Show NEW MUSEUM TO FEATURE EARLY COLONIAL PERIOD more than a hundred old ou oil por gralfs of 61 the founding fathers nave have been stored tor for years in the basement of independence hall philadelphia delp hla unseen by thousands ot ol tourists visiting that shrine ot of american independence H hundreds of manuscripts bearing directly on the revolutionary war the writing ot the constitution and oth other formative steps in the organization of the federal government are also stored there denied to public inspect inspection lom interesting museum pieces such a at the silver watch of george washington the desk and dining room chair used by president washington during his philadelphia administration the swords of john paul jones and mad anthony wayne the telescope car ried by john paul jones at the time the was captured and man other items of rare historic value are in the hands of the historical society ot of pennsylvania in phila delphia patriotic philadelphians ians have b been increasingly impressed with the thought that philadelphia needed a museum and the suggestion was put up to A atwater kent who recently restored the famous betsy ross house in philadelphia where the first american flag was made in mr kent welcomed the opportunity 1 I 1 should esteem it an unusual privilege said mr kent to 01 provide the city with a museum these and other valued relics can n no assembled once and for RII all taic II le ind heie they can be seen ov th tb thousands riou hou sandi sands who annually annual lv come c ci 14 7 X at rw Tm kr ri r patri patriotic mic vigrinia ge to lo lne itie nations nation s first capital for this purpose mr kent bought the famous old franklin institute building for more than a century home of the institute built in 1825 this building with its square columns of doric simplicity is itself a museum p pece ece of great historic interest it is now in process ot repair when finished the atwater Atwate i kent must Mus uni curn donated to the city of philadelphia by mr kent will open its abon to the public |