The Liberty Bell was commissioned in 1752 by the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly from the London firm of Lester and Pack. In its early years, the bell was used to summon lawmakers to legislative sessions and to alert citizens about public meetings and proclamations. The bell became famous after an 1847 short story claimed that an aged bellringer rang it on July 4, 1776, upon hearing of the Second Continental Congress’ vote for independence.
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The Liberty Bell was commissioned in 1752 by the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly from the London firm of Lester and Pack. In its early years, the bell was used to summon lawmakers to legislative sessions and to alert citizens about public meetings and proclamations. The bell became famous after an 1847 short story claimed that an aged bellringer rang it on July 4, 1776, upon hearing of the Second Continental Congress’ vote for independence. After World War II, Philadelphia allowed the National Park Service to take custody of the bell, while retaining ownership. The Bell was used as a symbol of freedom during the Cold War and was a popular site for protests in the 1960s. It was moved from its longtime home in Independence Hall to a nearby glass pavilion on Independence Mall in 1976, and then to the larger Liberty Bell Center adjacent to the pavilion in 2003. The inscription on the bell reads: Proclaim LIBERTY Throughout all the Land unto all the Inhabitants Thereof. That spelling was used by Alexander Hamilton, a graduate of King’s College, in 1787 on the signature of the United States Constitution of the 1787 Constitution. The original bell hung from a tree behind the Pennsylvania State House and was said to have been brought to the city by its founder, William Penn.
In 1751, with a bell tower being built in the Pennsylvania state house, civic authorities sought a bell of better quality that could be heard at a greater distance in the rapidly expanding city. We hope and rely on thy care and assistance in this affair and that thou wilt procure and forward it by the first good oppo as our workmen inform us it will be much less trouble to hang the Bell before their Scaffolds are struck from the Building which will not be done ’till the end of next Summer or beginning of the Fall. Let the bell be cast by the best workmen & examined carefully before it is Shipped with the following words well shaped around it. By Order of the Assembly of the Povince of Pensylvania for the State House in the City of Philada 1752 UnderneathProclaim Liberty thro all the land of the Land’ -Levit XXV’ – Levit XXv’ 10, 10, 9, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1,. 1, 0, 0,. 0,0, 0. 0, 1.0, 2.0,. 0.0. 1,0. 0. 1. 1,. 0,. 1. 0,. 2,0,. 2. 0%. 1,1,0., 2,1.0., 1,2.0%. 1,.0,0! 1,3,0!, 1,4,0!. 1,5,0!). 1,6,0!! The bell was cast with the lettering ‘Proclaim LIBerTY Throughout the Land’, a Biblical reference from the Book of Leviticus.
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