Murchison, William P.

The cost of liberty : the life of John Dickinson / William Murchison. - x, 252 pages ; 21 cm. - Lives of the founders . - Lives of the founders. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The fields are full of promises" -- "An immense bustle in the world" -- "You rivet perpetual chains upon your unhappy country" -- "My dear countrymen" -- "In freedom we're born, and in freedom we'll live" -- "There is a spirit of liberty among us" -- "The force of accumulated injuries" -- "To die free-men rather than to live like slaves" -- "War is actually begun" -- "Let my country treat me as she pleases" -- "The finishing blow" -- "Willingly to resign my life" -- "The sacred voice of my country" -- "Acting before the world" -- "Experience must be our only guide".

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Dickinson, John, 1732-1808.


United States. Continental Congress --Biography.


Statesmen--United States--Biography.


United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Delaware--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

E 302.6 .D5 / M87 2013