Letter from John Dickinson to Caesar Augustus Rodney

John Dickinson writes to Attorney General Caesar Rodney discussing the implications of the United Kingdom's policies towards other countries. "The infatuated Policy of Britain has placed her in such a position, that she seems to think her safety depends on Hostility against the World," as Dickinson explains. Dickinson also argues that the United States is not prepared for a possible conflict and should make preparations. "We ought, among other Things, to have 15 or 20 Gunboats in the Delaware" since "a single Vessel might plunder and burn New Castle and this Town," as Dickinson notes. Transcript included.