The life of Thomas Pain
Subtitle: the author of Rights of man, with a defence of his writings
By: by Francis Oldys, A.M., of the University of Pennsylvania
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Printed for J. Stockdale
Published: 1791
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 35
Notes: A hostile account. The words, "With a defence of his writings" were clearly used as a means of attracting Paine's supporters. The pseudonym was wholly fictitious, as Chalmers had no such degree and no connection with the University of Pennsylvania; it was evidently devised to compete with Paine's honorary degree from the same institution, as well as to lend dignity to the publication by making it appear the work of a clergyman. cf. Conway's Life of Paine, 1892, v. 1, p. xiv-xvi, 337-338.

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