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  Common sense; addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the following interesting subjects. I. Of the origin and design of government in general, with concise remarks on the English Constitution. II. Of monarchy and hereditary succession. III. Thoughts on the present state of American affairs. IV. Of the present ability of America, with some miscellaneous reflections. : [Two lines from Thomson]
  Date of publication:
  1776
  

  Author(s):

  Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
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  The first edition. Attributed to Thomas Paine in the Dictionary of American biography. Advertised in the Pennsylvania evening post for Jan. 9, 1776. Two states noted. In the first, line 12 of title ends "some mis-"; in the ...
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  Common sense; with the whole appendix: the address to the Quakers: also, the Large additions, and A dialogue between the ghost of General Montgomery, just arrived from the Elysian Fields; and an American delegate in a wood, near Philadelphia: on the grand subject of American independancy.
  Date of publication:
  1776
  

  Author(s):

  Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
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  Half-title: Common sense; with the whole appendix, the address to the Quakers; also, the Large additions complete. (Price three shillings.) "Common sense" attributed to Thomas Paine in the Dictionary of American biography. ...
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  The American crisis. Number V. Addressed to General Sir William Howe. / By the author of Common sense.
  Date of publication:
  1778
  

  Author(s):

  Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. and Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814.
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  Signed on p. 81: Common sense. York-Town, March 18, 1778. "To the inhabitants of America," p. 82-88, signed: Common sense. Lancaster, March 21, 1778. Attributed to Thomas Paine in the Dictionary of American biography. ...
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  Tom Paine's jests; being an entirely new and select collection of patriotic bon mots, repartees, anecdotes, epigrams, observations, &c. on political subjects. / By Thomas Paine, and other supporters of the rights of man. ; To which is added, A tribute to the swinish multitude, being a choice collection of patriotic songs. ; [Two lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. ; Thomson, R. and Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832.
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  Originally published in London in 1793. Very few of the items are by Paine. "A tribute to the swinish multitude ... Collected by the celebrated R. Thomson."--p. [31]-72. "A new song, to an old tune--viz. God Save the ...
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  The American crisis. Number III. By the author of Common sense.
  Date of publication:
  1777
  

  Author(s):

  Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
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  Signed on p. 56: Common sense. Philadelphia, April 19, 1777. Attributed to Thomas Paine in the Dictionary of American biography. Advertised in the Philadephia evening post, Apr. 29, 1777.
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