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title:“John Dickinson to Polly Dickinson”
authors:John Dickinson
date written:1787-5-29
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Dickinson, John. "Letter to Polly Dickinson." Supplement to Max Farrand's The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787. Ed. James H. Hutson. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987. 28. Print.
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John Dickinson to Polly Dickinson (May 29, 1787)

Tuesday Evening My dear Polly, I had a very pleasant Journey and am very well. My hopes of something good for our Country are strong. Virtue and Wisdom must be employed. May Heaven bless our Endeavours.
The tenderest Love to our precious Children. Tell them to be very good.
Your truely affectionate

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