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Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 to Catharine Macaulay

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01790.01 Author/Creator: Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 31 October 1770 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; 23 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Argues that the Freeholders of America are firm in the cause of liberty. Associates the colonial cause with virtue and piety and implicitly identifies Britain with luxury and corruption. It is notable that so many colonists addressed their appeals to an Englishwoman.

Dickinson, John, 1732-1808
Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791

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