Lyle Tayson: John Dickinson

Artist: Lyle Tayson
1924 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1978
Image Size: 7.5 by 10.25 inches
Overall Size: 12 by 16 inches
Medium: Water Color on Cold Press Illustration Board

John Dickinson -- "Penman of the Revolution" -- wrote one historic document after another for more than thirty years during the Revolutionary period of American history. This distinguished lawyer refused to sign the Declaration of Independence, because he believed that the colonists would be granted self-government within the British empire. When Independence had been declared, however, Dickinson devoted all his energies to helping win the war and set up a workable government. His "Declaration of Rights" helped stir patriots' anger over unfair British taxation. In addition to this document and many others, Dickinson drafted the Articles of Confederation, forming the early government of the United States. Because he maintained homes in both Delaware and Pennsylvania, Dickinson had the unusual distinction of serving both these states alternately as a legislator, as a Congressional representative, and as Chief Executive Officer. In 1786, representing Delaware, he attended and chaired the Annapolis Convention. The next year, Delaware sent Dickinson to the Constitutional Convention, where he helped engineer the Great Compromise and later wrote public letters supporting consititutional ratification. He left the Convention early because of illness, and did not actually sign the Constitution, but authorized fellow-delegate George Read to do so for him. Dickinson devoted the rest of his life to writing on politics. On February 14, 1808, Dickinson died at the age of seventy-five.

This artwork was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover for The Signers of the Constitution Collection issued on September 17, 1987.

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