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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. : [Two lines from Thomson]
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Common sense: [microform] : 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]
Edition
The sixth edition.
Published
[Providence] : Philadelphia, printed: Providence, re-printed and sold by John Carter, at Shakespear's Head, near the Court-House., M,DCC,LXXVI. [1776]
Physical Description
44, [2] p. ; 24 cm. (8vo and 4to)
Notes
Attributed to Thomas Paine in the Dictionary of American biography.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-D⁴ chi1 E-G² (chi1 verso blank).
"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].
Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 14958).
Format
Books / Microforms
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Evans, C. American bibliography, 14958
Bristol, R.P. Supplement to Charles Evans' American bibliography, B4319
Alden, J.E. Rhode Island imprints, 1727-1800, 637
Adams, T.R. American independence, the growth of an idea, 222t
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