The invention of letters
Subtitle: a poem, written at the request of the president of Harvard University, and delivered, in Cambridge, on the day of annual commencement, July 15, 1795
By: By Thomas Paine, A.M.
Edition: The second edition.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 29271; Collections of the Harvard University Archives
Publisher: Printed by Alexander Martin, no. 42. Cornhill.
Published: 1795
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
Subjects: Writing; History; Poetry; Baccalaureate addresses
Notes: Dedicated to George Washington.

Printed from substantially the same setting of type as the first edition (Evans 29270), with imprint: Boston: Printed for the subscribers. July 27, 1795. Two errors on p. 7 have been corrected, and p. 13-16 have been reimposed.

Signatures: [A]² B² [C]² D² (gathering D has vertical chain lines).

Evans 29271

An additional copy of the second edition interleaved with annotations by Charles Pinckney Sumner (HUM 74) is held in the Harvard University Archives.