Excerpt from Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. 1: Papers of the Governors, 1681-1747The first five are fully represented in this collection, but the sixth, - the correspondence of the Governors has been included only in certain cases where it has been of evident historical value, and where it has been readily accessible.The portraits which appear in the series are half tone reproductions of the paintings of the Governors which hang in the Executive Department, and the other illustrations are fac similes of original docu ments on file in the archives of the Commonwealth.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.