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

Home of John Dickinson

Photographed 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. (Marker Number KC-33.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Delaware Public Archives series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1732.

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

Regionally, this marker

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is in the American Mid-Atlantic

and on the Delmarva Peninsula.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Toward a Future Union (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Dickinsons in Delaware (about 700 feet away); The St. Jones River: Why the Mansion Faces South (approx. ¼ mile away); St. Jones Neck (approx. half a mile away); C-45G (approx. 0.9 miles away); C-60 (approx. 0.9 miles away); U-3A (approx. 0.9 miles away); LGM-30 (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dover.

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

2. John Dickenson. Wikipedia entry. (Submitted on September 25, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Dickinson House image. Click for full size.

Photographed 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.

John Dickinson image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Charles Wilson Peale, unknown

3. John Dickinson

Credits. This page was last revised on May 15, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 9, 2011, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,508 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 9, 2011, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. 3. submitted on September 25, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.