‘Simple Machines’ display at the John Dickinson Plantation
Display focuses on the six simple machines (inclined plane, screw, wedge, pulley, lever, and wheel and axle) that constitute the elementary building blocks of which many more-complicated machines are composed.
Blogs celebrate the 250th anniversary of John Dickinson’s ‘Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania’
Written by Robert Natelson for the Volokh Conspiracy and posted on the Washington Post webpage from Oct. 16–20, 2017.
Enhanced digital spreadsheet offers redesign of Plantation Stories Project
The public will soon be able to explore information on a handful of the free and enslaved people who lived, worked and died at the John Dickinson Plantation through an enhanced online spreadsheet that is part of a larger Plantations Stories Project.
Former president of Ghana visits John Dickinson Plantation
Leader in Dover to deliver Delaware State University commencement address.
Newly published book explores the life and legacy of Delaware statesman John Dickinson
Publication a joint effort of the Friends of the John Dickinson Mansion, the Delaware Department of State and the Delaware Heritage Commission.
Pathways to expand access to John Dickinson Plantation in 2023
Next year, the public will get new access to the John Dickinson Plantation thanks to a pathways project that will connect the site to the St. Jones Reserve.
Public outreach aims to engage a new community at John Dickinson Plantation
The division is seeking descendants of those who lived, worked and died at the John Dickinson Plantation in an effort to tell the stories of Indigenous and free, indentured and enslaved people of color who have been overlooked in historical accounts.
Watch C-SPAN Segments Filmed in Dover, Del.
Beginning on July 20, 2013, C-SPAN, the public-affairs television network, will be posting 13 television segments on its website featuring the literary life and history of Delaware’s capital city of […]