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]

People / Organizations

• Thomas Paine (Author)

Imprint

[New York]: Philadelphia printed: New-York, reprinted and sold, by John Anderson, the corner of Beekman's-Slip, [1776]

Publication year

1776-1776

ESTC No.

W32278

Grub Street ID

342757

Description

[4], 56 p. ; 8⁰

Note

Attributed to Thomas Paine in the Dictionary of American biography.

Advertised in the Constitutional gazette, New York, Feb. 10, 1776.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: [A]? B-G? H?