Author of the Albany Plan Of Union, which, had it been adopted, might have avoided the Revolution, he fought the colonists' front-line battles in London, negotiated the treaty of alliance with France and the peace that ended the war, headed the state government of Pennsylvania, and exercised an important moderating influence at the Federal Convention.

I saw that I would soon run out of buildings at this rate, so I decided to take another measure -- the whole state of Pennsylvania.

* 1682 – William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Governor Robert Pattison ordered two brigades of state militia to the strike site.

Barred by a court injunction from playing baseball in the state of Pennsylvania the next year, Lajoie was traded to the Cleveland team, where he played and managed for many years.

However, a lawyer discovered that the injunction was only enforceable in the state of Pennsylvania.

Allen, after being promised land, traveled to the area and began stirring up not just Pennsylvania authorities but also his long-time nemesis, Governor Clinton of New York, by proposing that a new state be carved out of the disputed area and several counties of New York.

On December 15, 2006, the college filed a federal lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, alleging that a decision by the state to block the college from participating in the state sponsored CareerLink job service amounted to a violation of the college's First Amendment rights.

During the American Civil War, the oil-producing region spread over much of western Pennsylvania, up into western New York state, and down the Ohio River valley into the states of Ohio, Kentucky, and the western part of Virginia ( now West Virginia ).

The company's world headquarters are in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where the company has been located since 1890, and the company's " keystone " logo is based on that of Pennsylvania, the " keystone state ".

* 1937 – Pennsylvania becomes the first ( and only ) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.

* 1960 – Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U. S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania almost ten and a half months later ( see Flag Act ).

* 1877 – After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia.

Mountain-laurel is the state flower of Connecticut and Pennsylvania.

In 1992, the minimum wage in New Jersey increased from $ 4. 25 to $ 5. 05 per hour ( an 18. 8 % increase ) while the adjacent state of Pennsylvania remained at $ 4. 25.

It is bordered on the north and east by the U. S. state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania, and on the southwest by Delaware.

The Pennsylvanian is named after the American state of Pennsylvania, where rocks with this age are widespread.

During the discussion of the Presidential primary Law, Lopez managed to persuade Presidential Chief of Staff, Hamilton Jordan and Tim Kraft to grant Puerto Rico the right for a more robust delegation, the inclusion of Puerto Rico after Pennsylvania in the roll call of the state in exchange of eliminating from the bill that Puerto Rico was going to be the first Presidential Primary in the Nation.

But Pennsylvania was Roosevelt's only eastern state ; in the Midwest, he carried Michigan, Minnesota and South Dakota ; in the West, California and Washington ; he did not win any southern states.

This meant that the entire shoreline of Lake Erie west of Pennsylvania would have belonged to the state that was to become Ohio.

When Congress passed the Enabling Act of 1802, which authorized Ohio to begin the process of becoming a U. S. state, the language defining Ohio's northern boundary differed slightly from that used in the Northwest Ordinance: the border was to be " an east and west line drawn through the southern extreme of Lake Michigan, running east ... until it shall intersect Lake Erie or the territorial line Canada ; thence with the same, through Lake Erie to the Pennsylvania line aforesaid.

James Wilson of Pennsylvania objected, stating it would require that state governments to enforce slavery at taxpayers ' expense.

The phrase " black-letter law " was used in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court case Naglee v. Ingersoll, 7 Pa. 185 ( 1847 ), almost 50 years before the first publication of Black's.

He became a member of the first class at the College of Philadelphia ( now the University of Pennsylvania ) in 1751 and graduated in 1757, receiving his masters degree in 1760, and a doctor in law ( honorary ) in 1790.

* 1996 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet.

James Wilson, U. S. Supreme Court Justice and professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania, in 1790 and 1791, undertook a survey of the philosophical grounds of American property law.

" The court found " Pennsylvania law permits a cause of action for wrongful discharge where the employment termination abridges a significant and recognized public policy.

* June 12 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet.

However, Pennsylvania law permits kids who are at least seven years old to work in the entertainment industry, as long as certain guidelines are followed and a permit is obtained.

The quotation first came from Robert J. Hanlon of Scranton, Pennsylvania, according to his friend Joseph Bigler, as a submission for a book compilation of various jokes related to Murphy's law published in 1980 titled Murphy's Law Book Two, More Reasons Why Things Go Wrong.

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In part, to ensure passage of such a law when the time came, the Pennsylvania Abolition Society was formed, and held its first meeting at the temporary Capital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1794.

In February 1836, the Bank became a private corporation under Pennsylvania commonwealth law.

Over its early history the bank was known as “ Girard ’ s Bank ,” or as “ Girard Bank ” or also as “ Stephen Girard ’ s Bank ” or even the “ Bank of Stephen Girard .” Girard was the sole proprietor of his bank, and thus avoided the Pennsylvania state law which prohibited an unincorporated association of persons from establishing a bank, and required a charter from the legislature for a banking corporation.

The General Assembly in Pennsylvania passed a similar married woman's property law a few weeks later, one which Lucretia Mott and others had championed.

Pennsylvania is somewhere in between ; the law only allows fireworks that don't leave the ground to be sold and used by residents.

After he was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1872, he was still not satisfied with his legal training so he studied law at Harvard, graduating in 1874.

Mayor is responsible for law enforcement and holds a non-voting membership in the council, but with tie-breaking and veto powers per the Pennsylvania Borough Code

Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities: cities, boroughs, townships, and, in at most two cases, towns.

Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities: cities, boroughs, townships, and, in only one case ( Bloomsburg, Columbia County ), towns.

Afterwards, he studied law, and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1813.

Dallas resumed the practice of law, was attorney general of Pennsylvania from 1833 to 1835, and served as the Grand Master of Freemasons in Pennsylvania in 1835.

He moved on to study law in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities: cities, boroughs, townships, and, in at most two cases, towns.