John Dickinson (85)

Election date: 1768 (Elected to the American Society in 1768. Elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1768.)

John Dickinson (2 November 1732–14 February 1808) was a lawyer, public officeholder, and slaveholder, and a member of the American Philosophical Society via his 1768 election to the American Society. Born in Talbot County, Maryland, Dickinson was the first son of a wealthy plantation owner and merchant and nephew to APS Member Thomas Cadwalader and cousin to APS Members John and Lambert Cadwalader. Dickinson grew up in Kent County, Delaware, before he moved to study law under a lawyer in Philadelphia, followed in 1753 by three years of legal studies in England. Returning to Philadelphia in 1757, he began a law practice that he attended for fifteen years. Family ties and property kept Dickinson with one foot ever in Delaware. His education, legal training, and affluence spurred his unsurprising entrance into politics. As a “Philadelawarean,” he alternated between holding public offices in Pennsylvania and Delaware: notably, a seat on each of the assemblies though not at the same time. In the assembly, Dickinson supported the proprietary government, in large part because he feared a royally imposed government would be even more onerous. His fears were realized with the passage of the Sugar Act and Stamp Act. From that moment onward, Dickinson put pen to paper to galvanize his fellow white countrymen to action, a move that brought him international attention and enduring fame. Even as he supported wartime readiness, Dickinson never stopped advocating for a peaceful settlement between the colonies and Great Britain proper, embodied in his chairing of the Congressional committee that readied a second “olive branch” petition to the King. His betwixt and between position became increasingly politically untenable, most memorably by voting against the Declaration of Independence. Nevertheless, he served as colonel of Philadelphia’s First Battalion and faced British regulars in New Jersey. After the war, Dickinson faced public criticism over his conservative tack, but this did not stop him from being elected to a series of public offices, including chief executive officer of the state, president of the executive council, and head of the judiciary. Without qualifications, Dickinson supported the new federal constitution and joined Delaware as the first new state to ratify what he believed established a new government with an appropriate balance of power. Though he retired from public office in 1793, he stayed active and in the public through his writings as he turned his attention to the relationship between the United States and France at the turn of the century. By then he was then living in Delaware with his wife, Mary Norris (daughter of APS Member Isaac Norris), with whom he had three surviving children. In 1804 he rebuilt his childhood home, Poplar Hall, absent the enslaved men and women who had previously labored there, having manumitted them in 1786. Always a champion of education, he spent much of his retirement quietly paying for the education of children of his relatives, friends, and neighbors while contributing to Wilmington Academy and Cokesbury College while lending his name to another. While he kept his Quaker roots at a distance throughout much of his life, he resumed attendance at a Friends Meeting while adopting Quaker forms of address in correspondence and conversation. After a brief illness, he was buried beside his wife at the Friends Meeting in Wilmington, DE. (PI, ANB)

 




Member(s): Arthur Lee | Member(s): John Dickinson
103.008
The Farmer's and Monitor's letters, to the inhabitants of the British colonies.
Creator(s):
Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792 (Author) | Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Author)
Publication:
Williamsburg, VA: Printed by William Rind, [1769]
Subjects:
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America. | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes. | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Songs and music.
Record Source:
References:
Sabin 20052 | Evans 11239 | Howes D 327
APS Subjects:
American Revolution | Economics | Politics | Songs
Editions:
1x 1769
Editions Note:

One edition. A compilation of numbers 1-10 of Lee's anonymously published "Monitor" letters, alongside Dickinson's Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania. Contains “The Liberty Song,” co-written by Lee and Dickinson. Sabin also lists a separate publication (Monitor's Letter to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies [Williamsburg, 1769; Sabin 39701]), but it does not appear in any library catalogs.

