John Dickinson
1732 to 1808
6 documented presences
6 places
Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for John Dickinson across 6 places, from 1753 to 1785. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
John Dickinson (November 13, [O.S. November 2] 1732 – February 14, 1808), was an American Founding Father, attorney and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where John Dickinson was documented, and when
1753year
Middle Templeattested
“In 1753, he went to London for three years of study at the Middle Temple.”
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1753year
Londonattested
“In 1753, he went to London for three years of study at the Middle Temple.”
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1757year
Pennsylvaniaattested
“He spent those years studying the works of Edward Coke and Francis Bacon at the Inns of Court, following in the footsteps of his lifelong friend, Pennsylvania Attorney General Benjamin Chew, and in 1757 was admitted to the Pennsylvania b…”
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1776year
Delawareattested
“Meanwhile, Dickinson built an elegant mansion on Chestnut Street, but never lived there because the mansion was confiscated and turned into a hospital during his 1776–77 absence in Delaware.”
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1785year
Wilmington, Delawareattested
“In 1785, following his service as president of Pennsylvania, Dickinson lived in Wilmington, Delaware, and built a mansion at the northwest corner of 8th and Market Streets in Center City Philadelphia.”
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1785year
Center City, Philadelphiaattested
“In 1785, following his service as president of Pennsylvania, Dickinson lived in Wilmington, Delaware, and built a mansion at the northwest corner of 8th and Market Streets in Center City Philadelphia.”
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Places John Dickinson is documented in
London1 presence · 1753Pennsylvania1 presence · 1757
Center City, Philadelphia1 presence · 1785
Delaware1 presence · 1776
Middle Temple1 presence · 1753
Wilmington, Delaware1 presence · 1785
Other places tied to John Dickinson in the record
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1767 to 1768period
Pennsylvaniamentioned
“In 1767 and 1768, in protest to the Townshend Acts, Dickinson published Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, which were first published in the Pennsylvania Chronicle.”
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1768year
American Philosophical Societymentioned
“After publishing these letters, he was elected in 1768 to the American Philosophical Society as a member.”
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1774 to 1776period
Province of Pennsylvaniamentioned
“Dickinson was one of the delegates from the Province of Pennsylvania to the First Continental Congress in 1774 and the Second Continental Congress in 1775 and 1776.”
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1776year
Battle of Lexington and Concordmentioned
“Dickinson prepared the first draft of the Articles of Confederation in 1776, after others had ratified the Declaration of Independence despite his concerns that the Declaration would escalate the Revolutionary War, which began in 1775 at…”
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December 1776month
Kent County, Delawarementioned
“Dickinson resigned his commission in December 1776 and went to stay at Poplar Hall in Kent County.”
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August 1777month
Philadelphiamentioned
“In August 1777, he served as a private with the Kent County militia at Middletown, Delaware, under General Caesar Rodney to help delay General William Howe's march to Philadelphia during the Philadelphia campaign.”
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August 1777month
Middletown, Delawarementioned
“In August 1777, he served as a private with the Kent County militia at Middletown, Delaware, under General Caesar Rodney to help delay General William Howe's march to Philadelphia during the Philadelphia campaign.”
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October 1777month
Delawarementioned
“In October 1777, Dickinson's friend Thomas McKean appointed him as a brigadier general in the Delaware Militia, but he again declined the appointment.”
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18 January 1779exact date
Philadelphiamentioned
“On January 18, 1779, Dickinson was appointed to be a delegate for Delaware to the Second Continental Congress, which was convening at what today is Independence Hall in Philadelphia.”
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August 1781month
Philadelphiamentioned
“In August 1781, while still a delegate in Philadelphia, he learned that Poplar Hall had been severely damaged by a Loyalist raid.”
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1787year
Constitutional Convention (United States)mentioned
“In 1787, Delaware sent him as one of its delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, along with Gunning Bedford Jr., Richard Bassett, George Read, and Jacob Broom.”
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17 September 1787exact date
Philadelphiamentioned
“Both assemblies chose the Continental Congressmen for a one-year term as well as the delegates to the Constitutional Convention, which convened in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787.”
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1795year
Delawarementioned
“He was the Anti-Administration nominee in the 1795 United States Senate special election in Delaware, losing by one vote to congressman Henry Latimer.”
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