Address of the Trustees of a London Charity School to the Parent of a proposed scholar, 1776 June 24

This two-and-a-half-page handwritten document contains a copy of a set of rules for a parent of a school identified as "Saint Mary Rotherhith United Society."

The royal charter of King Charles the Second to William Penn, esquire, proprietor of the province of Pennsylvania, 1701

A copy of the charter giving William Penn land in the colonies. Also contains Penn's "Frame of the Government of Pennsylvania in America", the laws he established, and the charter of the city of Philadelphia.

Appointment to prison oversight committee,

Legal document from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts appointing Tudor, Richard Sullivan, and James S. Austin to investigate the governance of the Pennsylvania Penetentiary "and others of a similar nature" and recommend improvements to the state prison system.