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.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43119.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings. Ancient testimony and principles of the people called Quakers, renewed, with respect to the King and government.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings.

Political science.

Monarchy.

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

United States.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

64 pages ; 18 cm (4to)

4x6 in.

monochrome

service copy

negative

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. N.B. The new addition, here given, increases the work upwards of one third. [Two lines from Thomson].

Place of Publication:

[Norwich, Conn.] : Philadelphia: Printed. Norwich: Re-printed and sold by Judah P. Spooner, and by T. Green, in New-London., [1776]

Notes:

Attributed to Thomas Paine in the Dictionary of American biography.

Advertised in the Connecticut gazette, New London, Apr. 12, 1776.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43119).

Cited in:

Bristol B4313

Shipton & Mooney 43119

Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 1214

Johnson, H.A. New London, 1047

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

OCLC:

152412445