John Dickinson (1732–1808)
John Dickinson was born in November 1732 at his father's estate in Talbot County, Maryland. After studying law in Philadelphia and London, he gained admittance to the bar and opened a practice in Philadelphia. Dickinson was also a member of the Stamp Act Congress (1765), president (governor) of Delaware (1781), president of Pennsylvania (1782–85), and delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. He is best known for his Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies (1768), a protest against the Townshend Acts.
"Argument for Making the Bills of Credit Bear Interest, [13–14 January? 1764]," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-11-02-0003. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 11, January 1, through December 31, 1764, ed. Leonard W. Labaree. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1967, pp. 7–18.]
"To George Washington from Brigadier General Hugh Mercer, 5 August 1776," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-05-02-0433. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 5, 16 June 1776 – 12 August 1776, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1993, pp. 569–570.]
John Dickinson at National Park Service.
John Dickinson at Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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