Source:Horle, et Al, 1991. Horle, Craig W. Lawmaking and Legislators in Pennsylvania

Bibliographic Citation

Horle, et al, 1991. Lawmaking and Legislators in Pennsylvania, Volume 1, a Biographical Dictionary, 1682-1709. by Horle, Craig W.; Wokeck, Marianne S.; Scheib, Jeffrey L.; Foster, Joseph S.; Haugaard, David. University of Pennsylvania Press ISBN-13: 9780812230673 ISBN: 0812230671

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From: a blurb at Temple University WebSite for "Biographical Dictionary of Pennsylvania Legislators

Unprecedented in both the scope and depth of its research, the Biographical Dictionary of Pennsylvania Legislators Project at Temple University employs a team of professional historians to research and write individual biographies of Pennsylvania legislators from colonial times to the present day. The project's work offers an invaluable window into Pennsylvania's unique history, and, more generally, our national heritage. Founded by William Penn in 1682 as a refuge for religious dissenters, Pennsylvania early established not only toleration but also political participation for a wide variety of religious and ethnic groups. Pennsylvania became the only English colony with a unicameral legislature and the Quaker-dominated Assembly achieved a unique ascendancy in political life. The special features of Pennsylvania's colonial life--religious toleration, democratic tradition, ethnically diverse settlers, and strategic economic position--make it an ideal testing ground for studying the social and political development of the United States.