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Common sense addressed to the inhabitants of America on the following interesting subjects

Title
Common sense [electronic resource] : addressed to the inhabitants of America on the following interesting subjects / [by Thomas Paine].
Author
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
Publication
London : Re-printed for J. Almon, 1776.
Supplementary Content
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Additional Authors
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings. Ancient testimony and principles of the people called Quakers.
Description
[6], 54 p.; 21 cm.
Alternative Title
Common sense and Plain truth
Subject
  • Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings
  • Political science > Early works to 1800
  • Monarchy > Early works to 1800
  • United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783 > Early works to 1800
Note
  • Added half t.p. reads: Common sense, and Plain truth. The third edition, corrected. (Price eighteen-pence).
  • Anonymous. By Thomas Paine.
  • "N.B. The new addition here given increases the work upwards of one-third."
  • "To the representatives of the religious society of the people called Quakers, or to so many of them as were concerned in publishing a late piece, entitled 'The ancient testimony and principles of the people called Quakers, renewed, with respect to the king and government, and touching the commotions now prevailing in these and other parts of America ... '": p. 49-54.
  • Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
  • Sabin no. 58214.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
Contents
(from t.p.) 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.
OCLC
  • 795892951
  • TGPSM12-B113
Author
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
Title
Common sense [electronic resource] : addressed to the inhabitants of America on the following interesting subjects / [by Thomas Paine].
Imprint
London : Re-printed for J. Almon, 1776.
Edition
New ed., with several additions in the body of the work / to which is added an appendix, together with an address to the people called Quakers ...
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, 2012. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Local Note
Scanned copy defective: first 6 pages, including t.p. wanting.
Colonial Era; Early Republic; Religion.
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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings. Ancient testimony and principles of the people called Quakers.
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