Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania is a series of essays written by Pennsylvania lawyer and legislator John Dickinson and published under the pseudonym "A Farmer" from 1767 to 1768. The twelve lett
A 1903 frontispiece and title page of the letters
John Dickinson, author of the essays
The original publication of Letter III, in the 14 December 1767 edition of the Pennsylvania Chronicle. Passages from the letter are visible, alongside a satirical reply by "Ironicus Bombasticus".
As French was the language of politics in Continental Europe, the French translation published in 1769 (pictured above) allowed the Letters to reach a broad European audience.
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The Pennsylvania Chronicle and Universal Advertiser was an American colonial newspaper founded in 1767 that was published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, prior to the American Revolution. It was founde
The November 23, 1767 issue of Pennsylvania Chronicle and Universal Advertiser
William Goddard, founder of the Pennsylvania Chronicle