For the first time in the history of this city, was held a celebration in honor of that well known revolutionary figure, Thomas Paine, the author of “The Rights of Man,” “The Crisis,” and “The Age of Reason.”
Thomas Paine’s Natal Day Celebrated in 1891 San Antonio Read Post »
The Legislature of the State of New York has invited Col. Robert G. Ingersoll to deliver an address on Roscoe Conkling’s public and private character.
The relations which Thomas Paine held to the French Revolution of 1789 do not appear to have ever been very widely treated upon in all that has been written.
Thomas Paine’s Relations to the French Revolution of 1789 Read Post »
Professor Felix Adler lectured recently before the New York Society of Ethical Culture on the influence and of the development of Thomas Paine’s religious ideas.
This Chicago Daily Tribune article is a report of a lecture by Robert G. Ingersoll in Chicago commemorating Paine’s birthday on January 30, 1880.
1880 Robert G. Ingersoll Lecture Commemorating Paine’s Birthday Read Post »
Col. Ingersoll’s Reply To The New York Observer—That Paper Now Admits That Paine Did Not Recant Or Die Full Of Remorse—The Story About His Father’s Severity Denied.
Mr. Robert G. Ingersoll has published, in a letter to the editor of The New-York Observer, a statement of the evidence which, in his opinion, shows that Thomas Paine did not die a drunken pauper in agony and fear.
The 119th anniversary of the birth-day of Thomas Paine, 1856; contains the addresses made to the assembly by Isaac E. Hedge, Esq., President of the Festival, T. L. Nichols, M. D., and F. Hassaurek, Esq.
119th Anniversary Of The Birth-Day Of Thomas Paine, At Cincinnati Read Post »
The anniversary (the 117th) of Thomas Paine’s birthday, was celebrated at the City Assembly Rooms last Monday evening by a ball and supper.
The Anniversary (the 117th) of Thomas Paine’s birthday in NYC Read Post »
On Monday evening, the 116th anniversary of the birthday of Thomas Paine was celebrated at the City Assembly Rooms amounting to about 700 persons, assembled in the ball room.
116th Anniversary of the Birthday of Thomas Paine Read Post »
Thirty guns were fired on Boston Common, last Monday, in commemoration of the birth of Thomas Paine, whose natal day it was.
1849 Boston Common Commemoration Of The Birth Of Thomas Paine Read Post »
From the resemblance the latter person bore to portraits I had seen in his books, I knew it was Paine. While I followed the waiter, I was preparing an exordium to introduce myself.
