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American landowner. Mary "Polly" Norris Dickinson (July 17, 1740 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:–:July 23, 1803 in Wilmington, Delaware) was an early American land and estate owner and manager. She is known for her ownership of one of the largest libraries in the American colonies, her participation in political thought of the time, and her presence in or near events of the Cons*utional ...
English: Title:Mrs. John Dickinson (Mary Norris) and Daughter, Sallie Norris Dickinson. Author/Artist:Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 Creation Date:1773 Description:Graphic reproduction(s) with documentation of a painting. 49 x 39 in. oil on canvas.
23 de dic. de 2020 · Mary Norris Dickinson owned and managed large estates, one of which the British burned. Mary Norris inherited her estates, which she managed with the assistance of her sister, at the age of 26. She also owned one of the largest privately held libraries in the colonies before the American Revolution.
6 de oct. de 2023 · John Dickinson (November 8, 1732 – February 14, 1808) was an American lawyer and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware. He was a militia officer during the American Revolution, a Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania and Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of Delaware and President of Pennsylvania.
When Gov. John D. Dickinson was born on 8 November 1732, in Trappe, Talbot, Maryland, United States, his father, Judge Samuel D Dickinson, was 42 and his mother, Mary Cadwalader, was 21. He married Mary or Polly Norris on 19 July 1770, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America.
In 1784, Dickinson and Mary Norris Dickinson bequeathed much of their combined library to John and Mary's College, named in their honor by its founder Benjamin Rush and later renamed Dickinson College. The Dickinsons also donated 500 acres (2 km²) in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, land originally inherited and managed by Mary Norris, to the new college.
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