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Dover in Kent County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Home of John Dickinson

By Nate Davidson, July 17, 2008

1. Home of John Dickinson Marker

Inscription. "The Penman of the Revolution." Member of Delaware colonial and state assemblies. Member of Continental Congress, Annapolis Convention, and Philadelphia Federal Constitutional Convention. Signer for Delaware of Articles of Confederation and Federal Constitution. Governor of Delaware and President of Second Delaware Constitutional Convention. Born Maryland, 1732; died Wilmington, 1808.

Erected 1939 by Public Archives Commission.

Location. 39° 6.273′ N, 75° 26.983′ W. Marker is in Dover, Delaware, in Kent County. Marker is on Kitts Hummock Road. Click for map. Marker located at the entrance of the Dickinson Plantation historic site. Entrance to the historic site is free to the public. Marker is in this post office area: Dover DE 19901, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. St. Jones Neck (approx. half a mile away); Commemoration Park (approx. one mile away); T-33A Shooting Star (approx. one mile away); Hangar 1301 (approx. 1.1 miles away); Warner Mifflin (approx. 2.5 miles away); Murderkill/Motherkiln Friends Meeting (approx. 2.5 miles away); Kitts Hummock (approx. 2.6 miles away); Old Stone Tavern (approx. 4.1 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Dover.

Dickinson House Photo, Click for full size

By Nate Davidson, April 24, 2009

2. Dickinson House

This house and plantation is open to the public for tours and living history programs that depict life on a colonial plantation.

Also see . . .
1. John Dickinson - A Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. (Submitted on January 10, 2011, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)
2. John Dickinson - Colonial Hall. (Submitted on January 10, 2011, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)

Credits. This page originally submitted on January 9, 2011, by Nate Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. This page has been viewed 441 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 9, 2011, by Nate Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.