The Life And Writings Of John Dickinson
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Complete Writings and Selected Correspondence of John Dickinson
Author | : John Dickinson |
Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 2020-06-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1644531844 |
The Complete Writings and Selected Correspondence of John Dickinson, vol. 1 inaugurates a multivolume documentary edition that will, for the first time ever, provide the complete collection of everything Dickinson published on public affairs over the course of his life. The documents include essays, articles, broadsides, resolutions, petitions, declarations, constitutions, regulations, legislation, proclamations, songs and odes. Among them are many of the seminal state papers produced by the first national congresses and conventions. Also included are correspondences between Dickinson and some of the key figures of his era. This edition should raise Dickinson to his rightful place among America’s founding fathers, rivaled in reputation only by Benjamin Franklin before 1776. Dickinson was celebrated throughout the colonies, as well as in England and France, as the great American spokesman for liberty, and the documents in this edition evidence his tireless political work and unmatched corpus.
The Cost of Liberty
Author | : William Murchison |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 123 |
Release | : 2014-03-25 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1497635500 |
“Makes a powerful and convincing case for restoring John Dickinson to his rightful place in the first rank of the Founders.” —The Washington Times The Cost of Liberty offers a sorely needed reassessment of a great patriot and misunderstood Founder. It has been more than a half century since a biography of John Dickinson appeared. Author William Murchison rectifies this mistake, bringing to life one of the most influential figures of the entire Founding period, a principled man whose gifts as writer, speaker, and philosopher only Jefferson came near to matching. In the process, Murchison destroys the caricature of Dickinson that has emerged from such popular treatments as HBO’s John Adams miniseries and the Broadway musical 1776. Dickinson is remembered mostly for his reluctance to sign the Declaration of Independence. But that reluctance, Murchison shows, had nothing to do with a lack of patriotism. In fact, Dickinson immediately took up arms to serve the colonial cause—something only one signer of the Declaration did. He stood on principle to oppose declaring independence at that moment, even when he knew that doing so would deal the “finishing blow” to his once-great reputation. Dubbed the “Penman of the Revolution,” Dickinson was not just a scribe but also a shaper of mighty events. From the 1760s through the late 1780s he was present at, and played a significant role in, every major assemblage where the Founders charted America’s path—a claim few others could make. Author of the landmark essays Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, delegate to the Continental Congress, key figure behind the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution, chief executive of both Pennsylvania and Delaware: Dickinson was, as one esteemed historian aptly put it, “the most underrated of all the Founders.” This lively biography gives a great Founder his long-overdue measure of honor.
Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies
Author | : John Dickinson |
Publisher | : New York : Outlook Company |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1903 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
The Writings of John Dickinson
Author | : John Dickinson |
Publisher | : Philadelphia : Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 1895 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
The Complete Writings and Selected Correspondence of John Dickinson
Author | : John Dickinson |
Publisher | : University of Virginia Press |
Total Pages | : 437 |
Release | : 2020-06-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1644531844 |
The Complete Writings and Selected Correspondence of John Dickinson, vol. 1 inaugurates a multivolume documentary edition that will, for the first time ever, provide the complete collection of everything Dickinson published on public affairs over the course of his life. The documents include essays, articles, broadsides, resolutions, petitions, declarations, constitutions, regulations, legislation, proclamations, songs and odes. Among them are many of the seminal state papers produced by the first national congresses and conventions. Also included are correspondences between Dickinson and some of the key figures of his era. This edition should raise Dickinson to his rightful place among America’s founding fathers, rivaled in reputation only by Benjamin Franklin before 1776. Dickinson was celebrated throughout the colonies, as well as in England and France, as the great American spokesman for liberty, and the documents in this edition evidence his tireless political work and unmatched corpus. Distributed for the University of Delaware Press
The Life and Times of John Dickinson. 1732-1808
Author | : Charles Janeway Stillé |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : Statesmen |
ISBN | : |