Suggested Readings

William Penn focused:

Andrew R. Murphy, Liberty, Conscience & Toleration: The Political Thought of William Penn (Oxford Univ. Press, 2016);

Andrew R. Murphy, William Penn: A Life (Oxford Univ. Press, 2019);

Anthony R. Wood, “William Penn Once Wanted Chester to Be Philadelphia, Here’s What Happened,” Philadelphia Inquirer (Oct. 28, 2022);

William Penn, The Great Case of Liberty of Conscience (1670).

Delaware focused:

Carol E. Hoffecker, Delaware: A Bicentennial History (W.W. Norton & Co. 1977);

Carol E. Hoffecker, Democracy in Delaware: The Story of the First State’s General Assembly (Cedar Tree 2004);

John A. Munroe, Colonial Delaware: A History (Del. Heritage Press, 2d ed., 2003);

Paul Dolan, Government and Administration of Delaware (Crowell Co. 1956);

Paul Dolan, The Supreme Court of Delaware, 1900-1952, 56 Dick.L.Rev. 166 (1952);

Randy J. Holland, Delaware’s Destiny Determined by Lewes (Del. Heritage Press 2013);

Randy J. Holland, State Constitutions: Purpose and Function, in The Delaware Constitution of 1897: The First One Hundred Years (Randy J. Holland & Harvey Bernard Rubenstein, eds., 1997);

Randy J. Holland, The Delaware State Constitution (Oxford Univ. Press, 2d ed., 2017);

Maurice A. Hartnett, III, Delaware’s Charters and Prior Constitutions, in The Delaware Constitution of 1897: The First One Hundred Years (Randy J. Holland & Harvey Bernard Rubenstein, eds., 1997);

Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of 1776 (Claudia L. Bushman, Harold B. Hancock and Elizabeth Moyne Homsey, eds., 1987);

Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of 1792 (Claudia L. Bushman, Harold B. Hancock and Elizabeth Moyne Homsey, eds., 1988);

Thomas R. Carper, Introduction in The Constitution of the State of Delaware, (Del. Heritage Comm’n, 1997);

Thomas L. Ambro & David C. McBride, Editors’ Note, Delaware Lawyer (Fall 2021);

Carroll Poole & Max Bell, Jr., The Delaware Declaration of Rights, Delaware Lawyer (Fall 1987);

Jack Blumenfeld & Lawrence Hamermesh, Prayer in Public Schools, Delaware Lawyer (Fall 1986);

Richard Morse & Joy Mulholland, Article I of the Delaware Constitution: Liberty Begins at Home, Delaware Lawyer (Winter 2011/2012);

Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst & Bethany Kirschner, Bill of Rights Before the Bill of Rights: Early State Constitutions and the American Tradition of Rights, 1776-1790 (Palgrave MacMillan 2020);

Caesar Rodney, Proclamation (Wilmington December 7, 1778).