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Member(s): John Dickinson | Member(s): Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg
368.017
Lettres d'un fermier de Pensylvanie, aux habitans de l'Amérique Septentrionale, traduites de l'anglois.
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Author) | Barbeu Du Bourg, M. (Jacques), 1709-1779 (Translator and Editor)
Publication:
Amsterdam [i.e. Paris]: Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1769.
Subjects:
Success. | Early works to 1800. | Maxims, American. | Early works to 1800.
Record Source:
References:
Sabin 20045
Editions:
1x 1769 (Amsterdam [i.e. Paris])
Editions Note:

One edition, although as Sabin notes: "In this translation, it is stated that thirty editions of the original work were printed in six months, in America, and that Dr. Franklin had them reprinted in London." See also Dickinson's entry, 85.017.

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Member(s): William Smith (1727-1803), Provost | Member(s): John Dickinson
65.008
An answer to Mr. Franklin’s remarks, on a late protest.
Creator(s):
Smith, William, 1727-1803 (Author) | Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Contributor)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by William Bradford, at his bookstore, in Market-Street, adjoining the London Coffee-House, 1764.
Subjects:
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808. Reasons on which were founded the protest. | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Remarks on a late protest against the appointment of Mr. Franklin an agent for this province. | Pennsylvania. General Assembly. | Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- To 1775. | 1764.
Record Source:
References:
Sabin 84586 | Sabin 84587 | Evans 9841 | Evans 9842 | Evans 9904 | Streeter II: 971
APS Subjects:
Politics
Editions:
2x 1764 (Philadelphia), 1x 1765 (Germantown, PA), 1x 1879 (Philadelphia), 1x 1895 (Philadelphia), 1x 1897 (Pottsville, PA)
Editions Note:

Two editions, a translation, and three reprints: two editions in 1764 (Philadelphia) plus a German-language translation entitled, Antwort auf Hrn. Fränklins Anmerckungen über ein ohnlängst herausgekommenes Protestations-Schreiben, übersetzt aus dem Englischen, published in 1765 (Germantown, PA). The text was also reprinted in Horace W. Smith's Life and correspondence of the Rev. William Smith (Philadelphia, 1879), Paul Ford's The writings of John Dickinson (1895), and Lewis Walker's Extracts from Chief Justice William Allen's letter book (1897).

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Member(s): John Dickinson
85.001
An address on the past, present, and eventual relations of the United States to France.
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Author)
Publication:
New York: Printed by T. and J. Swords, 1803
Subjects:
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1801-1809. | France -- Foreign relations -- United States. | United States -- Foreign relations -- France. | United States -- History -- 1801-1809.
Record Source:
References:
Sabin 20042 | Shaw-Shoemaker 3634 | Shaw-Shoemaker 4081
APS Subjects:
Politics | American Revolution
Editions:
1x 1803
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): John Dickinson
85.002
An address to the Committee of Correspondence in Barbados : occasioned by a late letter from them to their agent in London : by a North-American.
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by William Bradford, at his book-store in Market-Street, adjoining the London Coffee-House, [1766]
Record Source:
References:
Sabin 3262 | Sabin 20037 | Evans 10283
APS Subjects:
Politics | American Revolution
Editions:
1x 1766
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): John Dickinson
85.003
The association of the Sons of Liberty, of New-York.
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Contributor) | Sons of Liberty (Corporate Author)
Publication:
[New York: s.n], [1773]
Subjects:
Boycotts -- New York (State) -- New York. | Tea tax (American colonies) | New York (New York) -- Commerce -- Great Britain. | Great Britain -- Colonies -- America.
Record Source:
References:
Evans 12652
APS Subjects:
Politics | American Revolution
Editions:
1x 1773
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): John Dickinson | Member(s): Guillaume T. F. Raynall
85.004
Bell's memorial on the free sale of books : to which are added Sentiments on what is freedom, and what is slavery : by a farmer.
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Contributor) | Bell, Robert, 1732?-1784 (Editor) | Raynal, abbé (Guillaume-Thomas-François), 1713-1796. (Contributor)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, [1784]
Subjects:
Tariff on books. | Political science. | Liberty. | Booksellers and bookselling -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Record Source:
References:
Sabin 4480 | Evans 18347 | Evans 18352
APS Subjects:
American Revolution | Politics
Editions:
2x 1784
Editions Note:

