Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Dr. Jane E. Calvert to discuss the lesser known and under appreciated founder John Dickinson. Find out why Dickinson should be placed alongside the names Washington, Adams, and Jefferson in U.S. history books.

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OUTLINE:

0:00 - Sneak Peak/Introductions

2:22 - Why John Dickinson?

5:48 - Who Was John Dickinson

9:24 - How Prolific Was He?

22:46 - The Role of Ordinary People in the Revolution

29:15 - Dickinson’s Pen Name and Its Implications

41:24 - Drafting The Articles of Confederation

43:52 - A Man Who Had His Hand In Everything

45:19 - The One Person Who Brought The United States Into Being

53:29 - Dickinson’s Later Years and Legacy

58:39 - Where to Find Jane?

1:01:46 - Dickinson Sites To Visit

EPISODE LINKS:

Jane E. Calvert, PhD – https://www.drjaneecalvert.org

Penman of the Founding – A Biography of John Dickinson - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/penman-of-the-founding-9780197541692?cc=us&lang=en&

 The John Dickinson Writings Project - https://www.jdproject.org

Quakers - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Society-of-Friends

Stamp Act – https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/stamp-act-1765

Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania - https://history.delaware.gov/john-dickinson-plantation/dickinsonletters/pennsylvania-farmer-letters/

Religion and the American Revolution - https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel03.html#:~:text=Religion%20played%20a%20major%20role,in%20the%20sight%20of%20God.

John Dickinson, Conservative Revolutionary - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-american-studies/article/abs/milton-e-flower-john-dickinson-conservative-revolutionary-charlottesville-virginia-the-univ-press-of-virginia-for-the-friends-of-the-john-dickinson-mansion-1983-2750-pp-xii-338/597B92DD95F124DAB8EBB9DBD25EF68B

The Cost of Liberty: The Life of John Dickinson - https://www.regnery.com/9781684515479/cost-of-liberty/

Edmund Burke - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edmund-Burke-British-philosopher-and-statesman

John Adams - https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/John-Adams/David-McCullough/9780743223133

The Whig Party - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Whig-Party

Benjamin Lay - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/quaker-comet-greatest-abolitionist-never-heard-180964401/

John Woolman - https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Woolman

Mary Norris Dickinson - https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2011/05/mary-norris-dickinson.html

John Dickinson Plantation - https://www.nps.gov/frst/planyourvisit/john-dickinson-plantation.htm

 Stenton - https://www.stenton.org

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