Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals. The carat character (^) indicates that the following letter is superscripted (example: Esq^r). LETTERS FROM A FARMER IN PENNSYLVANIA. [Illustration: THE PATRIOTIC AMERICAN FARMER. J-N D-K-NS--N Esq^r. BARRISTER AT LAW: Who with Attic Eloquence and Roman Spirit hath Asserted, The Liberties of the BRITISH Colonies in America. '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 & Sold by R. Bell. Bookseller] LETTERS FROM A FARMER in _Pennsylvania_, TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE BRITISH COLONIES BY JOHN DICKINSON WITH AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION BY R. T. H. HALSEY [Illustration: mark] NEW YORK THE OUTLOOK COMPANY 1903 Copyright, 1903 By R. T. H. HALSEY TO THE MEMORY OF ONE WHO LOVED HER COUNTRY AND ALL THAT PERTAINED TO ITS HISTORY CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTION xvii NOTES xlix LETTER I 5 LETTER II 13 LETTER III 27 LETTER IV 37 LETTER V 47 LETTER VI 59 LETTER VII 67 LETTER VIII 79 LETTER IX 87 LETTER X 101 LETTER XI 117 LETTER XII 133 LETTER OF THANKS FROM THE TOWN OF BOSTON 147 ILLUSTRATIONS. THE PATRIOTIC AMERICAN FARMER J-N D-K-NS-N, Esq^r, Barrister-at-Law Frontispiece Photogravure on copper. INITIAL LETTER FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA CHRONICLE OF 1768 Title Line etching on copper. CHELSEA DERBY PORCELAIN STATUETTE OF CATHERINE MACAULAY xliii Bierstadt process color print. INTRODUCTION. In the issue of the PENNSYLVANIA CHRONICLE AND UNIVERSAL ADVERTISER of November 30th-December 3d, 1767, appeared the first of twelve successive weekly "_Letters from a_ FARMER _in_ Pennsylvania _to the Inhabitants of the_ British _Colonies_," in which the attitude assumed by the British Parliament towards the American Colonies was exhaustively discussed. So extensive was their popularity that they were immediately reprinted in almost all our Colonial newspapers.