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William Penn's 1687 publication of The Excellent Priviledge of Liberty & Property was the first American printing of his translation of the Magna Carta and Haverford's copy is the only surviving complete example. In addition to the text of the Magna Carta, Penn's pamphlet includes a summary of his charter for the colony of Pennsylvania, as well as the text of the second Frame of Government of Pennsylvania (approved in 1683), and serves to express his views on the political and civil rights of his colonists as English citizens.
