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Common sense : addressed to the inhabitants of America on the following interesting subjects / by Thomas Paine.

Author/creator Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
Included WorkPhiladelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings. Ancient testimony and principles of the people called Quakers.
Format Electronic and Book
EditionNew ed., with several additions in the body of the work / to which is added, an appendix, together with an address to the people called Quakers.
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for J.S. Jordon, 1791.
Description90, [1] p. ; 21 cm.
Supplemental Content Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subject(s)
Series Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents (from t.p.) 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.
Local noteColonial Era; Early Republic; Religion.
Local note2011AF61300.
Local noteColonial Era; Early Republic; Religion.
Local note2011AF61300.
General noteEdition statements precedes statement of authorship on t.p.
General note"N.B. The new edition here given, increases the work upwards of one-third."
General noteWords and passages likely to offend English readers are left blank.
General noteTo 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 ... ": p. [82]-90.
General notePublisher's advertisement: [1] p., 2nd count.
General noteReproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 58214.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, 2012. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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