John Dickinson

1732 - 1808

About the Author

John Dickinson was a successful Philadelphia lawyer who agitated against the Stamp Act and for the independence of the colonies on the eve of the Revolution.

In The Library:

• author: Empire and Nation: Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (John Dickinson). Letters from the Federal Farmer (Richard Henry Lee) (1962)
• author: Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788 (1787)