The life of Thomas Paine, the author of Rights of man, Age of reason, &c
Subtitle: With a defence of his writings
By: By Francis Oldys, A.M. of the University of Pennsylvania
Edition: The first Boston, from the second London, edition.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 30178
Publisher: Printed by Manning & Loring, for David West, no. 36, Marlborough-Street
Published: 1796
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Notes: A hostile account. The words "With a defence of his writings" were evidently used as a means of disarming Paine's friends. The pseudonym was wholly fictitious as Chalmers had no such degree, and no affiliation with the University of Pennsylvania. The degree was apparently intended to compete with Paine's honorary degree from that institution, and to lend dignity to the publication by making it appear the work of a clergyman. Cf. Conway's Life of Paine, 1892, p. xiv-xvi, 337-338.

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-E⁴.

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