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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.

Title: Common sense [electronic resource] : 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.
Author: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
Publication: Philadelphia : Printed and sold by W. and T. Bradford, M,DCC,LXXVI. [1776] (Price one British shilling)

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99,[1]p.; 8⁰.

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Note

Attributed to Thomas Paine in the Dictionary of American biography.
Parentheses subsitituted for square brackets enclosing "Price one British shilling." - In line 15 of title, the word "Added" is capitalized. In another state, the word "added" is not capitalized. Several other minor differences between the two states are recorded in: Gimbel, Richard. Thomas Paine: a bibliographical check list of Common sense, entries CS-14 and CS-15. Gimbel suggests that this edition may have been printed in Dublin, or perhaps London.
Error in paging: p. 78 misnumbered 69.
Reproduction of original from British Library.

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Bristol
Shipton & Mooney
Adams, T.R. Amer pamphlets
English Short Title Catalog

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Electronic reproduction.

OCLC

642792856
W5005

Author

Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.

Title

Common sense [electronic resource] : 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.

Imprint

Philadelphia : Printed and sold by W. and T. Bradford, M,DCC,LXXVI. [1776] (Price one British shilling)

Edition

A new edition, with several additions in the body of the work. To which is added an appendix; together with an address to the people called Quakers. [Two lines from Thomson].

Series

Eighteenth century collections online.

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Bristol, B4310

Shipton & Mooney, 43121

Adams, T.R. Amer pamphlets, 222g

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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English Short Title Catalog, W5005.

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Place of Publication

United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Added Author

Bradford, William, 1719-1791, printer.

Bradford, Thomas, 1745-1838, printer.

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