Moderns who make the acquaintance of John Dickinson can be forgiven for finding him, on the whole, both irritable and irritating—hardly the Founding Father likeliest to be singled out, from a room ...

John Dickinson, the former governor of both Pennsylvania and Delaware who was known as the “Penman of the Revolution” for his Letters From A Farmer In Pennsylvania, has several Main Line connections.

In 1774, John Dickinson was elected to the First Continental Congress. As he had in the Stamp Act Congress, he served as principal drafter of public statements. The following year he was returned to ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! At the John Dickinson Plantation outside of Dover, DE, site supervisor Gloria Henry discussed the life and legacy of John Dickinson. John Dickinson ...

This year marks the 250th anniversary of one of the most influential series of writings in American history. The series was John Dickinson's "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania." The "letters" were ...

The “Pennsylvania Farmer,” as John Dickinson signed himself in the press, was a Philadelphia lawyer trained in London’s Inns of Court and a politician with experience in the legislatures of both ...

The public is invited to delve into the works of Founding Father John Dickinson with retired Delaware Supreme Court Justice, scholar and author Randy J. Holland, who will speak on “John Dickinson: ...

The burial ground was found March 9 during archaeological fieldwork and likely holds the enslaved individuals and other African Americans who lived, worked and died on land owned by the Dickinson ...

ON the second of December, 1767, the Pennsylvania Chronicle and Universal Advertiser produced a sensation among the staid citizens of Philadelphia. To those acquainted with the reputation of its ...