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Author:
Murchison, William P. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82138013
Title:
The cost of liberty : the life of John Dickinson / William Murchison.
Publisher:
ISI Books,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
x, 252 pages ; 21 cm.
Subject:
Dickinson, John,--1732-1808.
Statesmen--United States--Biography.
United States.--Continental Congress--Biography.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Delaware--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Biographies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
"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."
Series:
Lives of the founders
ISBN:
1933859946
9781933859941
OCLC:
(OCoLC)851285712
LCCN:
2013026096
Locations:
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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