Two editions, both published in Philadelphia in 1784. In the second edition, the text is included in a larger work titled, Illuminations for legislators and for sentimentalists; containing, I. Sentiments on what is freedom, and what is slavery : by a farmer…

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Member(s): John Dickinson
85.005
A caution; or, Reflections on the present contest between France and Great-Britain.
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Author)
Publication:
[Philadelphia]: Printed by Benj. Franklin Bache, no. 112, Market-Street, [1798]
Subjects:
Anglo-French War, 1793-1802. | France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Songs and music. | United States -- History -- 1797-1801.
Record Source:
References:
Sabin 11586 | Evans 33647
APS Subjects:
Politics | American Revolution
Editions:
1x 1798
Editions Note:

One edition which includes "Ode, on the French Revolution," ([13]-14), dated January 1797.

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Member(s): John Dickinson
85.006
A circular letter, addressed to the state societies of the Cincinnati, by the general meeting, convened at Philadelphia, May 3, 1784 : together with the institution, as altered and amended.
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Co-author) | Lee, Henry, 1756-1818 (Co-author) | Humphreys, David, 1752-1818 (Co-author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by E. Oswald and D. Humphreys, at the coffee-house, [1784]
Subjects:
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Societies, etc. | Patriotic societies -- United States.
Record Source:
References:
Sabin 13117 | Evans 18787
APS Subjects:
Politics | American Revolution
Editions:
1x 1784
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): John Dickinson
85.007
A declaration by the representatives of the United Colonies of North-America, now met in general congress at Philadelphia, setting forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms.
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Contributor) | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Contributor) | Rutledge, John, 1739-1800 (Contributor) | United States. Continental Congress (Corporate Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by William and Thomas Bradford, 1775
Record Source:
References:
Sabin 19159 | Sabin 19159a | Sabin 19160 | Evans 14544 | Evans 14545 | Evans 14546 | Evans 14547 | Evans 14548 | Evans 14549 | Evans 14550 | Evans 42958 | Evans 42959 | Howes L 349 | Streeter II: 763
APS Subjects:
American Revolution | Politics
Editions:
16x 1775 (Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia; Bristol, RI; New York; New York; Watertown, MA; Salem, MA; Portsmouth, NH; Newport, RI; Newburyport, MA; London; Providence, RI; [France?]; 1x 1801 (Wilmington, DE).
Editions Note:

At least 17 editions, (Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia; Bristol, RI; New York; New York, Watertown, MA; Salem, MA; Portsmouth, NH; Newport, RI; Newburyport, MA; Providence, RI). The Bristol and London editions each included additions. The Providence edition appeared as a broadside. A French language translation also appeared, entitled, Déclaration des représentans des Colonies... . This text was also included in The Political Writings of John Dickinson (Wilmington, DE, 1801)

Holding Note: APS owns seven copies: four printings from Bradford in Philadelphia [12–4] and three copies from London [123].



Member(s): John Dickinson
85.008
An essay on the constitutional power of Great-Britain over the colonies in America : with the resolves of the committee for the province of Pennsylvania, and their instructions to their representatives in Assembly.
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia [Pa.]: Printed and sold, by William and Thomas Bradford, at the London Coffee-House, [1774]
Subjects:
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America. | Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
Record Source:
References:
Sabin 20040 | Sabin 20046 | Evans 13247 | Howes D 326
APS Subjects:
American Revolution | Politics
Editions:
2x 1774 (Philadelphia, London), 1x 1801 (Willmington, DE), 1x 1875 (Harrisburg, PA)
Editions Note:

Four editions: one published in Philadelphia (1774) and one published in London (1774) under the title, A New Essay by the Pennsylvanian Farmer on the Constitutional Power of Great-Britain over the colonies in America. This text also appears in The Political Writings of John Dickinson (1801) and later in Pennsylvania archives. 2d ser., v.3 (1875).

