John Dickinson begins 'Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania' in the Pennsylvania Chronicle
- When
- 2 December 1767
- Where
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
On 2 December 1767, Dickinson began publishing his pseudonymous Letters in the Pennsylvania Chronicle, responding to the Townshend Acts.
Following the passage of the Townshend Acts in 1767, John Dickinson, a wealthy Philadelphia lawyer and member of the Pennsylvania assembly, set out in his pseudonymous Letters to clarify the constitutional question of Parliament's authority to tax the colonies and to urge colonists toward moderate opposition. The Letters were first published in the Pennsylvania Chronicle, written under the pseudonym 'A Farmer' from 1767 to 1768. The original publication of Letter III appeared in the 14 December 1767 edition of that paper, and Letter I was reprinted in the Boston Gazette on 21 December 1767.
Sources
- Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania Wikipedia
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