Just Months Before the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Benjamin Franklin, as President of Pennsylvania, Pays the Salary of Councilman and Former Member of the Committee of Safety
An increasingly uncommon such document of Franklin and signed the year of the Convention, where he played such a prominent role
Benjamin Franklin was the President of Pennsylvania, a position we call today the Governor. In 1787, he was the senior statesman of the former colonies and represented the state of Pennsylvania at the Constitutional Convention, which was held in Philadelphia, his own seat.
Robert Traill was a Scottish immigrant / turned American...
Benjamin Franklin was the President of Pennsylvania, a position we call today the Governor. In 1787, he was the senior statesman of the former colonies and represented the state of Pennsylvania at the Constitutional Convention, which was held in Philadelphia, his own seat.
Robert Traill was a Scottish immigrant / turned American lawyer, who served on the Committee of Safety and in the Pennsylvania Council.
Document signed, “In Council,” Philadelphia, February 8th, 1787. “Sir, pay to the Honorable Robert Traill Esquire or order the sum of thirty seven pounds ten shillings in full for his attendance in Council until this day inclusively and his mileage.”
The Constitutional Convention was just 3 months away.
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