case of the officers of excise
Subtitle: with remarks on the qualifications of officers; and on the numerous evils arising to the revenue, from the insufficiency of the present salary. Humbly addressed to Hon. and Right Hon. the members of both houses of Parliament
By: By Thomas Paine.
Publisher: Printed for J. S. Jordan
Published: 1793
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
Notes: Written and printed in 1772, but not published until 1793, when proceedings were instituted against Paine on account of his "Rights of man." It contains a preface, probably by Joel Barlow, giving anaccount of Paine's writings and of his services to America.

At the end of this copy, which formerly belonged to Moncure D. Conway, is mounted a printed leaf, on the recto of which is a letter from Paine to Oliver Goldsmith, written to accompany a copy of the "Case of the officers of excise", and dated Dec. 21, 1772; on the verso is Paine's petition to the Board of excise for reinstatement, dated July 3, 1766. Cf. Conway, Life of Paine, v. 1, p. 27, 63.