Common sense : 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.

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

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--Early works to 1800.

Political science.

Monarchy--Early works to 1800.

Monarchy.

Quakers--United States.

Quakers.

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

United States.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

94 pages ; 22 cm (8vo)

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.

Fingerprint:

s.le ayl, lys, migr (3) 1776 (R)

Place of Publication:

[Newcastle upon Tyne] : Philadelphia, printed; Newcastle upon Tyne, re-printed: by T. Robson and Co. ..., MDCCLXXVI [1776]

Notes:

Signatures: [B]⁴ C-M⁴ N⁴(-N4).

Published anonymously. Attributed to Thomas Paine by the DAB.

Another edition printed in Newcastle upon Tyne by T. Robson with pagination: 56 p. (Adams, 76-107e).

These are the sheets of [Adams] 76-107e with a reprint of Additions to Common sense: addressed to the inhabitants of America, added as p. [57]-94. Cf. Adams.

Additions to Common sense first printed under title: Large additions to Common sense: addressed to the inhabitants of America, Philadelphia: R. Bell, 1776; this work is comprised of five of the six pieces not written by Thomas Paine that were part of the Large additions to Common sense. Only The appendix and address to the Quakers are the work of Paine. This work was also printed separately in London by John Almon (Sabin, 58215; Adams, T.R. Brit pamphlets, 76-75b; Adams, T.R. Amer. pamphlets, 223d; Gimbel, R. Common sense, CS-203; ESTC, T5817).

Printed with all of the "hiatuses" in the work, where offending words that might have disturbed the British readers were excised and not printed, and/or filled in in pen and ink (except for those in the Introduction) detailed in the London: J. Almon, 1776 editions as outined by R. Gimbel in Thomas Paine: A bibliographical check-list of Common sense, p. 86-87.

"Common sense": p. [3]-42.

"Appendix": p. 43-50.

"To the representatives of the religious society of the people called Quakers, or to so many of them as were concerned in publishing a late piece, entitled "The ancient testimony and principles of the people called Quakers renewed, with respect to the King and government, and touching the commotions now prevailing in these and other parts of America, addressed to the people in general": p. 51-56.

"Additions to Common sense", p. [57]-94, has separate caption title with contents: "American independancy [sic] defended", p. [57]-60, "The ancient testimony and principles of the people called Quakers, renewed, with respect to the King and government; and touching the commotions now prevailing in these and other parts of America addressed to the people in general", p. 61-64, "The propriety of independancy [sic]", p. 64-67, "A review of the American contest", p. 67-73, "To the right honourable Lord Dartmouth, secretary of state for America. Philadelphia, Jan. 1, 1776", p. 73-78, "On sending commissioners to treat with the Congress", p. 79-82, "Questions and answers", p. 83-89, "Case in point. What caution is to be used lest public counsels and opportunities of managing affairs be lost, under pretence of a long treaty, spun out on purpose by commissioners of the opposite party", p. 89-91, and "Proposals for a confederation of the united colonies. Articles of agreemenrt and confederation, entered into by the several colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusett's-Bay, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the three lower counties on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia", p. 92-94, which is attributed to Benjamin Franklin by Ford.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy imperfect: errors in pagination and signatures: I gathering signed as P gathering; p. 60, 61, and 64 misnumbered as p. 84, 85, and 88, respectively.

Culture Class Collection copy quarter bound in maroon morocco over marbled paper boards; title, author, and date of imprint stamped in gilt on spine.

Cited in:

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

Adams, T.R. Brit. Pamphlets, 76-107f

ESTC, N44500

Gimbel, R. Common sense, CS-44

Contains:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Proposals for a confederation of the united colonies.

OCLC:

228761913