12. Dickinson's Farmer's Letters. A series of essays published in the Pennsylvania Chronicle by John Dickinson, a lawyer of Philadelphia, "which soon attained a greater reputation on both sides of the Atlantic than had been reached by any previous production in American literature" (Tyler, Literary History of the American Revolution, vol. ii. p. 26). The Letters were twelve in number, the last appearing on February 15, 1768. They formed one of the ablest and most influential of the pamphlets for the American cause. Dickinson was the author of the following notable state papers of the Revolution: Resolutions in Relation to the Stamp Act, adopted by the Assembly of Pennsylvania, 1765; Declaration of Rights and Petition to the King, adopted by the Stamp Act Congress, 1765; Resolves of the Convention of Pennsylvania; Instructions to the Representatives in Assembly; Essay on the Constitutional Power of Great Britain over the Colonies in America, in 1774; Address of Congress to the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebec, 1774; Petition of Congress to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1774, and the second Petition to the King, in 1775; The Declaration by the Representatives of the United Colonies of North America, now met in Congress at Philadelphia, setting forth the Causes and Necessity of their taking up Arms, 1775-" a powerful and noble paper": Instructions of Pennsylvania to its Representatives in Congress, November, 1775, and June, 1776; Revision of the Bill of Rights for the State of Pennsylvania, July, 1776; the first draft of the Articles of Confederation, 1775. The authorship of these papers has justly given Dickinson the title of "the Penman of the Revolution." It is claimed for him by Paul Leicester Ford, the editor of his Writings, that in the literature of the Revolution Dickinson was "as pre-eminent as Washington in war, Franklin in diplomacy, and Morris in finance." See Tyler's Literary History of the Revolution, vol. ii. chap. xxv.; Writings of John Dickinson, edited by P. L. Ford, an edition included among the issues of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, still in process of publication; The Life and Times of Dickinson, by Charles J. Stillé; Magazine of American History, vol. viii. pp. 514-516, and vol. x. p. 223, cited by Tyler; Fiske's The American Revolution, vol. i. p. 47. 13. Otis's Rights of the Colonies Asserted and Proved and his Speech on the Writs of Assistance. (a) Force's American Archives, Fourth Series, vol. i. (c) John Adams's Letter to Tudor, Niles's Register, vol. 14. Stephen Hopkins's Rights of the Colonies Examined, 1765. "One of the ablest as well as one of the most temperate expressions of the stand taken by the colonies" (Winsor). Found only in reprints. 15. Jay, John. Works. Especially, Address to the British People, adopted by the Congress of 1774, and On the Peace Negotiations of 1782. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE. XV 16. The State papers of the Continental Congress: the Declaration of Rights, by the Congress of 1765; the Virginia Resolves; the Declaration of Rights, by the Congress of 1774; the Address to the People of Great Britain; the Articles of Association; the Declaration of Independence; the Articles of Confederation, and other papers, are reprinted, in part, in the Old South Studies (Heath & Co.) and in the American History Leaflets (Lovell & Co., New York). They may also be found in full in Force's American Archives, and, in part, in the following. 17. Niles's Principles and Acts of the Revolution. Speeches, Orations, Proceedings of the Revolutionary Period. The Journal of the Stamp Act Congress, 1765, with the instructions to and form of appointment of the Delegates, and their Declaration of Rights, may be found in pp. 155-168, in the Centennial Edition of 1876. The full Table of Contents will indicate much interesting material. 18. Hart's American History told by Contemporaries, vol. ii. Selections from the Sources, being brief extracts from Franklin, Adams, Otis, Quincy, Pitt, Walpole, Dickinson, and others. 19. In the study of the contemporary material on the Revolution, the student should use Professor Moses Coit Tyler's Literary History of the American Revolution, 2 vols. This late and important work is devoted largely, in its subject-matter, to the political and historical controversy of the Revolution, embodying a contemporary record of the conflict. The work is of special value in giving very fully the arguments of the Loyalists. It sets forth, also, the work of Otis, the Adamses, Paine, Freneau, Stephen Hopkins, Dulany, Dickinson, and other American controversialists. The chapters on "The Prelude of Political Debate" and "The Stamp Act as a Stimulant to Political Discussion " (vol. i.) will indicate the importance of this work to the student of our Revolutionary history. These volumes and their subject are reviewed in a valuable article on "The American Revolution," by Professor H. L. Osgood, of Columbia University, in the Political Science Quarterly for March, 1898. There is a very complete bibliography of the literature of the Revolution in the latter part of Volume II. of Professor Tyler's work. III. SECONDARY ENGLISH AUTHORITIES. 