DICKINSON, John, (brother of Philemon
Dickinson), a Delegate from Pennsylvania and from Delaware; born on his
father’s estate, “Crosiadoré,” near Trappe, Talbot County, Md., November
8, 1732; moved with his parents in 1740 to Dover, Del., where he studied under a
private teacher; studied law in Philadelphia and at the Middle Temple in London;
was admitted to the bar in 1757 and commenced practice in Philadelphia; member
of the Assembly of “Lower Counties,” as the State of Delaware was then
called, in 1760; member of the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1762 and 1764; delegate
to the Stamp Act Congress in 1765; Member from Pennsylvania to the Continental
Congress 1774-1776 and from Delaware in 1779; brigadier general of Pennsylvania
Militia; President of the State of Delaware in 1781; returned to Philadelphia
and served as President of Pennsylvania 1782-1785; returned to Delaware; was a
member of the Federal convention of 1787 which framed the Constitution and was
one of the signers from Delaware; died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del.,
on February 14, 1808; interment in Wilmington Friends Meetinghouse Burial
Ground. - -Biographical
Data courtesy of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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