Letters / by the Author of Common sense ...

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):

Huddy, Joshua, -1782.

Huddy, Joshua.

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

United States.

Politics and government.

France--Politics and government--1789-1799.

France.

Penn Provenance:

Stengel, Mrs. Alfred (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

24 pages ; 21 cm (8vo)

Fingerprint:

ndn. w-me S.e- shte (3) 1792 (R)

Place of Publication:

Albany : Printed by Charles R. & George Webster ..., MDCCXCII [1792]

Contents:

(from t. p.) First, To the Earl of Shelburne, now Marquis of Lansdowne, on the subject of American independence

Second, To Sir Guy Carlton, now Lord Dorchester, on the murder of Captain Huddy

Third, To the authors of "The Republican," a French paper; tendering his services in support of the republican system

Fourth, To the Abbe Syeyes, a member of the French National Assembly; accepting the Abbe's challenge on the subject of government, by offering to defend the republican against the monarchical system.

Notes:

Signatures: [P]⁴ Q-R⁴.

Also issued in publisher's The writings of Thomas Paine, 1792. Cf. Evans 24658 and Bristol B8098.

Signed continuously with Paine's "Letter addressed to the Abbe Raynal," which precedes this title in the collection.

The letters to the Earl of Shelburne and Sir Guy Carlton were originally published in 1782 as Number XII of the American Crisis, and a Supernumerary Crisis (1782), respectively.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy was a gift of Mrs. Alfred Stengel.

Cited in:

ESTC, W14027

OCLC:

38682191