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John Dickinson's "Falling Away In Politics," 1774-1776, Matthew Harris
John Dickinson's "Falling Away In Politics," 1774-1776, Matthew Harris
The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing
Of all the Founding Fathers, recorded Benjamin Rush, "few men wrote, spoke and acted more for their country from the years [of] 1764 to the establishment of the federal government than [John] Dickinson." He was one of the only Founding Fathers to play a leading role in most of the significant events surrounding the birth of the American republic-from the Stamp Act Congress in 1765 to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Yet his standing today compared to that of his fellow revolutionaries is shamefully obscure in view of his contributions.