Sketch of Benjamin Franklin's career as a mason that was written for the celebration of Franklin's bicentennial. Includes facsimiles from original manuscript sources and lengthy quotations from published accounts and documents relating to Franklin's involvement with freemasonry.
The text, however, does point out that "for some reason, Franklin in his writings and correspondence is singularly silent upon the subject of Freemasonry .... There is not a word about his Masonic life to be found in his Autobiography, or in any of his other letters that have come down to us; almost every other subject is touched upon in his voluminous correspondence except such as relate to the Craft." (page 105)
Includes detailed account of a Masonic memorial service held for Franklin at his grave on 19 April 1906.

John Vlivansky, Dommick Sokaski, Lewis Idocavage, John Covalack, William Brennan, August Tomaitis, Daneil Britton, Edward Coughlin, David Evans, John Gibson, Roman Wassel, Shenandoah City Colliery, Turkey Run Colliery, Draper Colliery, West Shenandoah Colliery, Gilberton Colliery, William Penn Colliery, Kohinoor Colliery. Statistics on mines from mining districts in Pennsylvania including information on production of coal, and accidents reported by the mine inspectors.

Table 5: Non-fatal accidents inside and outside of mines P. 02. Statistics on mines from mining districts in Pennsylvania including information on production of coal, and accidents reported by the mine inspectors.

Table 4: Fatal accidents inside and outside of mines. Statistics on mines from mining districts in Pennsylvania including information on production of coal, and accidents reported by the mine inspectors.

North and South Corridors

Table 3: Number of each class of each employes [sic] employees inside and outside of mines. Statistics on mines from mining districts in Pennsylvania including information on production of coal, and accidents reported by the mine inspectors.

The Entrance Hall and Rotunda

Table 2: Number of tons of coal mined, number of days worked, number of persons employed, number killed and injured, quantity of powder, dynamite used, etc. Statistics on mines from mining districts in Pennsylvania including information on production of coal, and accidents reported by the mine inspectors.

A richly illustrated guidebook to the art and architecture of the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Published when the building was brand new, the book's purpose -- according to the Foreword -- was "to serve as an interpreter; to help the reader to appreciate something of the problems involved and the way in which they have been solved; to search out the innumerable manifestations of beauty; and, above all, to discover in this material creation a living, high ideal."