TY  - BOOK
AU  - Murchison,William P.
TI  - The cost of liberty: the life of John Dickinson 
T2  - Lives of the founders
SN  - 9781933859941
AV  - E 302.6 .D5 M87 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Wilmington, DE
PB  - ISI Books
KW  - Dickinson, John,
KW  - United States
KW  - Continental Congress
KW  - Biography
KW  - Statesmen
KW  - History
KW  - Revolution, 1775-1783
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1775-1783
KW  - Pennsylvania
KW  - Delaware
N1  - 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"
ER  -