have reason to fear in some cases neglected, from absorption in my work of "restoration," I tender in extenuation this monograph, descriptive of the causes which led me thereunto, but above all others, to him now beyond the reach of my words:- To To THE MEMORY DENJAMIN ETTING I DaDlCAD THIS VOLUME. F. II. a. IIAIICII'7. 11176- TABLE OF CONTENT& ...... PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONSBEFORR THE BUILDIYG OF THE STATE HouSE S PREPARATIONS FOR BUILDING A STATE HOUSE. 9 BUILDING THE STATE HOUSE • IS ITS FIRST USE 15 SKETCH OF ANDllII:W HAMILTON, ITS BUILDER 16 THE JUDICIARY AND THE EXECUTlVE OF THE COLONY OCCUpy THE STATE HOUSE 2' THE STATE Hotrs ...: BELL ORDERED 27 THE COLONIAl. DISSENSIONS 82 UNIOY OF THE COLONIES 89 TilE CONGRESS OF 175' '0 MASSACHUSETTS FOSTERS UNION. 60 TilE CONGRESS OF 1765 61 TnE STAMP ACT R..:SISTED- bDJo:PENDESCE "'OHKSIIADOWIW 52 PKNNSYLVANIA ADH..:nES TO THE UNION 63 TUE OBSERVATORY 64 TnI'. ESTABLlSHlI ...:NTOF A CIIINA FACTORY. 65 THE PHII.AD ...:LI'UlA TEA PARTY. 67 EFFECT OF THE BOSTON POUT BILL 7' THII! FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 83 TnE INITIATION OF bDl';PENDENCE • 91 bSTRUCTIONS OF VIRGINIA TO MOVV.FOR INDEPEXI)ESCE 91 MOTION THEREFOR ACCORDINGI.YMADE BY RICHARD HEXRY LER 94 INDEPENDENCE RY-SOLVED 100 THE DECLARATION ADOPTED 101 Tlllr. DECLARATION PROCI.AIM..:D • 102 THE BELl. FOREn:LLS THE JUBILRE OF 1876 104 IXDEPENDENCE MADE UNA."iIMOUS • 105 THE FIRST CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA lOG BRJTISU OCCUPATION OF PHILADELl'llIA 107 ARTICLES OF CONFEDEHATION SIGNED 109 CONGRESS LEAVES PIIILADELPHIA • 111 vi TABLE OF CONTENTS. CONVENTION TO J'RAJlE THE CONSTITUTIONOJ' THR UXITED STATU 117 CoXVEXTION TO J'RAJlE TB& SECOND C05STITUTIOK O. THB STATE or PUNSYL VANIA 120 THB STATE HOUSE RBLIlfQUISBED • 121 SKETCH OJ' THE BANQUETING HALL 121 LEOTURU OK ELBOTRIOITY AT TB& STATE. HOUSE • • 125 THE STBEPLB REJlOVED 127 SKETOH OJ' THE WINGS • 129 SKETCH or THE STATE HouSE YARD lSI SKETCH OJ' CONGRESSHALL • ]35 SKETCH or CITY HALL 146 SKETCII OJ' TIlZ PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY BUILDING • 162 SUTCH 0:1' PEALE'S MUElEUJI • 16<& THB STEEPLE RESTORED • 168 TilE RESTORATION O. lNDEPEXDENCBHALL • 166 ITS ILLUSTRATIONS • 173 ESTABLISHJlENT 0.(1'THE NATIONAL MUSEUM 179 DEDICATION OJ' INDEPEXDENCE HALL AND ITS ADJUNCTS TO THE P.,:O- ~ O. TBB UNITED STATU 183 ENGRAVINGS. INDEPENDENCE HALL, 1876. F~~. lHDEPENDE..'fCRHALL IN 1776 • Tilk Page IUU6trated. THB PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM PENN Face 2 THE LETITIA COTTAGE (THE FIRST RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM PENS) " THE SLATE ROOF HOUSE (GOVERNMENT HOUSE) 6 THE FIRST TOWN HALL (AND COURT HOUSE) • 8 ELEVATION OF TilE STATF. HOUSE • 18 THE PORTRAIT OF ANDREW HAMILTON 17 THE MARCH OF TilE PAXTON Boys ON PHILADELPHIA, AND WIIAT CAME OF IT. SCENE AT THE COURT Housa OR ToW"N HALL. 46 NON-IMPORTATION'RESOLUTIONS 64. Tap: RURIAL OF THE STAMP ACT IN F~GLAND (UPON ITS REPKAL) 68 THE TEA-POT TEMPF.ST 67 THE STATE HOU8E YARD (AS ENCLOSED DURING THE REVOLUTION) 82 INDEPENDENCE CHAMBER (AFTER RE8TORATION) • 84. THE PORTRAIT OF JOHN NIXON • 108 LIBERTY BELL 104 THE DECLARATION OF IN'DF.I·ENDENCE 105 THE TREATY ELM 127 THE OLD STATE HOUSE, 1781-1813 (REAR VIEW) • 128 THE OLD STATE HOUSE, 1781-181S (FRONT VIEW) 188 CONGRESS HAI.L, 1790-1800 • 140 CHARLES WILSON PEALE • 154 INDEPENDENCE HALL 1876 (RF.AR VIEW) • 162 INDEPENDENCIo:CHA!\fBER AS A GENERAL RECEPTACLE (BEFORK RES- TORATION) 165 THX TABLE UPON WHICH" TilE DF.CLARATJON" WAS SIGNED AND CHAIRS OP PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS OF 1776 (AFTER RESTORATION) • 167 INDEPENDENCE CHAMBER, \VESTKRN SIDE (AFTER R":STORATIOS) 173 TUE HALL OF THE OLD STATE HOUSE (AFTER RESTORATION) 179 THE NATIONAL MUSEUM (EASTKRN SID":) 180 THE VESTIBULE OF INDEPENDENCE HALL (AFTER RESTORATION) • 186 (vii) viii ENGRA. VINGS. TEXTUAL ILLUSTRATIONS. SIGNATURE OJ' CHARLES n.. SIGNATUR. TO PKNN'S CHARTER s SIGNATURE or WILLIAM Pox 3 BANK MEETING HOUSE SIGNATURE OJ' TnO.AS MAKIN • 7 DRAJ'T OJ' BILL FOR BUILDING STAT. Hous. 10 SIGNATURE OJ' DAVID LLOYD 11 SIGNATURE OF PATRICK GORDON 11 SIGNATURE OF WM. ALLEN • 15 SIGNATURE or JAKES LOGAN • 16 SIGNATURE OF HAMILTON FAMILY 18 SIGNATURE OF FllANXLIN FAMILY • 18 SIGNATURE OF \VM.
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