From The Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania has launched a new website called Preserving American Freedom, featuring fifty historic documents from HSP’s collection that show how Americans have interpreted and fought for their freedom from the 1600s to the present.
At Preserving American Freedom, visitors can read a handwritten draft of the United States Constitution, a deed between William Penn and the Delaware Indians, letters written by women’s suffrage activist Dora Kelly Lewis, and dozens of other momentous documents that each tell a piece of the story of American freedom.
The documents on Preserving American Freedom have been transcribed and annotated using TEI markup (Text Encoding Initiative), which will allow visitors to better understand the people, issues, and relationships featured in each document. The project includes resources for K-12 educators and links to other related documents, photographs and collection materials that are widely available for the first time. The documents are set in historical context through essays by noted scholars and professors, including Eric Foner, a preeminent scholar on American freedom.