Project Gutenberg 2014-10-14 Public domain in the USA. 2276 Dickinson, John 1732 1808 Halsey, R. T. Haines (Richard Townley Haines) 1865 1942 Halsey, Richard Townley Haines Halsey, R.T.H. Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_from_a_Farmer_in_Pennsylvania Produced by David Edwards, Julia Neufeld and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies" by John Dickinson is a collection of essays written in the late 18th century. The work discusses the political and legal arguments surrounding British taxation and its implications for the American colonies, articulating a defense of colonial rights in response to perceived oppression from the British Parliament. Through the letters, Dickinson seeks to unify the colonies and encourage collective action against unjust legislation. At the start of the collection, the author introduces himself as a Pennsylvania farmer who has acquired a wealth of knowledge through his education and experiences. He expresses profound concern over the British Parliament's actions, particularly the suspension of New York's legislative assembly for non-compliance with the provisioning of British troops, which he views as a dangerous precedent for colonial liberties. Dickinson underscores the need for the colonies to unite in defense of their rights and encourages a modest but firm response from the assemblies to express discontent over this parliamentary overreach. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 51.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Early works to 1800 United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes Finance -- Great Britain -- Colonies E201 Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: History - American Category: Politics 355633 2025-09-19T04:58:59.600678 text/html 337245 2024-10-24T11:22:53 text/html 268452 2025-09-19T04:59:04.901675 application/epub+zip 272877 2025-09-19T04:59:00.492693 application/epub+zip 179630 2025-09-19T04:59:00.033731 application/epub+zip 391212 2025-09-19T04:59:08.133664 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 359359 2025-09-19T04:59:04.397657 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 266590 2022-09-21T11:47:37.799325 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 310264 2025-09-19T04:58:59.020762 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 290183 2024-10-24T11:22:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17775 2025-09-19T04:59:08.270654 application/rdf+xml 15581 2025-09-19T04:59:00.118673 image/jpeg 2551 2025-09-19T04:59:00.076682 image/jpeg 247308 2025-09-19T04:58:59.634728 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia