John Dickinson: We Cannot Be Happy without Being Free
by Gary Galles, Mises Institute John Dickinson (1732-1808) was one of the most important of America’s founders. He was a colonial legislator, member of the Stamp Act, Continental, and Confederation Congresses, chief executive of both Delaware (by a 25 to 1 vote; his...
John Dickinson’s “Farmer” Letters on their 250th Anniversary
This article originally appeared in the Washington Times. This year, 2017, marks the 250th anniversary of one of the most influential series of writings in American history: John Dickinson’s Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, the first of which appeared in 1767....