TPUK 2010 Number 2 Volume 10

Grave of Thomas Ollive and his sister Elizabeth Paine, Thomas Paine’s second wife, who were married in March 1771. Eventually, Paine was forced into bankruptcy in 1774 and Elizabeth and Paine separated in June partly due to Paine’s long absences stemming from his work as an exciseman. Elizabeth died in Cranbrook on 17 July, 1808, and lies buried in the churchyard of St. Dunstan’s – Image from Thomas Paine Society UK Bulletin, 1999. Vol.4. No.2.

Text Of The Separation Document Between Thomas Pain [Paine] And His Wife Elizabeth, June 4, 1774 

Thomas Paine Society UK, TPUK 2010 Number 2 Volume 10

This document has been purchased by the Sussex Record Office Articles of Agreement Tripartite Indented had agreed upon the Fourth day of June in the Year of our Lord 1774 Between Thomas Pain of Lewes in the County of Sussex Excise Officer of the first part Elizabeth Pain Wife.

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Radical Peckham: The Story Of Timothy Brown

Thomas Paine Society UK, TPUK 2010 Number 2 Volume 10

Even today there will be many readers who find radical views unacceptable. But I ask them to reflect that these advocates of change began the struggle for human rights, the freedom of speech, for the Enlightenment, for the inclusive franchise, for universal education and for our parliamentary democracy.

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“Cobbett at Coventry” a 1820 engraving by an unknown artist shows William Cobbett with Paine’s bones in a coffin on his back in the top left corner – American Philosophical Society

William Cobbett And Henry Hunt – The Extraordinary Story Of Their Thirty Year Radical Relationship 

Thomas Paine Society UK, TPUK 2010 Number 2 Volume 10

This is an account of the relationship between two men at a crucial time in history. It is set against the backdrop of the aftermath of the French revolution, the wars with France and the fear of a Jacobin-style revolution in England and the demands for reform.

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