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].

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 14954.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Monarchy.

United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.

United States.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Booksellers' advertisements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages, 79 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 19 cm (8vo)

4x6 in.

monochrome

service copy

negative

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia; : Printed, and sold, by R. Bell, in Third-Street., MDCCLXXVI. [1776]

Notes:

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 second, "some". For a discussion of additional points, see: Gimbel, Richard. Thomas Paine: a bibliographical check list of Common sense.

Bookseller's advertisement, p. [80].

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 14954).

Cited in:

Evans 14954

Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3433

Adams, T.R. Amer. pamphlets, 222a

OCLC:

152428724