The Writings of Thomas Paine, Vol. I (1774-1779)
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Part of: The Writings of Thomas Paine, 4 vols. The Writings of Thomas Paine, Vol. I (1774-1779)
- Thomas Paine (author)
- Moncure Daniel Conway (editor)
Vol. 1 of a 4 vol. collection of the works of Thomas Paine. Vol. 1 contains letters and newspaper articles, Common Sense, and The American Crisis.
Table of Contents
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- CONTENTS.
- INTRODUCTION.
- PREFATORY NOTE TO PAINE’S FIRST ESSAY.
- I.: AFRICAN SLAVERY IN AMERICA.
- II.: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN GENERAL WOLFE AND GENERAL GAGE IN A WOOD NEAR BOSTON.1
- III.: THE MAGAZINE IN AMERICA.1
- IV.: USEFUL AND ENTERTAINING HINTS.1
- V.: NEW ANECDOTES OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.1
- VI.: REFLECTIONS ON THE LIFE AND DEATH OF LORD CLIVE.1
- VII.: CUPID AND HYMEN.1
- An Original.
- VIII.: DUELLING.1
- “Cursory Reflections on the Single Combat or Modern Duel. Addressed to Gentlemen in every Class of Life.”
- IX.: REFLECTIONS ON TITLES.1
- X.: THE DREAM INTERPRETED.1
- XI.: REFLECTIONS ON UNHAPPY MARRIAGES.1
- XII.: THOUGHTS ON DEFENSIVE WAR.1
- XIII.: AN OCCASIONAL LETTER ON THE FEMALE SEX.1
- XIV.: A SERIOUS THOUGHT.1
- XV.: COMMON SENSE.1
- INTRODUCTION.
- Postscript to Preface in the third edition.
- COMMON SENSE. ON THE ORIGIN AND DESIGN OF GOVERNMENT IN GEN- ERAL, WITH CONCISE REMARKS ON THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION.
- OF MONARCHY AND HEREDITARY SUCCESSION.
- THOUGHTS ON THE PRESENT STATE OF AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
- OF THE PRESENT ABILITY OF AMERICA: WITH SOME MISCELLANEOUS REFLECTIONS.
- APPENDIX TO COMMON SENSE.
- XVI.: EPISTLE TO QUAKERS.
- XVII.: THE FORESTER’S LETTERS.1
- I: TO CATO.
- II.: TO CATO.
- III.: TO CATO.
- To the People.
- IV.
- XVIII.: A DIALOGUE1
- XIX.: THE AMERICAN CRISIS.
- EDITOR’S PREFACE.
- THE CRISIS.
- I.
- THE CRISIS.
- II.: TO LORD HOWE.2
- THE CRISIS.1
- III.
- To the honorable the Council of Safety of the State of Pennsylvania.
- THE CRISIS.
- IV.
- THE CRISIS.
- V.: TO GEN. SIR WILLIAM HOWE.1
- to the inhabitants of america.
- THE CRISIS.
- VI.: TO THE EARL OF CARLISLE, GENERAL CLINTON, AND WILLIAM EDEN, ESQ., BRITISH COMMISSIONERS AT NEW YORK.1
- THE CRISIS.
- VII.: TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND.
- THE CRISIS.
- VIII.: ADDRESSED TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND.
- THE CRISIS.
- IX.
- THE CRISIS EXTRAORDINARY.
- ON THE SUBJECT OF TAXATION.
- THE CRISIS.
- X.: ON THE KING OF ENGLAND’S SPEECH.1
- TO THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA.
- THE CRISIS.
- XI.: ON THE PRESENT STATE OF NEWS.
- A SUPERNUMERARY CRISIS.
- TO SIR GUY CARLETON.1
- THE CRISIS.
- XII.: TO THE EARL OF SHELBURNE.1
- THE CRISIS.
- XIII.: THOUGHTS ON THE PEACE, AND THE PROBABLE ADVANTAGES THEREOF.
- A SUPERNUMERARY CRISIS.
- TO THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA.
- XX.: RETREAT ACROSS THE DELAWARE.1
- XXI.: LETTER TO FRANKLIN, IN PARIS.1
- XXII.: THE AFFAIR OF SILAS DEANE.1 TO SILAS DEANE, ESQ’RE.
- XXIII.: TO THE PUBLIC ON MR. DEANE’S AFFAIR.1
- XXIV.: MESSRS. DEANE, JAY, AND GÉRARD.1
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Plain Truth addressed to the inhabitants of America containting remarks on a late pamphlet intitled Common SenseCandidus (James Chalmers)
In 1776 James Chalmers, British Loyalist, authored a pamphlet entitled Plain Truth, a rebuke of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, going under the pen name “Candidus.
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