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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings. Ancient testimony and priniciples 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:
- 99 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 8⁰
- 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].
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Printed and sold by W. and T. Bradford, M,DCC,LXXVI. [1776] (Price one British shilling)
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- 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.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- Bristol, B4310
- Shipton & Mooney, 43121
- Adams, T.R. Amer pamphlets, 222g
- English Short Title Catalog, W5005.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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