☞ Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania, to the inhabitants of the British colonies.
At least thirteen editions. Seven editions in 1768 (Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Boston, New York, London, Dublin). Three editions in 1769: one in Philadelphia, one from Williamsburg, VA, entitled, The Farmer's and Monitor's letters, to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies, and a French language translation published in Paris entitled, Lettres d'un fermier de Pensylvanie. Two editions from 1774 (Philadelphia, London). Letters from a Farmer appears as part of a 1775 London edition titled, Select tracts on the subject of taxing. This text is also included in The Political Writings of John Dickinson (Wilmington, DE: 1801).
APS owns eight copies: three copies of the Philadelphia, 1768: this first copy, a second signed by William Lee, and a third inscribed by John Dickinson which he presented "to his friend," John Miller; two copies of the London, 1768 edition: this first copy, and a second which was presented by Wm. S. Mason; one Philadelphia 1769 copy presented by Joseph Reed; one 1769 Paris copy translated and edited by Jacques Barbeau-Dubourg (see also entry 368.017); and one Philadelphia, 1774 copy.