Common sense
Subtitle: 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]
Edition: The sixth edition.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 14958
Publisher: Philadelphia, printed: Providence, re-printed and sold by John Carter, at Shakespear's Head, near the Court-House.
Published: 1776
Place of publication: Providence
Language: eng
Number of pages: 44
Subjects: Society of Friends; Political science; Monarchy; Politics and government
Notes: Attributed to Thomas Paine in the Dictionary of American biography.

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-D⁴ chi1 E-G² (chi1 verso blank).

"Appendix to Common sense: The necessity of independency."--p. [35]-[46]. Includes Paine's "Address to the people called Quakers." Advertised for sale separately in the Providence gazette for March 2, 1776. Some copies were issued without the Appendix.

Errata statement, p. [46].

Evans 14958

Bristol B4319

Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 637

Adams, T.R. Amer. pamphlets, 222t