The cost of liberty : the life of John Dickinson /
Murchison, William P.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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".
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808.
United States. Continental Congress
Statesmen