The articles, settlement and offices of the Free Society of Traders in Pennsilvania: : agreed upon by divers merchants and others for the better improvement and government of trade in that province.
The Articles, Settlement and Offices of the Free Society of Traders in Pennsilvania is a 1682 London printed charter issued by the Free Society of Traders, a merchant group, to govern commerce in the new province of Pennsylvania. Its single picture is an engraved coat of arms with scrolled mantling, a bird crest, a central shield bearing a chevron and motto banner, drawn in fine black line on a pale ground, showing how heraldry can anchor a crest-and-shield emblem design.
