Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . nd was a readyand vehement debater. At the same time,he wrote much on the subject of Britishinfringement on the liberties of the colo-nies. The most noted of these writingswere papers (twelve in number) entitledLetters from a Pennsylvania Farmer, etc.,published in the Pennsylvania Chronicle in1767. Mr. Dickinson was a member ofthe first Continental Congress, and wroteseveral of the state papers put forth bythat body. Considering the resolution ofindependence unwise, he voted agai
Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . nd was a readyand vehement debater. At the same time,he wrote much on the subject of Britishinfringement on the liberties of the colo-nies. The most noted of these writingswere papers (twelve in number) entitledLetters from a Pennsylvania Farmer, etc.,published in the Pennsylvania Chronicle in1767. Mr. Dickinson was a member ofthe first Continental Congress, and wroteseveral of the state papers put forth bythat body. Considering the resolution ofindependence unwise, he voted against itand the Declaration, and did not sign thelatter document. This made him unpopu-lar. In 1777 he was made a brigadier-gen-eral of the Pennsylvania militia. He waselected a representative in Congress fromDelaware in 1779, and wrote the Addressto the States put forth by that body in 1 May of that year. He was successivelypresident of the States of Delaware andPennsylvania (1781-85), and a memberof the convention that framed the na-tional Constitution (1787). Letters fromhis pen, over the signature of Fabius,. JOHN DICKINSON. advocating the adoption of the nationalConstitution, appeared in 1788; and an-other series, over the same signature, onour relations with France, appeared in1797. Mr. Dickinson assisted in framingthe constitution of Delaware in 1792. Hismonument is Dickinson College {q. v.),at Carlisle, Pa., which he founded andliberally endowed. He died in Wilmington,Del., Feb. 14, 1808. Dickinson, Philemon, military officer;born in Croisedore, Md., April 5, 1739;settled near Trenton, N. J. In July, 1775,he entered the patriot army; in Octoberof the same year was promoted brigadier-general; in 1776 was a delegate to the Pro-vincial Congress of New Jersey; in 1777was promoted major-general of the NewJersey troops; in October of that yearmarched against the British on Staten Isl-and, for which he received the thanks ofWashington; and served with marked dis-tinction during
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