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Thomas Paine Collected Writings, Volume 4

Name: Thomas Paine Collected Writings, Volume 4
ISBN: 9780691286396

1765 to 1808

Thomas Paine,

Gregory Claeys,

1,107 pages
English
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Thomas Paine Collected Writings, Volume 4

1765 to 1808

Thomas Paine,

Gregory Claeys,

About this book

A comprehensive scholarly edition of the writings and correspondence of Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine: Collected Writings is the first major new edition of Paine’s works, bringing together all his writings in six breathtaking volumes that dramatically revise our previous understanding of his activities as a writer and his importance as a democratic theorist in the age of revolutions. It includes about 180 new letters and some two hundred works newly attributed to Paine, with twenty-nine works previously regarded as Paine’s being deattributed. Drawing on pioneering computerized text analysis that makes possible for the first time attributions of anonymous and pseudonymous texts, this collection includes in volumes 5–6 newly identified pamphlets and newspaper and journal contributions, and suggests that Paine was extremely active as a Grub Street oppositional Whig writer in the decade prior to the American Revolution. Many writings from the period of his residence in France (1792–1802) and his subsequent return to the United States are also restored to his published output. Paine emerges as a much more consistent and serious democratic theorist than is often assumed, whose contributions to revolutionary debates in America, Britain, and France were unparalleled in their time.

Spanning the years 1765 to 1808, this volume brings together Paine’s correspondence with such figures as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Robert Morris. These letters reveal his deep engagement with diverse Enlightenment networks and his views on topics ranging from politics and science to religion and marriage. Commentary by the editors provides invaluable historical context.

