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Title
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.
Call Number
EX Lapidus 2.42
Identifier
ark:/88435/2227mq39s
Publisher
Philadelphia : printed. And sold by W. and T. Bradford., [1776]
Language
English
Date Created
1776
Extent
[6], 50 p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Source Acquisition
Princeton copy 1 Gift Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959 2010
References
Evans, C. American bibliography, 14959
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3434
Adams, T.R. American independence, the growth of an idea, 222f
ESTC W32287
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Attributed to Thomas Paine in the Dictionary of American biography.
Advertised in the Pennsylvania journal for Feb. 14, 1776.
Some copies were printed by Steiner and Cist; others by Benjamin Towne. Those printed by Steiner and Cist have type ornaments above and below half-title; those printed by Towne have plain rules. Cf. Gimbel, Richard. Thomas Paine: a bibliographical check list of Common sense, entries CS-10 through CS-13.
Three states of the Towne printing noted by Gimbel. The first (CS-11) has an "Erata" statement on p. [6], correcting an error on p. 41; p. 45 is numbered. In the second state (CS-12), the error on p. 41 has been corrected and the errata statement deleted; p. 45 is numbered. In the third state (CS-13), the error on p. 41 has been corrected and the errata statement deleted; p. 45 is not numbered.
With a half-title.
Signatures: pi² [A]1 B-G⁴ H1.

Discovery Information

Subject
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Meeting for Sufferings—Ancient testimony and principles of the people called Quakers, renewed, with respect to the King and government
Political science
Monarchy

Physical Characteristics

File Count
56

Institutional Information

Collection
The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
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