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To the public. : In the course of a few days I shall lay before you some very interesting facts and materials, by which you will be able to distinguish between those who serve you and those who seek to deceive you...
Evans Digital Edition Connect to full text, no. 43522 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809, author.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43522.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Smith, William, 1727-1803.
- Smith, William.
- Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
- Paine, Thomas.
- Deane, Silas, 1737-1789.
- Deane, Silas.
- Dunlap, John, 1747-1812.
- Dunlap, John.
- Genre:
- Broadsides.
- Poems -- 1778.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page))
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia] : [Printed by John Dunlap], [1778]
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Rebuttal to a letter signed "Plain Truth" (Rev. William Smith) published in the Dec. 21, 1778, issue of the Pennsylvania packet. Both concern the controversy over the conduct of Silas Deane, the American commissioner to France, who was charged with extorting money from Congress to pay for supplies which were actually intended as gifts from the French government. Cf. Fosner, Philip S. The complete writings of Thomas Paine, 1945, volume 2, pages 96-188.
- Signed and dated: Thomas paine, secretary for foreign affairs, and author of all writings under the signature of Common Sense. Philadelphia, December 28, 1778.
- Followed by a poem criticizing Paine's role in the Deane affair, entitled: By the Goddess of Plain Truth, a manifesto and proclamation. Signed and dated: Dec. 26th, 1778. Truth. By the Goddess's command, Retaliatio, secretary.
- Ascribed to the press of Benjamin Towne by Bristol and Hildeburn; however, John Dunlap's role as the printer of essays on both sides of the controversy is discussed in the text, and both letter and poem are identical in content and typography with those published in a single column in the December 29, 1778, issue of Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet.
- Text in two columns.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 43522).
- Cited in:
- Bristol B4758
- Shipton and Mooney 43522
- Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3765
- Contains:
- Truth (Writer). By the Goddess of Plain Truth, a manifesto and proclamation.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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