A Challenge to the FederalistsHomeEssaysOtherA Challenge to the Federalists October 17, 1806 - By Thomas Paine - 1806PAINE WRITINGS LEGEND Major Works American Revolution American Politics & Government Essays English Affairs French Revolution Other Poetry Religion Letters Recently Discovered Works Removed1772 To Oliver Goldsmith December 21, 1772 Case of the Excise Officers1775 A Serious Thought Liberty Tree An Occasional Letter on the Female Sex Farmer Short’s Dog Porter: A Tale Reflections on Unhappy Marriages Duelling Reflections on Titles The Dream Interpreted Cupid and Hymen African Slavery in America To Honorable Benjamin Franklin Esqr. March 4th, 1775 Reflections on the Life and Death of Lord Clive An Account of the Burning of Bachelors’ Hall The Death of General Wolfe New Anecdotes of Alexander the Great Useful and Entertaining Hints A Dialogue between General Wolfe and General Gage The Magazine in America The Snowdrop and the Critic1776 The Crisis I To Anonymous August 16, 1776 Dialogue between the Ghost of General Montgomery and an American Delegate Four Letters on Interesting Subjects A Fifth Forester Letter The Forester’s Letters Epistle to Quakers Common Sense1777 To Timothy Matlack Oct. 30, 1777 The Crisis IV To William Bingham July 16, 1777 To Honorable Benjamin Franklin, LL.D. July 9th, 1777 To Richard Henry Lee July 1, 1777 To Honorable Benjamin Franklin LL.D. June 20th, 1777 Candid and Critical Remarks on a Letter Signed Ludlow The Crisis III To the People Retreat across the Delaware The Crisis II1778 The Affair of Silas Deane To Henry Laurens December 15, 1778 A Serious Address To The People Of Pennsylvania On The Present Situation Of Their Affairs The Crisis VII To Benjamin Franklin October 24, 1778 The Crisis VI To his Excellency George Washington June 5th, 1778 To Henry Laurens Spring 1778 To the Honorable Benjamin Franklin, Esqr. May 16, 1778 To the Honorable Benjamin Franklin May 16, 1778 To Henry Laurens April 11, 1778 The Crisis V1779 To the Printer of the Pennsylvania Packet To the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania October 11, 1779 To the Supreme Executive Council of the State of Pennsylvania September 28th, 1779 To his Excellency Joseph Reed, Esq. Sept. 18th, 1779 To the Honorable Henry Laurens September 14, 1779 Peace and the Newfoundland Fisheries To the Honorable Congress of the United States June 17, 1779 To the Continental Congress May 25, 1779 To Hon. John Jay May 20, 1779 To the Hon. John Jay April 23, 1779 To the Honorable Congress of the United States April 21, 1779 To the Honorable Congress of the United States April 3, 1779 To the Honorable Congress of the United States March 30, 1779 Response to *Observations on the American Revolution* To Benjamin Franklin March 4, 1779 To his Excellency George Washington January 31, 1779 To Major-General Greene January 31, 1779 To the Honorable Henry Laurens January 17, 1779 To the Honorable Henry Laurens January 14, 1779 To the Congress of the United States January 8, 1779 To the Congress of the United States January 7, 1779 To the Honorable Congress of the United States January 6, 1779 To M. Gerard January 2, 17791780 Public Good To the Honorable Members of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania November 3rd, 1780. The Crisis Extraordinary To Major-General Nathanael Greene September 9, 1780 The Crisis IX To the Honorable Joseph Reed June 4, 1780 To Blair McClenaghan May, 1780 Emancipation of Slaves The Crisis VIII The American Philosophical Society1781 To his Excellency George Washington November 30, 1781 To Jonathan Williams, Merchant November 26, 1781 To Honorable Robert Morris November 26, 1781 To Colonel [John] Laurens October 4, 1781 To the Honorable Robert Morris, Esqr. September 20, [1781] To his Excellency Thomas McKean [August or September, 1781] To Benjamin Franklin May 28, 1781 To James Hutchinson March 11th, 1781 To Major-General Nathanael Greene January 10, 1781 To Benjamin Franklin (May) 17811782 Six Letters to Rhode Island To Robert Morris December 7, 1782 Letter to the Abbe Raynal To Robert Morris November 20, 1782 The Crisis XII Epitaph on General Charles Lee To his Excellency George Washington September 7, 1782 To Robert Morris September 6, 1782 A Supernumerary Crisis The Crisis XI Response to an Accusation of Bribery The Necessity of Taxation To his Excellency George Washington March 17th, 1782 To Honorable Robert Morris March 17th, 1782 The Crisis X To Honorable Robert Morris, Esq. March 1782 To Robert Morris February 20, 1782 To Honorable Robert Morris, Esq. January 24, 17821783 A Supernumerary Crisis II To James Duane December 3, 1783 To Robert Morris October 14, 1783 To George Washington October 13, 1783 To his Excellency George Washington October 2, 1783 Hail Great Republic! To a Committee of the Continental Congress October, 1783 To his Excellency George Washington September 21, 1783 The Address of the Citizens of Philadelphia To his Excellency George Washington July 22, 1783 To W. Wallace Junior June 30th, 1783 To