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William Penn's Razor and Medals
RAZOR & CASE

William Penn's Razor
1680 - 1720
Steel, tortise shell, silver, pressed fiber case
Source unknown

MEDALS

William Penn / B. 1644 D. 1718 // By Deeds of Peace / Pennsylvania Settled 1681
Lewis Pingo, 1731
Silver, unidentified metals

The first gift to the Society was the medal on the right, donated by Joseph Sansom on May 13, 1825. The medal on the left descended in the family of James Logan and was donated to the Society by Mrs. Charles Morton Smith in 1914.

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