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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT, TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, OR MAY CONCERN, SEND GREETING : KNOW YE, That the annexed is a true copy of the will of THOMAS PAINE, deceased, as recorded in the office of the surrogate, in […]

from the Public Advertiser (New York), August 18, 1807. THE election for Charter Officers last year was carried by the federal and quid trick of fortifications, and now the people are to be amused and duped to a new obstructions. The only eligible mode of obstruction is that proposed by Franklin for the Delaware in

A challenge to the Federalists to declare their principles. from the American Citizen, October 17, 1806. The old names of Whig and Tory have given place to the later names of Republicans and Federalists; by contraction Feds. The word republican contains some meaning though not very positive, except that it is the opposite of monarchy;

Of the cause of Yellow Fever, and the means of preventing it in places not yet infected with it, addresed to the Board of Health. from the American Citizen, June 27, 1806. A great deal has been written respecting the yellow fever. First, with respect to its causes, whether domestic or imported. Secondly, on the

As bridges and the method of constructing them are becoming objects of great importance throughout the United States, and as there are at this time proposals for a bridge over the Delaware, and also a bridge beginning to be erected over the Schuylkill at Philadelphia, I present the public with some account of the construction

From the original document in the letter to Thomas Jefferson at the Library of Congress. As the limit of the mechanical powers, properly so called, is fixed in nature no addition or improvement otherwise than in the application of them, can be made. To obtain a still greater quantity of power we must have recourse

FROM THE CASTLE IN THE AIR TO THE LITTLE CORNER OF THE WORLD MEMORY, like a beauty that is always present to hear itself flattered, is flattered by everyone. But the absent and silent goddess, Forgetfulness, has no votaries, and is never thought of; yet we owe her much. She is the goddess of ease,

THOUGHTS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MINT IN THE UNITED STATES. By THOMAS PAINE. THE price of machinery and the expence of labor are reserved to the conclusion. I proceed therefore to consider the Metals and the means of procuring them. I begin with Copper. — This Metal is of too little value and of

A.D. 1788. No. 1667. CONSTRUCTING ARCHES, VAULTED ROOFS, AND CEILINGS TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS PAINE, send greeting. WHEREAS, His Most Excellent Majesty King George III, by his letters patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the twenty-sixth day of August, in the twenty-eighth year of his

This essay was the first which Paine wrote for the Pennsylvania Magazine and appeared in the January 24, 1775 issue.] In a country whose reigning character is the love of science, it is somewhat strange that the channels of communication should continue so narrow and limited. The weekly papers are at present the only vehicles

THE Case OF THE OFFICERS OF EXCISE; WITH REMARKS ON THE QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS; AND ON THE Numerous EVILS arising to the REVENUE, From the INSUFFICIENCY of the PRESENT SALARY: Humbly addressed to the HON. and RIGHT HON. the MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES of PARLIAMENT. From the 1772 pamphlet. THE INTRODUCTION. AS a Design among