(AMERICAN REVOLUTION PRELUDE) John Dickinson A complete run

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRELUDE.) John Dickinson. A complete run of the twelve "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania," as they appeared in the Boston Chronicle. Volume I, issues 1-3, 5, 7-9, 12 (each 8 to 12 pages), and 4-page supplement dated 15 February 1768. 4to, 10½ x 8½ inches, disbound; minor wear, slight loss to one leaf not affecting the Dickinson letters; original subscriber name inked on first page. Boston: Mein and Fleeming, 21 December 1767 to 7 March 1768

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The complete set of influential letters by a moderate Pennsylvania revolutionary, preaching caution to rebellious Americans. They had first appeared a few weeks earlier in the Philadelphia Chronicle. Here they were featured in the inaugural issues of the Boston Chronicle, a Loyalist newspaper. Dickinson is credited as the author of the first letter, though often anonymous in other publications.