John Dickinson the Underrated Anthony R. Fellow in the book American Media History initially seemed to have done a decent job attempting to communicate the importance of John Dickinson as pertaining to the American Revolution. However, after some more research -- his brief paragraphs on John Dickinson fall criminally short to how valuable John Dickinson truly was. The late Forrest McDonald, an American historian strongly considered one of the leading historians of the early nation period had this to say of John Dickinson “The quantity, quality, and circulation of Dickinson’s writings on behalf of the American cause surpassed those of any others… As a writer, he was masterful. As an orator, he was adjudged by John Adams (who disliked him) to be the equal of Patrick Henry and there could be no higher praise than that” (McDonald 2012). Despite these praises John Dickinson is not near the household name that his acquaintances or even his enemies are.…show more content… Dickinson was born into a wealthy farm family. He was born the second son of Samuel Dickinson and Mary Dickinson (the second wife of Samuel). Private tutors were hired to teach him at a young age, and by the time he was 18 he began to study law in Philadelphia with John Moland, a commissioned King’s Attorney in Pennsylvania. With Dickinson’s intense education and genius, he began his career in politics. He soon rose to being the leader of the conservative side in the political
