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. [Two lines from Thomson]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 4711

Language:

English

Physical Description:

45,[1]p. ; 24 cm. (8vo and 4to)

Edition:

The sixth edition.

Place of Publication:

[Providence] : Philadelphia, printed: Providence, re-printed and sold by John Carter, at Shakespear's Head, near the Court-House, M,DCC,LXXVI. [1776]

Notes:

Attributed to Thomas Paine in the Dictionary of American biography.

"Appendix to Common sense: The necessity of independency."--p. [35]-[46]. Includes Paine's "Address to the people called Quakers." Advertised for sale separately in the Providence gazette for March 2, 1776. Some copies were issued without the Appendix.

Errata statement, p. [46].

Local Notes:

Library copy: -appendix

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Evans 14958; Bristol B4319; Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 637; Adams, T.R. Amer. pamphlets, 222t