Publication

Jan 2014

This paper examines the role played by pre-revolutionary Philadelphia in the outcome of the War of Independence and the foundation of the United States. In particular, it talks about some important figures from Philadelphia, including Benjamin Franklin and William Penn, and the city, as it was in their day and at the time of the Declaration of Independence.

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Author Walter A McDougall
Series FPRI Monographs and Essays
Issue 4
Publisher Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
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