Common sense
Subtitle: addressed to the inhabitants of America on the following interesting subjects ...
Contributors: Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907, former owner.; Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings.
Edition: A new edition, with several additions in the body of the work / to which is added an appendix, together with an address to the people called Quakers ...
Publisher: Philadelphia, printed, London, re-printed for J. Almon ...
Published: 1776
Place of publication: [London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 54
Subjects: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings; Political science -- Early works to 1800; Monarchy -- Early works to 1800; United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Common sense and Plain truth
Notes: Added half t.p. reads: Common sense, and Plain truth. The third edition, corrected. (Price eighteen-pence).
Anonymous. By Thomas Paine.
"N.B. The new addition here given increases the work upwards of one-third".
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-G⁴ H² I²(-I2)
"To the representatives of the religious society of the people called Quakers, or to so many of them as were concerned in publishing a late piece, entitled 'The ancient testimony and principles of the people called Quakers, renewed, with respect to the king and government, and touching the commotions now prevailing in these and other parts of America ...'": p. 49-54.
Issued with: Paine, Thomas. Additions to Common sense. [London] : Philadelphia printed, London re-printed for J. Almon ..., 1776 -- Chalmers, James. Plain truth, addressed to the inhabitants of America ... Second edition. [London] : Philadelphia printed, London, reprinted for J. Almon ..., 1776.
LC copy has bookplate of Moncure Daniel Conway.
ESTC T204932
Table of contents: title: (from t.p.) I. Of the origin and design of government in general, with concise remarks on the English constitution; title: II. Of monarchy and hereditary succession; title: III. Thoughts on the present state of American affairs; title: IV. Of the present ability of America, with some miscellaneous reflections.