Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania, to the inhabitants of the British colonies.

People / Organizations

• John Dickinson (Author)

Imprint

Boston: Printed by Mein and Fleeming, and to be sold by John Mein, at the London Book-Store, north-side of King-Street, MDCCLXVIII. [1768]

Publication year

1768

ESTC No.

W31739

Grub Street ID

342175

Description

146,[2]p. ; 8⁰

Note

Letters signed: A farmer. Attributed to John Dickinson in the Dictionary of American biography.

For the omission of a significant passage in this edition, see: Crosskey, William W. Politics and government, Chicago, 1953, p. 1289-1291.

Adams notes two states. One has six lines of text on p. 55 and leaf T2 (p. [147-148]) is blank. The other has seven lines of text on p. 55 and on leaf T2 "To the ingenious author of certain letters, subscribed A farmer"--a letter ordered to be printed by the town of Boston, March 22, 1768.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: [A]? B-S? T?