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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

Title
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. / Written by an Englishman. ; [Two lines from Thomson]
Published
Philadelphia, : Printed. And sold by R. Bell, in Third-Street,, 1776.
Physical Description
[4], 77, [1] p. ; 20 cm. (4to)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Attributed to Thomas Paine in the Dictionary of American biography.
"Large additions to Common sense ... To which is added an appendix to Common sense: together with an address to the people called Quakers ..."--p. [45]-77. Catchword on p. 44: Large.
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. 43120).
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Variant and related titles
Large additions to Common sense.
Other formats
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 18, 2006
References
Bristol, R.P. Supplement to Charles Evans' American bibliography, B4309
Shipton, C.K. National index of American imprints through 1800, 43120
Adams, T.R. American independence, the growth of an idea, 222d
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