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Two letters to Lord Onslow, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Surry, and one to Mr. Henry Dundas, Secretary of State, on the subject of the late excellent proclamation : first published in the patriotic paper of The argus
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Two letters to Lord Onslow, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Surry, and one to Mr. Henry Dundas, Secretary of State, on the subject of the late excellent proclamation : first published in the patriotic paper of The argus / by Thomas Paine, author of Common sense, A letter to the Abbe Raynal, A letter to the Marquis of Landsdown, and Rights of man.
Edition
Fifth edition.
Publication
London : Printed for James Ridgway, York-Street, St. James's Square, 1792.
Physical Description
36, [4] pages ; 22 cm (8vo)
Local Notes
BEIN College Pamphlets 1054 4: 21 cm. Imperfect: [4] pages at end wanting. From the library of William Whitman Farnam.
Notes
Edition statement from head of title page.
Letters to Lord Onslow and Henry Dundas first printed separately in 1792; later issued together in what was enumerated the second edition by James Ridgway under title: Onslow and Dundas. A letter to Mr. Henry Dundas ... in answer to his speech on the late excellent proclamation. The second edition with an Appendix, containing a letter to Lord Onslow (ESTC, N41613).
"The late excellent proclamation" refers satirically to the royal proclamation against seditious writings, issued May 21, 1792, and directed particularly against the second part of Paine's Rights of Man.
"To Mr. Henry Dundas": pages [3]-24.
"Appendix. To Onslow Cranley, or the chairman who shall preside at the meeting to be held at Epsom June 18": pages [25]-30.
"To Onslow Cranley, commonly called Lord Onslow": pages 31-36.
Signatures: A-E⁴
Last two leaves advertise books printed for Symonds: pages [1-4], 2nd count.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 16, 2024
References
English short title catalogue T5893
Adams, T.R. Thomas Paine, 318.
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