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Publisher

Princeton University Press

Year

2026

Print ISBN

9780691257020

eBook ISBN

9780691286396

Topic

History

Subtopic

Political Biographies

Index

History

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
List of Illustrations
Editorial Method and Apparatus
List of Repositories and Archives
Editors’ Introduction to Thomas Paine’s Correspondence
To the Board of Excise: 4 and 16 February 1765
To the Board of Excise: 3 July 1766
To the Feoffees of the Dissenters Meeting House: 18 July 1772
To the Feoffees of the Dissenters Meeting House: 18 July 1772
To Oliver Goldsmith: 21 December 1772
To Benjamin Franklin: 4 March 1775
To Unknown Recipient: 16 August 1776
To Benjamin Franklin: 20 June 1777
To Richard Henry Lee: 1 July 1777
To Benjamin Franklin: 9 July 1777
To William Bingham: 16 July 1777
To Timothy Matlack: 30 October 1777
To Richard Henry Lee: 30 October 1777
To John Bayard: October 1777
To John Bayard: 30 October 1777
To Henry Laurens: 1778
To Henry Laurens: 11 April 1778
To Benjamin Franklin: 16 May 1778
To Benjamin Franklin: 16 May 1778
To George Washington: 5 June 1778
To Benjamin Franklin: 24 October 1778
To Henry Laurens: 15 December 1778
To Conrad Alexandre Gérard: 2 January 1779
To the Continental Congress: 6 January 1779
To the Continental Congress: 7 January 1779
To the Continental Congress: 8 January 1779
To Henry Laurens: 10 January 1779
To Henry Laurens: 14 January 1779
To Henry Laurens: 17 January 1779
To Nathanael Greene: 31 January 1779
To George Washington: 31 January 1779
To Benjamin Franklin: 4 March 1779
To the Continental Congress: 19 March 1779
To the Continental Congress: 30 March 1779
To the Continental Congress: 3 April 1779
To the Continental Congress: 21 April 1779
To the Continental Congress: 23 April 1779
To the Continental Congress: 20 May 1779
To the Continental Congress: 25 May 1779
To the Continental Congress: 17 June 1779
To Henry Laurens: 14 September 1779
To Joseph Reed: 18 September 1779
To Conrad Alexandre Gérard: 20 September 1779
To the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania: 28 September 1779
To the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania: 11 October 1779
To Henry Laurens: 21 November 1779
To Nathaniel Peabody: 23 November 1779
To Henry Laurens: 27 November 1779
To Henry Laurens: 1779
To Joseph Reed: 1779
To Blair McClenaghan: June–July 1780
To Joseph Reed: 4 June 1780
To Henry Laurens: 9 September 1780
To Nathanael Greene: 17 October 1780
To the General Assembly of Pennsylvania: 3 November 1780
To Nathanael Greene: 10 January 1781
To James Hutchinson: 11 March 1781
To William Temple Franklin: 1781
To Benjamin Franklin: 1781
To Benjamin Franklin: 13 May 1781
To Benjamin Franklin: 28 May 1781
To Henry Laurens: 29 May 1781
To Nathanael Greene: 10 September 1781
To Robert Morris: 20 September 1781
To John Laurens: 4 October 1781
To Thomas McKean: 25 October 1781
To Robert Morris: 2 November 1781
To Robert Morris: 26 November 1781
To Jonathan Williams: 26 November 1781
To George Washington: 30 November 1781
To John Laurens: 1782
To Robert Morris: 24 January 1782
To Robert Morris: 7 February 1782
To Robert Morris: 18 February 1782
To Robert Morris: 20 February 1782
To Robert Morris: 13 March 1782
To George Washington: 17 March 1782
To Robert Morris: 17 March 1782
To Robert Morris: 7 April 1782
To Robert Morris: 6 September 1782
To George Washington: 7 September 1782
To Robert R. Livingston: 3 October 1782
To Robert Morris: 20 November 1782
To Robert Morris: 7 December 1782
To David Howell: January 1783
To Robert Morris: 23 January 1783
To Robert Morris: 27 February 1783
To Unknown Recipient: 21 April 1783
To Robert Morris: 13 May 1783
To Robert Morris: 19 May 1783
To the Confederation Congress: 7 June 1783
To Benjamin Rush: 13 June 1783
To the Confederation Congress: 20 June 1783