Holding Note: APS owns 7 copies, all published in 1774, 3 published in Philadelphia [123] and 4 published in London [123]—the fourth of the London editions contains the bookplate and signature of Samuel Vaughn. Of editions that include this essay, APS owns both Pennsylvania archives. 2d ser., v.3 (1875) as well as The Political Writings of John Dickinson.



Member(s): John Dickinson
85.009
A fragment.
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, at the stone-house, no 41, South Second-Street, 1796
Subjects:
Natural theology.
Record Source:
References:
Evans 30438
APS Subjects:
Politics | American Revolution
Editions:
1x 1796
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): John Dickinson
85.010
Fragments on the confederation of the American states.
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed for Thomas Dobson, in Second-Street, between Market and Chesnut-Streets, [1787]
Subjects:
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789. | State rights.
Record Source:
References:
Sabin 25417 | Evans 20367
APS Subjects:
American Revolution | Politics
Editions:
1x 1787
Editions Note:

One edition, attributed to John Dickinson.

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Member(s): John Dickinson
85.011
To the King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council, the representation and petition of Your Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, freeholders and inhabitants of the province of Pennsylvania.
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Author)
Publication:
[Philadelphia: Printed by Henry Miller?], 1764
Subjects:
Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- To 1775.
Record Source:
References:
Evans 9786
APS Subjects:
Politics | American Revolution
Editions:
1x 1764
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): John Dickinson
85.012
Last Tuesday morning Mr. Galloway carried a writing containing some reflections on me, to a printer in this city, and desired that he would insert it in his next news paper ...
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Author)
Publication:
[Philadelphia: Printed by William Bradford], [1764]
Subjects:
Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- To 1775.
Record Source:
References:
Evans 9639
APS Subjects:
Politics | American Revolution
Editions:
1x 1764
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): John Dickinson
85.013
The late occurrences in North America and policy of Great Britain considered.
Creator(s):
Attributed to Dickinson (Author)
Publication:
London: Printed for J. Almon, 1766
Record Source:
References:
Sabin 39156 | Howes L 114
APS Subjects:
American Revolution | Politics
Editions:
2x 1766 (London)
Editions Note:

One edition. This text also appeared as part of a publication, also published in London that same year, entitled, A collection of the most interesting tracts.

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Member(s): John Dickinson
85.014
The late regulations respecting the British colonies on the continent of America considered, in a letter from a gentleman in Philadelphia to his friend in London.
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by William Bradford, at the corner of Market and Front-Streets, [1765]
Subjects:
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Economic policy. | United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775.
Record Source:
References:
Sabin 20043 | Evans 9950 | Howes D 328
APS Subjects:
American Revolution | Politics
Editions:
1x 1765 (Philadelphia), 1x 1766 (London), 1x 1801 (Wilmington, DE)
Editions Note:

Three editions: one in 1765 (Philadelphia) and one in 1766 (London). Thie text was included in the 1801 publication of The Political Writings of John Dickinson.

Holding Note: APS owns four copies: 2 copies of the Philadelphia edition (1765), one of which was signed by J.B. Danach [unsigned copy], and 2 copies of the London edition (1766), one of which was presented by William S. Mason [second copy].



Member(s): John Dickinson
85.015
The letters of Fabius, in 1788, on the Federal Constitution; and in 1797, on the present situation of public affairs.
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Author)
Publication:
[Wilmington, Del.]: From the office of the Delaware gazette, Wilmington, by W.C. Smyth, 1797
Subjects:
United States -- Foreign relations -- France. | France -- Foreign relations -- United States. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1797-1801.
Record Source:
References:
Sabin 23595 | Evans 32042 | Howes D 330
APS Subjects:
American Revolution | Politics
Editions:
1x 1797 (Wilmington, DE), 1x 1888 (Brooklyn, NY)
Editions Note:

Two editions: one published in Wilmington in 1797 and then as part of a collection in 1888 (Brooklyn, NY) entited, Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its discussion by the people, 1787-1788.




