CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION THE LEGAL PAPERS AND THEIR CONTEXT EDITORIAL METHODOLOGY SAMPLE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT TITLES CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF JOHN DICKINSON 1. To Nicholas Ridgely, September 6 2. To George Read and Samuel Wharton, [October] The London Letters 3. To Samuel Dickinson, December 18 4. To Samuel Dickinson, January 18 5. To Mary Cadwalader Dickinson, January 19 6. To [Richard Peters], January 22 7. To Mary Cadwalader Dickinson, March 8 8.
To Samuel Dickinson, March 8 9. To Mary Cadwalader Dickinson, March 29 10. To Samuel Dickinson, March 29 11. To Samuel Dickinson, April 22 12. Bond for John Dickinson, May 3 13. To Mary Cadwalader Dickinson, May 25 14. To Samuel Dickinson, May 25 15. Middle Temple Expenses, January 11-May 28 16.
Bond for William Hicks, June 12 17. To Mary Cadwalader Dickinson, August 1 18. To Mary Cadwalader Dickinson, August 15 19. To Samuel Dickinson, August 15 20. To Mary Cadwalader Dickinson, September 6 21. To Samuel Dickinson, September 6 22. To Mary Cadwalader Dickinson, October 29 23. To Samuel Dickinson, January 21 24.
To Mary Cadwalader Dickinson, January 22 25. To Mary Cadwalader Dickinson, February 19 26. To Samuel Dickinson, February 19 27. To Mary Cadwalader Dickinson, April 8 28. To Samuel Dickinson, June 28 29. To Mary Cadwalader Dickinson, August 12 30. To Samuel Dickinson, August 12 31. To Samuel Dickinson, September 30 32.
To Samuel Dickinson, January 8 33. Transcription of a Hearing "Before the Lords of Trade & Plantations," February 26 34. To Mary Cadwalader Dickinson, March 17 35. To Samuel Dickinson, April 1 36. To Samuel Dickinson, May 10 37. To Mary Cadwalader Dickinson, June 6 38. To Samuel Dickinson, June 6 39. To Mary Cadwalader Dickinson, August 2 40.
To Samuel Dickinson, August 2 42. To Thomas McKean, October 20 43. Notes for Elizabeth Taylor v. William Empson, [1757-1758] Documents from the William Smith Libel Trial 44. Timeline Notes of Pennsylvania Constitutional Historyfor the Smith Libel Trial, [c. January 17] 45. Initial Notes for Opening Arguments in the Smith Libel Trial,[c. January 17] 46.
Expanded Rough Notes for Opening Arguments in theSmith Libel Trial, [January 17] 47. Notes on Thomas Bond''s Deposition in the Smith LibelTrial, [January 17] 48. Draft Transcript of Opening Arguments in the SmithLibel Trial, [January 17] 50. Notes on Depositions in the Smith Libel Trial, [January18-19] 51. Preliminary Notes for Closing Arguments in the SmithLibel Trial, [January 20] 52. Rough Draft and Notes for Closing Arguments in theSmith Libel Trial, [January 20] 53. Draft Closing Arguments in the Smith Libel Trial,[January 20, 1758] 54. Draft Transcript of Closing Arguments in the Smith LibelTrial, [January 21] 55.
Fragment of Draft Transcript of David Hall''s Depositionin the Smith Libel Trial, [January 21] 56. Draft Summary of the Smith Libel Trial, [January 25] 57. Edited Summary of the Smith Libel Trial, [January 25] Documents on the Flag-of-Truce Trade 58. Notes on a Flag-of-Truce Case, [n.d.] 59. "On a Libel against Flag of Truce Beaux Enfants" 60. Notes on a Flag-of-Truce Case, [n.
d.] 61. Notes for Levy & Hart v. Unknown, [n.d.] 62. Draft One of Notes for Spring & Kemp v. Ospray & Elizabeth 63.
Draft Two of Notes for Spring & Kemp v. Ospray & Elizabeth 64. Notes for John Campbell v. The Owners of The Spry 65. Depositions for John Campbell v. The Owners of The Spry 66. Notes on the Plaintiffs'' Arguments in John Campbell v. The Owners of The Spry 67.
Arguments for John Campbell v. The Owners of The Spry 68. Interrogatories in the Vice Admiralty Court on Behalfof Captain John MacPherson, et al. 69. To Robert McKean APPENDIX: SECONDARY WORKS ON JOHN DICKINSON INDEX.