To Abraham Clark: 24 June 1783
To the Confederation Congress: 26 June 1783
To William Wallace Jr.: 30 June 1783
To George Washington: 22 July 1783
To Henry Knox: 17 September 1783
To George Washington: 21 September 1783
To the Confederation Congress: October 1783
To George Washington: 2 October 1783
To George Washington: 13 October 1783
To Robert Morris: 14 October 1783
To John Hall: 24 or 31 October 1783
To James Duane: 3 December 1783
To George Clinton: 19 December 1783
To Robert Morris: 31 December 1783
To Lewis Morris: 16 February 1784
To Robert Alexander or William Alexander Jr.: 27 April 1784
To George Washington: 28 April 1784
To James Irvine: 27 November 1784
To the Pennsylvania General Assembly: 20 December 1784
To Hannah Nicholson: 1785
To Thomas Fitzsimons: 19 April 1785
To the Confederation Congress: 13 August 1785
To Joseph and Frances Paine: 11 September 1785
To the Confederation Congress: 14 September 1785
To Benjamin Franklin: 23 September 1785
To William Temple Franklin: 23 September 1785
To the Confederation Congress: 27 September 1785
To the Confederation Congress: 28 September 1785
Receipt: 12 October 1785
To Thomas Mifflin: 19 December 1785
To George Clymer: 30 December 1785
To Benjamin Rush: 30 December 1785
To Benjamin Franklin: 31 December 1785
To Thomas Fitzsimons: 1786
To Thomas Willing: 3 January 1786
To David Claypoole March: 1786
To David Claypoole March: 1786
To David Claypoole: 22 March 1786
To Benjamin Franklin: 31 March 1786
To the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania: 19 May–6 June 1786
To Thomas Fitzsimons: 19 May 1786
To Benjamin Franklin: 6 June 1786
To Benjamin Franklin: 14 June 1786
To Daniel Clymer After: 21 September 1786
To John Hall: 22 September 1786
To George Clymer: 19 November 1786
To Thomas Fitzsimons: 19 November 1786
To George Clymer: 13 December 1786
To Thomas Willing: 20 March 1787
To Benjamin Franklin: 31 March 1787
To Benjamin Franklin: 22 June 1787
To André Morellet: 11 August 1787
To George Clymer: 14 August 1787
To George Clymer: 15 August 1787
To Thomas Jefferson: 18 August 1787
To William Petty, Marquis of Lansdowne: 21 September 1787
To William Petty, Marquis of Lansdowne: 20 November 1787
To George Clymer: 29 December 1787
To Thomas Jefferson: 1788
To Thomas Jefferson: 19 February 1788
To Thomas Jefferson: May 1788
To Benjamin Franklin: 4 May 1788
To Lewis Morris: 4 May 1788
To Thomas Jefferson: 15 June 1788
To Thomas Jefferson: July 1788
To Sir Joseph Banks: 11 July 1788
To Benjamin West: 13 July 1788
To Edmund Burke: 7 August 1788
To Thomas Jefferson: 9 September 1788
To Thomas Jefferson: 15 September 1788
To Thomas Jefferson: 16 December 1788
To H. Waterman: 1789
To Richard Brinsley Sheridan: 1789
To Unknown Recipient: 1789
To Thomas Jefferson: 1789
To Unknown Recipient: 1789
To Sir George Staunton: 1789
To Catherine Nicholson Few: 6–7 January 1789
To Thomas Jefferson: 15 January 1789
To Thomas Walker: 16 January 1789
To Thomas Jefferson: 16 February–12 March 1789
To Thomas Walker: 26 February 1789
To Benjamin West: 8 March 1789
To Thomas Jefferson (extract): 12 March–10 April 1789
To Thomas Walker: April 1789
To Thomas Jefferson: 10 April 1789
To Unknown Recipient: 1 May 1789
To Sir George Staunton: 25 May 1789
To Sir Joseph Banks: 25 May 1789
To Thomas Jefferson: 17 June 1789
To Thomas Jefferson: 18 June 1789
To John Hustler: 12 July 1789
To Thomas Jefferson: 13 July 1789
To Thomas Jefferson: 15 September 1789
To Thomas Jefferson: 18 September 1789
To Thomas Walker: 19 September 1789
To George Washington: 16 October 1789
To John Hustler: 8 December 1789
To Joseph Johnson: 1790
To Edmund Burke: 17 January 1790
To Benjamin Rush: 16 March 1790
To Thomas Walker: 14 April 1790
To Thomas Christie: 16 April 1790
To George Washington: 1 May 1790
To George Washington: 31 May 1790
To William Short: 1 June 1790
To John Rutledge Jr.: 2 June 1790
