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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
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Common sense; [electronic resource] : 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.
Edition
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. [Two lines from Thomson]
Published
Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by W. and T. Bradford., M,DCC,LXXVI. [1776] (Price one British shilling.)
Physical Description
99, [1] p. ; 19 cm. (8vo)
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Notes
Attributed to Thomas Paine in the Dictionary of American biography.
Parentheses substituted for square brackets enclosing "Price one British shilling."
In line 15 of title, the word "Added" is capitalized. In another state, the word "added" is not capitalized. Several other minor differences between the two states are recorded in: Gimbel, Richard. Thomas Paine: a bibliographical check list of Common sense, entries CS-14 and CS-15. Gimbel suggests that this edition may have been printed in Dublin, or perhaps London.
Error in paging: p. 78 misnumbered 69.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43121).
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Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 18, 2006
References
Bristol, R.P. Supplement to Charles Evans' American bibliography, B4310
Shipton, C.K. National index of American imprints through 1800, 43121
Adams, T.R. American independence, the growth of an idea, 222g
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