Member(s): John Dickinson
85.016
A Letter to the inhabitants of the province of Quebec : extract from the minutes of the Congress.
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Contributor) | Lee, Charles Henry 1732 -1782 (Contributor) | United States. Continental Congress (1774) (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by William and Thomas Bradford, 1774
Subjects:
Non-importation agreements -- 1768-1769.
Record Source:
References:
Sabin 15543 | Sabin 15544 | Sabin 15547 | Sabin 40489 | Evans 13713 | Evans 13714 | Evans 13715 | Evans 13717 | Evans 13723 | Evans 13727 | Evans 42732 | Evans 13736 | Howes J 263 | Howes E 247
APS Subjects:
American Revolution | Politics
Editions:
8x 1774 (Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Phiadelphia, London, New York, Providence, RI, Hartford, CT; Boston) 2x 1775 (London), 1x 1776 (London), 1x 1801 (Wilmington, DE)
Editions Note:

At least twelve editions. Printed in Philadelphia (1774) under the title Extracts from the votes and proceedings of the American Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia on the 5th of September 1774.... Another edition published in Philadelphia (1774) was a German language translation, entitled Ein Schreiben an die Einwohner der Provinz Quebec. A London edition (1774) appeared under a different title, A clear idea of the genuine and uncorrupted British constitution…. The Letter also appeared as an addition to the 1774 publication of Extracts from the votes and proceedings of the American Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia on the fifth day of September, 1774 (Phildealphia, Providence, RI, Hartford, CT). The Letter appeared as an addition to another 1774 publication from New York, Extracts from the votes and proceedings of the American Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia, Sept. 5, 1774.... Included in London's edition (1775), titled Journal of the proceedings of the Congress held at Philadelphia, September 5th, 1774 ... There is a bibliographic reference to a 1776 publication from London. The text also was included in The Political Writings of John Dickinson (1801, Wilmington, DE).

Holding Note: APS owns eight copies of this text: five from Philadelphia [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ], one from Boston, one from Hartford (signed by William T. Dwight), and one from London.



Member(s): John Dickinson
85.017
Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania, to the inhabitants of the British colonies.
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Author)
Publication:
[Philadelphia]: Printed by David Hall, and William Sellers, [1768]
Subjects:
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes. | Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Early works to 1800. | Great Britain -- Colonies -- North America -- Financial questions. | United States -- History -- Revolution -- Causes.
Record Source:
References:
Sabin 20044 | Sabin 20045 | Sabin 20052 | Evans 10875 | Evans 10876 | Evans 10877 | Evans 10878 | Evans 10879 | Evans 11238 | Evans 11239 | Howes D 327 | Howes D 329
APS Subjects:
American Revolution | Politics
Editions:
7x 1768 (Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, London, Dublin), 1x 1769 (Philadelphia), 2x 1769 (Williamsburg, VA, Paris), 2x 1774 (London, Philadelphia), 1x 1775 (London), 1x 1801 (Wilmington, DE)
Editions Note:

At least thirteen editions. Seven editions in 1768 (Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Boston, New York, London, Dublin). Three editions in 1769: one in Philadelphia, one from Williamsburg, VA, entitled, The Farmer's and Monitor's letters, to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies, and a French language translation published in Paris entitled, Lettres d'un fermier de Pensylvanie. Two editions from 1774 (Philadelphia, London). Letters from a Farmer appears as part of a 1775 London edition titled, Select tracts on the subject of taxing. This text is also included in The Political Writings of John Dickinson (1801, Wilmington, DE).

Holding Note: APS owns seven copies: three copies of the Philadelphia, 1768 [copy 1], a second signed by William Lee, and a third inscribed by John Dickinson which he presented "to his friend," John Miller; two copies of the London, 1768 edition, [copy 1], the second of which was presented by Wm. S. Mason; one Philadelphia 1769 copy presented by Joseph Reed; one 1769 Paris copy translated and edited by Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg (see also entry 368.017); and one Philadelphia, 1774 copy.



