Ocupation: Former Delegate to the Continental Congress
Life: November 2, 1732 - February 14, 1808
Birthday: November 2
Death: February 14
The rights essential to happiness. . . . We claim them from a higher source - from the King of kings and Lord of all the earth.
source: John Dickinson (1801). “The Political Writings of John Dickinson, Esquire: The speech of John Dickinson ... May 24th, 1764 ... praying the king for a change of the government of the province. 1764”, p.111