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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. 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 Edition here given increases the Work upwards of One-Third. By Thomas Paine, Secretary to the Committee for Foreign Affairs to Congress, during the American War, and Author of The Rights of Man, and a Letter to the Abbe Raynal.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Monarchy--Early works to 1800.
Monarchy.
Political science--Early works to 1800.
Political science.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
United States.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (36p. )
Other Title:
Common sense
Place of Publication:
London : printed for H. D. Symonds, Paternoster-Row, 1793.
Notes:
Price from imprint: price Six-Pence.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Cited in:
Gimbel, R. Thomas Paine, CS-78
English Short Title Catalog, T5816.
OCLC:
642635951

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