From the Public Advertiser of New-York, May 30,1807: OF USEFUL CITIZENS. The following is from a letter from Thomas Paine to the late Henry Laurens of South Carolina one of the Presidents of the old Congress. As the ideas in it correspond with Duane's Politics for Farmers and Mechanics and may be useful, we have […]
To Henry Laurens Spring 1778 Read Post »
The American Crisis. Number V. From the original pamphlet of March 23, 1778. TO General Sir WILLIAM HOWE. TO argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose Philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavouring to convert an Atheist by
To Timothy Matlack Oct. 30, 1777 GEN. GREENE'S QUARTERS, SIR: The enclosed were written when your Express came, please to convey them as directed. Your letter I observe is dated 26, four days ago. Suppose by this Time you have had particulars of Burgoyne's surrender. The bad weather and the high waters render it impossible
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The AMERICAN CRISIS. No. 4. from Pennsylvanis Evening Post, September 13, 1777 THOSE who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it. The event of yesterday was one of those kind of alarms which is just sufficient to rouse us to duty, without being of consequence enough
To William Bingham July 16, 1777. PHILADELPHIA, SIR: A very sudden opportunity offers of sending you the newspapers, from which you will collect the situation of our Affairs. The enemy finding their attempt of marching through the Jersies to this city impracticable, have retreated to Staten Island seemingly discontented and dispirited and quite at a
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Addressed: The Honble: Benjn Franklin LLD Commissioner from Congress at Paris Philadelphia July 9th. 1777 My Dear Sir The dispatches being made up yesterday I herewith inclose you the papers of last night and this morning. General Howe, by every preparation, is about leaving N. York as he has already retreated from the Army which
To Honorable Benjamin Franklin, LL.D. July 9th, 1777 Read Post »
From the original letter at the American Philosophical Society: My Dear Sir Soon after your Absence from this City we began to have a little Military News stirring. On the 11th Inst. Govr. Mifflin by direction from Genl Washington acquainted the Inhabitants at a meeting in the State House yard that from the late preparations
To Richard Henry Lee July 1, 1777 Read Post »
From the original letter at the American Philosophical Society: Addressed: The Honble: Benn. Franklin L L D. Commissioner from the American States at the Court of Versilles Private PHILADELPHIA, June 20th. 1777 My Dear Sir I have just Time to write you a Word or two, and have the pleasure of acquainting you of my
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Candid and Critical Remarks on LETTER I. Signed LUDLOW. See the Journal, No. 1790. from The Pennsylvania Journal, June 4, 1777 EVERY subject for discussion may be treated two several ways, generally or particularly. In a general review exactness is not expected; but when a writer undertakes to examine and lay down the parts of
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The AMERICAN CRISIS. Number III, By the Author of COMMON SENSE. From the Pamphlet from April, 1777: American Crisis I – III In the progress of politics, as in the common occurrences of life, we are not only apt to forget the ground we have travelled over, but frequently neglect to gather up experience as
