| LC control no. | n 81090072 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives |
| Variant(s) | Pennsylvania. House of Representatives |
| See also | Hierarchical superior: Pennsylvania. General Assembly Predecessor: Pennsylvania. Provincial Assembly |
| Beginning date | 1790 |
| Found in | Pennsylvania House of Representatives WWW Home page, Nov. 7, 2001 (Pennsylvania House first met as the Provincial Assembly on December 4, 1682, at Upland, near Chester, 40 days after William Penn arrived in the colony; after three years, the Provincial Assembly initiated greater independence from the colonial authorities; insisted upon the right to control its own affairs, qualify members and initiate legislation; Provincial Assembly became the foundation upon which organized representative government in America was built; ratification of the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1790 created the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as we know it today; first session was held in 1791) NUCMC data from Bucks County Hist. Soc. for Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1688-1980 (indenture of William Beakes for Bucks County election to the Provincial Assembly members) |
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