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![The patriotic American farmer. J-n D-k-ns---n Esqr. Barrister at Law: Who with attic eloquence and roman spirit hath asserted the liberties of the British Colonies in America. [Philadelphia] Printed for & sold by R. Bell, Bookseller. [1784].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvdGhlLXBhdHJpb3RpYy1hbWVyaWNhbi1mYXJtZXItai1uLWQtay1ucy1uLWVzcXItYmFycmlzdGVyLWF0LWxhdy13aG8td2l0aC1hdHRpYy1mZmJmMTMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/52/webp "The patriotic American farmer. J-n D-k-ns---n Esqr. Barrister at Law: Who with attic eloquence and roman spirit hath asserted the liberties of the British Colonies in America. [Philadelphia] Printed for & sold by R. Bell, Bookseller. [1784].")
The patriotic American farmer J-n D-k-ns-n Esqr. Barrister at law
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John Dickinson, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, right elbow resting on "Magna Charta" and in his hand he holds "Letters from a Farmer to the inhabitants of the British Colonies", in his law office with bookshelves in the background; in oval frame with ribbon at top.
Caption continues: Who with Attic eloquence and Roman spirit hath asserted the liberties of the British colonies in America.
With verse: 'Tis nobly done, to stem taxations rage, / and raise the thoughts of a degen'rate age, / for happiness and joy, from freedom spring, / but life in bondage, is a worthless thing.
Printed for &c sold by R. Bell, Bookseller.
Reproduction after 1772 illustration published in "An Astronomical diary, or, An almanack ..." by Nathaniel Ames, Boston, Mass.
Exhibited: "Magna Carta : Muse and Mentor" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2014 - Jan. 2015.
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