Mary Norris Dickinson | |
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_and_Daughter,_Sallie_Norris_Dickinson.jpg) Portrait of Dickinson and daughter Sallie by Charles Willson Peale | |
| Born | July 17, 1740 |
| Died | July 23, 1803 (aged 63) Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
| Resting place | Friends Burial Ground in Wilmington, Delaware |
| Other names | Polly Norris Dickinson |
| Occupation(s) | Land and estate owner and manager |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 5 |
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 Constitutional Convention, including her marriage to Framer John Dickinson, one of the early drafters of the Constitution and one of its signers on behalf of the colony of Delaware. They bequeathed much of their combined library to the first college founded in the new United States. The college was originally named "John and Mary's College", by Benjamin Rush, for Norris Dickinson and her husband and is now called Dickinson College.