Member(s): John Dickinson
85.018
The political writings of John Dickinson, Esquire : late president of the state of Delaware, and of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : in two volumes : vol. I[-II].
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Author)
Publication:
Wilmington [Del.]: Printed and sold by Bonsal and Niles. Also, sold at their book-store, no. 173, Market-Street, Baltimore, 1801
Subjects:
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783. | United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775. | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. | Political science -- United States. | United States. Constitution.
Record Source:
References:
Sabin 20048 | Shaw-Shoemaker 413 | Shaw-Shoemaker 31332 | Howes D 331
APS Subjects:
Politics | American Revolution
Editions:
1x 1801, 1x 1814
Editions Note:

Two editions, both published in Wilmington (1801, 1814).

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Member(s): John Dickinson
85.019
A protest presented to the House of Assembly, by the subscribers, at the close of the late debate there, concerning the sending Mr. Franklin as an assistant to our agent, at the Court of Great-Britain.
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Author)
Publication:
[Philadelphia]: Printed by William Bradford , [1764]
Subjects:
Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- To 1775.
Record Source:
References:
Sabin 25576 | Evans 9668 | Evans 9803 | Evans 9969 | Evans 41484
APS Subjects:
Politics | American Revolution
Editions:
2x 1764 , 2x 1878
Editions Note:

Four editions, all published in Philadelphia, two in 1764 and two in 1878. The first edition was a broadside in English, followed that same year by a German language translation entitled, Protestation gegen die Bestellung Herrn Benjamin Franklins zu einem Agenten für diese Provinz. In 1878 the text was included in Life and Correspondence of William Smith as well as another edition which appeared in The Pennsylvania Journal as, The Reasons on which were founded the protest offered by certain members of the Assembly to that body.

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Member(s): John Dickinson
85.020
To the public.
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Author)
Publication:
[Philadelphia: Printed by William Goddard], [1768]
Record Source:
References:
Evans 11018
APS Subjects:
American Revolution | Politics
Editions:
1x 1768
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): John Dickinson
85.021
Remarks on a late pamphlet entitled Plain truth : by Rusticus.
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, in Marketstreet, 1776
Subjects:
Chalmers, James, 1727?-1806. Plain truth. | Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. Common sense. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
Record Source:
References:
Sabin 74423 | Evans 14735 | Howes D 332
APS Subjects:
Politics | American Revolution
Editions:
1x 1776
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): John Dickinson
85.022
A reply to a piece called The speech of Joseph Galloway, Esquire.
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by William Bradford, at his book-store, in Market-Street, adjoining the London Coffee-House, [1764]
Subjects:
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America. | Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- To 1775.
Record Source:
References:
Sabin 20051 | Evans 9640 | Howes D 333
APS Subjects:
American Revolution | Politics
Editions:
1x 1764 (Philadelphia), 1x 1765 (London)
Editions Note:

Two editions: one published in Philadelphia (1764) and one published in London (1765).

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Member(s): John Dickinson
85.023
A speech, delivered in the House of Assembly of the province of Pennsylvania, May 24th, 1764 : by John Dickinson, Esq; one of the members for the county of Philadelphia : on occasion of a petition, drawn up by order, and then under consideration, of the House; praying His Majesty for a change of the government of this province.
Creator(s):
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by William Bradford, at his Book-Store adjoining the London Coffee-House, [1764]
Subjects:
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Early works to 1800. | Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- To 1775 -- Early works to 1800. | Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Early works to 1800.
Record Source:
References:
Sabin 20049 | Evans 9641 | Evans 9642 | Evans 9643
APS Subjects:
American Revolution | Politics
Editions:
4x 1764 (Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, London)
Editions Note:

Four editions, all published in 1764: three published in Philadelphia including a German language translation titled, Eine Rede, gehalten in dem Hause der Assembly der Provinz Pennsylvanien… and one edition published in London.

Holding Note: APS owns two copies, one English language edition from Philadelphia and a German language translation.