2024-07 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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Dickinson's most famous contribution as the "Penman" and for the colonial cause was the publication of a series of letters signed "A FARMER." The letters were published over a period of ten weeks in late 1767 and early 1768 with the first letter appearing in the Pennsylvania Chronicle on December 2, 1767. In the letters, Dickinson argued, amongst other things, that the Townshend Acts were illegal because they were intended to raise revenue, a power held only by the colonial assemblies. His arguments were a collection of ideas that were written in a clear and concise manner which the general population could understand. Collectively, the letters were called "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies."
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