View from Mt. Washington of downtown Pittsburgh at the confluence of the Allegheny (left) and the Monongahela rivers, which form the Ohio River at Point State Park.
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About Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region in the northeast of the United States; the landlocked state features a 70 km (43 mi) short shoreline at Lake Erie.
Pennsylvania borders New York in the north and northeast. The Delaware River forms sections of its eastern border with the US states of New York and New Jersey. In the south, the state is bounded by West Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware, and in the west by Ohio.
Early Days of Pennsylvania
In 1682, William Penn obtained sovereign control of the area with all rights and privileges (except the power to declare war). Pennsylvania was one of the 13 original colonies that abandoned the rule of the English Crown and later formed the United States. Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution on 12th December 1787 as the second state, after Delaware.
Pennsylvania attempted to be first to sign the constitution in the hope of securing the seat of the National Government in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania State House (now known as “Independence Hall”) in Philadelphia was the seat of the American government during the revolutionary and early national years.
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Covenant Document Welcoming the King of Glory into Pennsylvania