To John Rutledge Jr.: 3 June 1790
To William Short: 4 June 1790
To William Short: 15 June 1790
To William Short: 22 June 1790
To William Short: 24 and 25 June 1790
To William Short: 28 June 1790
To Gouverneur Morris: 29 June 1790
To Louis Alexandre, duc de La Rochefoucauld d’Enville: August 1790
To William Short: 3 August 1790
To Thomas Walker: 8 August 1790
To Thomas Walker: 30 August 1790
To Thomas Jefferson: 28 September 1790
To John Rutledge Jr.: 1791
To George Washington: 21 July 1791
To Thomas Walker: 30 August 1791
To William Short: 2 November 1791
To John Hall: 25 November 1791
To Thomas Chapman: 7 February 1792
To Thomas Jefferson: 13 February 1792
To George Washington: 13 February 1792
To Unknown Recipients: 14 February 1792
To J. S. Jordan: 16 February 1792
To John Hall: 16 February 1792
To Thomas Walker: 30 March 1792
To J. S. Jordan: 21 April 1792
To Thomas Walker: 30 April 1792
To the Chairman of the Society for Promoting Constitutional Knowledge: 15 May 1792
To J. S. Jordan: 29 June 1792
From James Ridge to Sir John Bridges: July 1792
To the Society for Constitutional Information: 4 July 1792
To Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville: October–December 1792
To Benjamin Moseley: 1 October 1792
To Unknown Recipient: 25 November 1792
To General Charles François Dumouriez: 4 December 1792
From Liège: 18 December 1792
To John King: 3 January 1793
To Unknown Recipient: 4 January 1793
To James O’Fallon: 17 February 1793
To Thomas Jefferson: 20 April 1793
To Georges Danton: 6 May 1793
To François-Louis Deforgues: 11 June 1793
To Louis-Guillaume Otto: 28 June 1793
To Jean-Baptiste Bouchotte: 21 July 1793
To Bertrand Barère: 5 September 1793
To Bertrand Barère: September 1793
To Thomas Jefferson: 10 October 1793
To Thomas Jefferson: 20 October 1793
To Gouverneur Morris: 24 February 1794
To Jean-Nicolas Pache: 10 March 1794
Editors’ Introduction to the Letters from Paine to Obtain His Liberation from Prison in: 1794
To Citoyens Représentants et membres du comité de salut public: 6 August 1794
To the Citizen President of the National Convention: 6 August 1794
To Citizen Representatives of the National Convention: 6 August 1794
To James Monroe: 16 August 1794
To James Monroe: 17 August 1794
To James Monroe: 25 August 1794
To James Monroe: 7 September 1794
Memorial to James Monroe: 10 September 1794
To James Monroe: 4 October 1794
To James Monroe: 13 October 1794
To James Monroe: 21 October 1794
To James Monroe: 2 November 1794
To Antoine-Clair Thibaudeau: 17 December 1794
To Jean Pelet de la Lozère: 15 January 1795
To Jean Pelet de la Lozère: 27 February 1795
To Jean Pelet de la Lozère: 28 February–March 1795
To George Clinton: 4 March 1795
To Samuel Adams: 6 March 1795
To Antoine-Clair Thibaudeau: 6 June 1795
To Benjamin Franklin Bache: 13 July 1795
To George Washington: 20 September 1795
To Benjamin Franklin Bache: 20 September 1795
To Benjamin Franklin Bache: 24 September 1795
To James Madison: 24 September 1795
To Gilbert Wakefield: 19 November 1795
To Daniel Isaac Eaton: 4 December 1795
To James Monroe: 29 December 1795
To the Council of Ancients: 26 April 1796
To François Xavier Lanthenas: 12 May 1796
To Unknown Recipient: 21 May 1796
Receipt 7 June: 1796
To Benjamin Franklin Bache: 7 August 1796
To Citizen Minister: 13 August 1796
To James Monroe: 15 August 1796
To James Monroe: 15 September 1796
To Unknown Recipient: 25 September 1796
To Stephen Thorn: 10 December 1796
To Paul Barras: 3 January 1797
To John Fellows: 20 January 1797
To Thomas Jefferson: 1 April 1797
To Fulwar Skipwith: 24 April 1797
To James Madison: 27 April 1797
To Unknown Recipient: 12 May 1797
To Thomas Jefferson: 14 May 1797
To Citizen Director: 31 August 1797
To Citizen Director After: 4 September 1797
To Jean-Marie Sotin: 22 September 1797
To Charles-Maurice Talleyrand: 28 September 1797
To Charles-Maurice Talleyrand: 30 September 1797
