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
Format: Electronic resource
Number of pages: 44
Subjects: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. -- Meeting for Sufferings; Political science; Monarchy; United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
Notes: Attributed to Thomas Paine in the Dictionary of American biography

"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

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 14958)