The article Maltese Link To US Liberty (July 4) contained various points of particular historical relevance to Malta’s connection with the famous Liberty Bell and especially the fact that one of the two individuals who were involved in casting it was Maltese.

As the article points out, the existing bell is the result of a recasting exercise because the original bell that was shipped from London had cracked when it was being tested.

As for the request by the Cospicua Heritage Society for any further details on Giovanni Pace, one of the two who recast the bell, I would suggest reference is made to the work by Paul Cassar – Early Relations Between Malta And The USA (Midsea Books) – where it is inter alia stated that, although very little is known about him: “There is no doubt, however, of his Maltese origin in spite of his English sounding surname (John Pass). For this we have the reassuring evidence of Isaac Norris, Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly, who refers to him as ‘a native of the Isle of Malta’.”