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Thomas Paine and his "American Crisis" essay #10...
Thomas Paine and his "American Crisis" essay #10...
Item # 704103
May 02, 1782
THE SALEM GAZETTE, Massachusetts, May 2, 1782 Most of the front page is taken up with a portion of his essay of March 5, 1782, headed "Common Sense To the People of America. On the Expences, Arrangements, and Disbursement for carrying on the War, and finishing it with Honour and Advantage."
This is (a portion of) essay #10 of "The Crisis" which was a collection of 13 essays written by Thomas Paine during the American Revolutionary War.
In 1776 Paine wrote Common Sense, an extremely popular and successful pamphlet arguing for Independence from England. The essays collected here constitute Paine's ongoing support for an independent and self-governing America through the many severe crises of the Revolutionary War.
General Washington found the first essay so inspiring, that he ordered that it be read to the troops at Valley Forge.
Given the great length of the essay, it is not here in its entirety. Printed in a previous issue was a portion: "On the King of England's Speech", and some final remarks on various Resolutions noted are included in a future. We do provide with this issue, however, a printout of the complete text.
A page 3 report from Richmond notes: "...that our army is still in possession of every part of that country except Charlestown; that nothing very capital had happened since the battle of Eutaw though the enemy had lately made a stroke at General Marion...the Indians had lately made an attack upon the settlements of Monongalia...We hear that General Greene has detached a body of Carolinians & Georgians, reinforced by a part of militia from Washington..." with more.
Four pages, never-trimmed margins, archival strengthening to the top half of the spine, nice condition.
Category: Revolutionary War
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