Pamphlet, "Letters from a Farmer", 1767-1768
date: label: Date made
content: 1774
notes: label: Description
content: Publications such as John Dickinson’s Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania circulated news and opinion to a growing number of subscribers and to patrons of taverns, which often provided papers for common reading. Even illiterate people could listen and debate current events when someone read aloud to the group.
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Pennsylvania
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content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.307171.01
label: catalog number
content: 307171.01
label: accession number
content: 307171
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pamphlet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white, black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 5 1/4 in; 20.32 cm x 13.335 cm