The life of Thomas Pain, the author of Rights of men
Subtitle: with a defence of his writings
By: by Francis Oldys, A.M. of the University of Pennsylvania.
Contributors: Chalmers, George, 1742-1825.
Publisher: printed by Zachariah Jackson, for Richard White
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
Subjects: Paine, Thomas, -- 1737-1809.
Description: Hostile account. Pseudonym is wholly ficticious, as Chalmers had no such degree, and no connection with the Univ. of Penn.; it was evidently devised to compete with Paine's honorary degree from same, as well as lend dignity to the publication by making itappear to be the work of a clergyman - cf. Conway's Life of Paine, 1892. Vol.1, p. xiv-xvi, 337-338.
Notes: Francis Oldys is a pseudonym for George Chalmers.