To Unknown Recipient: 8 October 1797
To the American Commissioners: 11 October 1797
To Citizen Director: 11 November 1797
To Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux: 17 November 1797
To Jean-Marie Sotin: 24 November 1797
To Citizen [Paul] Barras: 28 December 1797
To the Council of Five Hundred: 28 January 1798
To Citizen President: 13 April 1798
To Unknown Recipient: 16 May 1798
To Elbridge Gerry: 29 May 1798
To Citoyen Cottreau: September 1798
To the Executive Directory: 18 September 1798
To Rutger Jan Schimmelpennick: 26 February 1799
To Nathan Haley: 31 August 1799
To Guillaume Brune: 30 October 1799
To Fulwar Skipwith: 2 June 1800
To Unknown Recipient: 31 July 1800
To Thomas Jefferson: 1 October 1800
To Thomas Jefferson: 4 October 1800
To Thomas Jefferson: 6 October 1800
To Thomas Jefferson: 16 October 1800
To Dominique Joseph Garat: 27 December 1800
To Fulwar Skipwith: 3 February 1801
To Thomas Jefferson: 9 June 1801
To Thomas Jefferson: 25 June 1801
To Thomas Jefferson: August 1801
To Fulwar Skipwith: 29 September 1801
To Fulwar Skipwith: 14 December 1801
To Robert R. Livingston: 16 December 1801
To Elihu Palmer: 21 February 1802
To Thomas Jefferson: 17 March 1802
To [William] Johnson: 24 April 1802
To Fulwar Skipwith: 3 May 1802
To Robert R. Livingston: 22 May 1802
Receipt: 28 May 1802
To Michael O’Mealy: 16 June 1802
To Unknown Recipient: 8 July 1802
To Thomas Jefferson: 1 November 1802
To Marguerite Bonneville: 15 November 1802
To Thomas Jefferson: 25 December 1802
To Samuel Adams: 1 January 1803
To Thomas Jefferson: 12 January 1803
To Unknown Recipient: March 1803
To Thomas Clio Rickman: 8 March 1803
To Charles Willson Peale: 29 July 1803
To James Monroe: 30 July 1803
To Thomas Jefferson: 2 August 1803
To John C. Breckinridge: 2 August 1803
To James Madison: 6 August 1803
To Thomas Jefferson: 23 September 1803
To Elisha Babcock: 10 October 1803
To Anthony Taylor: 20 November 1803
To Fulwar Skipwith: 1 March 1804
To Jacob Hyer Jr.: 24 March 1804
To DeWitt Clinton: 14 April 1804
To DeWitt Clinton: 19 May 1804
To John Fellows: 9 July 1804
To Elisha Babcock 27: August 1804
To Elisha Babcock 11: September 1804
To William Duane 19: September 1804
To Elisha Babcock 21: September 1804
To Benjamin Crowninshield: 12 October 1804
To Thomas Jefferson: 1 January 1805
To William Carver: 16 January 1805
To Thomas Jefferson: 25 January 1805
To John Fellows: 18 April 1805
To Thomas Jefferson: 20 April 1805
To Thomas Jefferson: 20 April 1805
To Thomas Jefferson: 20 April 1805
To John Fellows: 22 April 1805
To John Fellows: 4 June 1805
To DeWitt Clinton: 4 June 1805
To Elisha Babcock: 2 July 1805
To John Fellows: 9 July 1805
To John Fellows: 31 July 1805
To Thomas Jefferson: 30 September 1805
To Thomas Jefferson: 14 November 1805
To DeWitt Clinton: 1806
To Thomas Jefferson: 30 January 1806
To Thomas Jefferson: 15 March 1806
To Thomas Jefferson: 28 March 1806
To DeWitt Clinton: 28 March 1806
To DeWitt Clinton: 17 June 1806
To DeWitt Clinton: 23 June 1806
To Andrew Dean: 18 August 1806
To William Carver: 1 December 1806
To Peter R. Maverick: 1807
To William Duane After: 8 January 1807
To DeWitt Clinton: 9 March 1807
To Nicolas Bonneville: 4 April 1807
To Archibald Binny and James Ronaldson: 8 April 1807
To James Madison: 3 May 1807
To Joel Barlow: 4 May 1807
To George Clinton: 4 May 1807
To Thomas Jefferson: 29 August 1807
To Nicolas Bonneville: October 1807 or 1808
To James Monroe: 30 December 1807
To the United States Senate: 21 January 1808
To the Committee of Claims: 14 February 1808
To George Clinton: 18 February 1808
To DeWitt Clinton: 25 February 1808
To the Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives: 28 February 1808
To the Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives: 7 March 1808
To Thomas Jefferson: 8 July 1808

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