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.