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Historic newspaper articles about Thomas Paine from 1809-1930.

A 1793 cartoon of a hanging that can be found in a publication detailing Paine's 1792 trial for seditious libel, held on December 18, 1792, in response to his publication of the second part of the Rights of Man. The publication is titled, "The last Dying Speech, Behaviour, Birth, Parentage, and Education of Thomas Paine: a biographical sketch of the "notorious Offender" and a fictitious account of his execution for high treason at Pilton, England" - American Philosophical Society

Thomas Paine And Rittenhouse

Historic Newspapers / December 24, 1822

Historic Newspapers

The famous Thomas Paine was one of the most indolent men. During our revolutionary struggles, he, with the celebrated Dr. Rittenhouse.

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