Jane E. Calvert
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The Complete Writings and Selected Correspondence of John Dickinson
Volume 2
Edited by Jane E. Calvert; By John Dickinson
University of Delaware Press
Volume Two of The Complete Writings and Selected Correspondence of John Dickinson, covering the years 1759 to 1763, shows Dickinson’s rise to prominence as a lawyer with cases ranging from land disputes to murder; and his entry into public life as a legislator in the Delaware and Pennsylvania Assemblies. In addition to case notes and legislation, the documents include correspondence, commonplace books, verse, and essays on political and legal topics such as judicial tenure and the flag-of-truce trade.
- Copyright year: 2021
Complete Writings and Selected Correspondence of John Dickinson
Volume 1
Edited by Jane E. Calvert; By John Dickinson
University of Delaware Press
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.
- Copyright year: 2011
Complete Writings and Selected Correspondence of John Dickinson
Volume 3
Edited by Jane E. Calvert
University of Delaware Press
From 1764 through 1766, John Dickinson’s writings reveal how he became a leading figure in the Pennsylvania Assembly and in the growing American resistance to unjust British taxation. Seeking protection of fundamental rights, he opposed Benjamin Franklin’s plan to abolish liberty of conscience in Pennsylvania, served as the lead draftsman in the Stamp Act Congress, and offered the American public the first practical advice on resisting British oppression.
- Copyright year: 2024
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