1. Mahon's History of England, vols. v. and vi. For the chapter on the colonies and treatment of the Stamp Act, see vol. v. ch. xliii. 2. May's Constitutional History of England, vol. ii. Chapter xvii. on "British Colonies and Dependencies," pp. 510-540 (Edition of 1863). 3. Doyle, John Andrew. The English in America, 3 vols. London, 1882, 1887. 4. Seeley's The Expansion of England. Chapter on "The Old Colonial System." 5. Green's History of the English People, vol. iv. 6. Grahame's History of America until the Declaration of Independence, vol. ii. pp. 348-530 (1845). A Scotch author. 7. Ludlow's The War of American Independence. English Epoch Series. A valuable little volume. 8. Caldecott, English Colonization and Empire. 9. Massey's History of England during the Reign of George III., 3 vols. London, 1855. A Whig view. Especially chs. vi.viii. vol. i. 10. Adolphus's History of England, from the Accession to the Decease of George III., 7 vols. (1840), chs. vii., ix., xiii. A Tory view. Adolphus maintains that American rebellion was fomented by religious influences and bodies, especially by Presbyterian synods. See p. 184 et seq., vol i. 11. Kingsford's History of Canada, 9 vols. Especially vols. v. vi. vii. IV. AMERICAN AND OTHER SECONDARY AUTHORITIES. 1. Pitkin's Political and Civil History of America, vol. i. p. 155 to vol. ii. p. 179. A valuable collection of material. 2. Ramsay, David. History of the American Revolution, 2 vols., 1816. One of the most substantial and worthy accounts of our Revolutionary period." (Adams's Manual.) 3. Palfrey's History of New England, vol. v. book vi. chs. i.-xiii. (b) The Conflict Precipitated, by Justin Winsor. (d) The West from the Treaty of Peace with France, 1763, BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE. 5. Fiske, John. The American Revolution, 2 vols. 6. Frothingham's Rise of the Republic of the United States. xvii 7. Bancroft, George. History of the United States, 10 vols. 8. Tucker's History of the United States, 4 vols., 1841. Chiefly political. 9. Hildreth, Richard. History of the United States, 6 vols. 10. Bryant and Gay. 4 vols. Popular History of the United States, 11. Curtis, George Ticknor. Constitutional History of the United States, vol. i. 12. Balch's The French in America. 13. Campbell, Douglas. The Puritans in England, Holland, and America, 2 vols. 14. Sabine's The Loyalists of the American Revolution, 2 vols., 1864. 15. Wells's Life of Samuel Adams, 3 vols. 16. Hosmer, J. K. Life of Samuel Adams. Statesmen Series. 17. Tyler's Life of Patrick Henry; Wirt's Life of Henry. 18. Bigelow's Life of Franklin, as told in his Writings, 3 vols. 19. Parton's Life of Franklin. 20. Parton's Life of Jefferson; Randall's Life of Jefferson; Tucker's Life of Jefferson; Morse's Jefferson. 21. Hart's Formation of the Union (Longmans' Epochs of American History). 22. Sloane's The French War and the Revolution (Scribner's Epochs of American History). 23. Marshall's Life of Washington. 24. Woodburn's Causes of the American Revolution (Johns Hop kins University Studies, Tenth Series, No. 12). A brief summary of the political controversy between the colonies and the mother country. 25. Greene, G. W. Historical View of the American Revolution. 26. Lossing's Field Book of the American Revolution. 27. Channing's United States of America, 1765-1865; Channing's Students' History of the United States; McLaughlin's History of the American Nation; Montgomery's Students' History of the United States; McMaster's School History of the United States. V. REFERENCE BOOKS. 1. Winsor's Reader's Handbook of the American Revolution. A small volume containing an analysis of the events of the Revolution, with reference to the main sources of information on each. "It is like a continuous footnote to all histories of the American Revolution. It points out sources, but it includes also the second-hand authorities." 2. Winsor's Narrative and Critical History of America, vol. vi. The student will find here abundant references to all the sources and secondary authorities. 3. Channing and Hart's Guide to American History, pp. 288-308. A very useful student's guide to the principal material. 4. Charles Kendall Adams's Manual of Historical Literature. Contains a brief characterization of the principal authorities. 5. Mace's Manual of American History. 6. Tyler's The Literary History of the American Revolution, 2 vols. |