258 John Dickinson: Life, Religion, and Politics
The Second Continental Congress voted for independence on July 2, 1776 with 12 colonies and one abstention. The delegation from New York abstained from the vote. And Pennsylvania voted in favor of independence because two of its delegates were persuaded not to attend the vote given their oppositi...
153 Committees and Congress: Governments of the American Revolution (Doing History Rev)
How did the American revolutionaries organize and coordinate local, provincial, and intercolonial action? How did the revolutionaries form governments? In this episode of the Doing History: To the Revolution series we explore governance and governments of the American Revolution with three scho...
John Dickinson, Penman of the Founding (2026 Conference) - The Sower Episode 86 (audio)
We honor Jane Calvert for her book Penman of the Founding: A Biography of John Dickinson.
Plenary panel from the 2026 Ciceronian Society Conference in Omaha, Nebraska, March 12, 2026. Featuring speakers Joshua Bowman, Michael Maibach, James Patterson, and Jane Calvert.
Book: https://www.amazon....
445 How Independence Happened, Pt 3: The Articles of Confederation
The man Congress chose to draft the United States’ first constitution refused to vote for independence.
John Dickinson wrote a bold plan, one with a strong central government, religious liberty protections that included women, and a question in the margins about whether Congress should abolish s...
Forgotten Founders
Everyone knows Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton and Franklin. But some of the people who played crucial roles in creating the United States have almost disappeared from the story.
In this episode of America at 250: Due Diligence, Steve Herman and Bill Bernardoni look at two of the most c...
366 James Wilson & the U.S. Constitution
On September 17, 1787, the members of the Constitutional Convention concluded their work by signing the final draft of their new proposed government. The document they signed was the United States Constitution, which is why the United States marks Constitution Day each year on September 17. In...
258 John Dickinson: Life, Religion, and Politics
The Second Continental Congress voted for independence on July 2, 1776 with 12 colonies and one abstention. The delegation from New York abstained from the vote. And Pennsylvania voted in favor of independence because two of its delegates were persuaded not to attend the vote given their oppositi...
153 Committees and Congress: Governments of the American Revolution (Doing History Rev)
How did the American revolutionaries organize and coordinate local, provincial, and intercolonial action? How did the revolutionaries form governments? In this episode of the Doing History: To the Revolution series we explore governance and governments of the American Revolution with three scho...
#209: Reviving a Forgotten Founder's Penmanship of the Revolution feat. Dr. Jane Calvert
Watch the YouTube version HERE!
You might have heard the expression "the pen is mightier than the sword." So who "wrote" the Revolution and has been considered the Penman of the American Revolution? John Dickinson was the man behind many critical pillars of our country's founding, and some believ...
