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• Speech on a petition for a change of government of the colony of Pennsylvania, May 24, 1764
• A protest against a resolution of the Assembly of Pennsylvania for petitioning the king to change the colony of Pennsylvania from a proprietary to a royal government, May 28, 1764
• A petition to the king from the inhabitants of Pennsylvania, July, 1764
• A reply to the speech of Joseph Galloway, September 4, 1764
• An answer to Joseph Galloway, September 29, 1764
• A receipt to make a speech, October, 1764
• A protest against the appointment of Benjamin Franklin as agent for the colony of Pennsylvania, October 26, 1764
• Observations on Mr. Franklin's remarks on a late protest, November, 1764
• Resolutions adopted by the Assembly of Pennsylvania relative to the Stamp Act, September 21, 1765
• The Declaration of Rights adopted by the Stamp Act Congress, October 19, 1765
• A petition to the king from the Stamp Act Congress, October 19, 1765
• An address to the "friends and countrymen" on the Stamp Act, November, 1765
• The late regulations respecting the British colonies considered, December 7, 1765
• An address to the Committee of Correspondence in Barbados, 1766
• Letters of a farmer in Pennsylvania, 1768
• An address read at a meeting of merchants to consider non-importation, April 25, 1768
• A song for American freedom, July, 1768
• Letter to the Philadelphia merchants concerning non-importation, July, 1768
• A petition from the Assembly of Pennsylvania to the king, March 9, 1771

• Two letters on the Tea Tax, November, 1773
• Letters to the inhabitants of the British Colonies, May, 1774.

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Author/Creator:

Dickinson, John, 1732-1808

Contributors:

Ford, Paul Leicester, 1865-1902 , editor

Historical Society of Pennsylvania , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The writings of John Dickinson [by Dickinson, J.] > Vol. 1, Political writings, 1764-1774

Related Series:

Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; vol. XIV

Subjects:

United States — Politics and government — 1775-1783

Pennsylvania — Politics and government — To 1775

To 1783

Politics and government

Pennsylvania

United States

Genres:

Unopened books (Binding) — 19th century — United States

Printed books — United States — Pennsylvania — Philadelphia — 19th century

General Notes:

Half-title: "Publications of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Life and writings of John Dickinson. vol. II." vol. I being "The life and times of John Dickinson, 1732-1808 ... Prepared by Charles J. Stillé ... 1891." (Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. vol. XIII).
The "Writings" as planned were to appear in 3 volumes.
Libraries' copy with uncut pages.

Physical Description:

xxii, 501 pages : frontispiece (portrait), facsimiles ; 26 cm.

Call Numbers:

E302 .D53 1895

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

01010365

OCLC Numbers:

1727296