Claim rejected
Pennsylvanian Philip Schwartz served in the Artillery Company of the Fourth Continental Regiment for the duration of the Revolutionary War. The state of Pennsylvania...
Constitution of the United States
The Federal Convention convened in the State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on May 14, 1787, to revise the Articles of Confederation. Because the...
Declaration of Independence
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and...
Failing to qualify
Johann Georg Peifer of Pennsylvania submitted these frakturs to prove his age and his marriage to Maria Schaferin, in support of his claim to a pension based upon...
Happy Anniversary, Mr. President!
President Dwight D. and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower posed for this portrait as they celebrated their 39th wedding anniversary on July 1, 1955. The photograph was...
Henrich Muskenug
This fraktur was filed with Pvt. Henry Moosknug's (Muskenug in German) application for a Revolutionary War pension. A tailor from Maxadonia, Pennsylvania, he served...
Pennsylvanians reject slavery
This petition asked Congress to abolish slavery within the United States and to block the admission of any new state that allowed slavery within its borders....