{"product_id":"complete-writings-and-selected-correspondence-john-dickinson-9781644534038","title":"Complete Writings and Selected Correspondence of John Dickinson: Volume 4, 1767-1769 Volume 4","description":"In 1767, John Dickinson began publishing his twelve \u003ci\u003eLetters from a \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eFarmer in Pennsylvania\u003c\/i\u003e, which earned him international celebrity as the leader of the American resistance to Britain. They educated Americans about their rights and how to defend them without violence. Importantly, they also taught the colonists to unite and understand themselves first and foremost as Americans rather than as Britons. He followed with letters on religious liberty in the Episcopal controversy and America's first patriotic song, the \"Liberty Song.\" This volume documents the overwhelming public response around the Atlantic World to his writings. It was largely positive, with readers paying tribute to him in numerous ways, beginning with the Massachusetts circular letter to the other colonies advocating a nonimportation agreement. Most of the negative responses came from Dickinson's enemy from the 1764 royal government controversy in Pennsylvania, Joseph Galloway, who orchestrated a smear campaign against \"the Farmer.\" Dickinson's legal notes from this period include several interesting cases, such as his defense of a mixed-race servant woman charged with infanticide. Although there is limited extant correspondence, it includes letters concerning his courtship of his future wife, Mary Norris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Dickinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1644534037\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644534038\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Delaware Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 702\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"John Dickinson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48152905646335,"sku":"9781644534038","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d37c9751-8893-4d79-8634-7c95cb33ab42.jpg?v=1770779992","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/complete-writings-and-selected-correspondence-john-dickinson-9781644534038","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}