Author name: Gary Berton

Gary Berton is President of the Thomas Paine Historical Association and an editor of the new six-volume "Thomas Paine: Collected Writings", a groundbreaking collection of Paine’s writings including almost 400 newly discovered and previously unknown works that will revolutionize Paine studies. The project will be published in 2026 by Princeton University Press.

Due to the limitations of early cameras, this is the only known image of American orator Robert G. Ingersoll before an audience with a sign saying in part "Thomas Paine Author Hero of the American Revolution" in the background. From 30 May 1894. - Wikipedia

The Paine Statuette: The First Sculpture of Thomas Paine

Gary Berton / September 1, 2021

One of the dozens of copies of the statuette was part of the TPNHA Collection, but it went missing in the 1980s. All attempts to retrieve it were unsuccessful.

Robert Ingersoll, Thomas Paine in New Rochelle, Thomas Paine National Historical Association history

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Thomas Paine Lived in Mystic, Connecticut?

Gary Berton / September 1, 2021

Beacon, Beacon September 2021

An article in the journal The Log of the Mystic Seaport in December, 1948 recounts an oral history of the Haley family there. It seems that Captain Nathan Haley, according to the oral history, was a friend of Thomas Paine.

The Bonneville Family and Thomas Paine, Thomas Paine in New Rochelle

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