his Excellency Elias Boudinot June 20th, 1783 To Doctor Benjamin Rush June 13th, 1783 To his Excellency Elias Boudinot June 7th, 1783 The Crisis XIII To Robert Morris January 23, 17831784 To Honorable General Irwin, Vice-President November 27th, 1784 To His Excellency George Washington April 28, 1784 To General Lewis Morris February 16th, 17841785 To His Excellency Benjamin Franklin December, 31 1785 To Mr. Claypoole (Pennsylvania Packet) December, 1785 To the Congress of the United States September 28, 1785 To the Congress of the United States September 27, 1785 To Honorable Benjamin Franklin, ESQ., September 23, 1785 To Temple Franklin Sept. 23, 1785 To a Committee of Congress September 1785 To the Continental Congress August 13, 17851786 To George Clymer, Esquire Nov 19th, 1786 To the Honarable Thomas Fitzsimmons November 19th, 1786 Attack On Paper Money Laws To John Hall September 22, 1786 On the Affairs of The State To Daniel Clymer, Esqr. September 1786 To His Excellency Benjamin Franklin, Esquire June 6th, 1786 To a Member of the Pennsylvania Council June, 1786 Dissertations on Government To Mr Henry Claypoole (Pennsylvania Packet) January, 17861787 To George Clymer, Esquire December 29, 1787 To the Right Honorable the Marquis of Lansdowne Sept. 21, 1787 Prospects on the Rubicon To George Clymer August 15, 1787 To The Royal Academy of Sciences July 21, 1787 To Benjamin Franklin June 22, 1787 To His Excellency Benjamin Franklin March 31, 1787 The Society for Political Inquiries1788 Some Of The Letters Paine Wrote To Jefferson During 1788–1789 Concerning The Iron Bridge To Thomas Jefferson December 16, 1788 To Thomas Jefferson September 15, 1788 To Thomas Jefferson September 9, 1788 To Thomas Jefferson September 7, 1788 Specification of Thomas Paine To Thomas Jefferson May, 1788 To Thomas Jefferson February 19, 17881789 Some Of The Letters Paine Wrote To Jefferson During 1788–1789 Concerning The Iron Bridge To George Washington, 16 October 1789 To Thomas Jefferson September 18, 1789 To Thomas Jefferson September 15, 1789 To Thomas Jefferson July 13, [1789] To Thomas Jefferson June 18, 1789 To Thomas Jefferson June 17, 1789 To Anonymous May 1, 1789 To Thomas Jefferson May 1789 To Thomas Jefferson April 10, 1789 To Thomas Jefferson February 26th, 1789 & March 12, 1789 To Benjamin West March 8, 1789 To Thomas Walker, Esqr. February 26th, 1789 To Thomas Jefferson February, 16th, 1789 To Kitty Nicholson Few January 6, 1789 To Anonymous [1789] To Thomas Jefferson [1789]1790 To Thomas Jefferson September 28, 1790 To William Short June 28, 1790 To William Short June 23 and 25, 1790 To William Short June 22, 1790 To William Short June 4, 1790 To William Short June 1, 1790 To His Excellency George Washington May 31, 1790 To His Excellency George Washington May 1790 To Anonymous April 16, 1790 To Benjamin Rush March 16, 17901791 To John Hall November 25, 1791 Thoughts on the Establishment of a Mint in the United States To William Short November 2, 1791 Address and Declaration To His Excellency George Washington July 21, 1791 To Abbe Sieyes July 8, 1791 To Messiurs Condorcet, Bonneville, and Lanthenas 1 June, 1791. Rights of Man Appendix Rights of Man Part the First1792 To Citizen Le Brun December 4, 1792 On the Propriety of Bringing Louis XVI to Trial To the English Attorney General (Archibald MacDonald) November 11, 1792 To the French National Convention October 22, 1792 An Essay for the Use of New Republicans To Benjamin Mosley October 1, 1792 Address to the People of France Letter Addressed to the Addressers To The Sheriff of the County of Sussex Letters to Onslow Cranley Letters on the Prosecution of Rights of Man Answer to Four Questions To the Chairman of the Society for Promoting Constitutional Knowledge (2) To the English Attorney-General To the Chairman of the Society for Promoting Constitutional Knowledge To J.S. Jordan February 16, 1792 To George Washington February 13, 1792 To Thomas Jefferson February 13, 1792 Rights of Man Author’s Notes Rights of Man Part the Second1793 The Age of Reason — Part I To Thomas Jefferson October 20, 1793 To Citizen Barrere September 5, 1793 Citizen of America to Citizens of Europe To George Jacques Danton May 6, 1793 To Thomas Jefferson April 20, 1793 To Doctor James O’Fallon February the 17, 1793 Shall Louis XVI be Respited? To John King January 3, 1793 Plan of a Declaration To Citizen Barrere 1793 Observations on the Situation of the Powers1794 The New Covenant To James Monroe November 2, 1794 To James Monroe October 20, 1794 To James Monroe October 13, 1794 To James Monroe October 4, 1794 To James Monroe [October 1794] To James Monroe September 14, 1794 To James Monroe August 25, 1794 To James Monroe August 18, 1794 To James Monroe August 16, 1794 To the French National Convention August 7, 1794 Forgetfulness To Gouverneur Morris February 24, 1794 From the Castle in the Air1795 To Daniel Isaacs Eaton December 4, 1795 To Gilbert Wakefield, A.B. November 19, 1795 The Age of Reason — Part II To James Madison September 24, 1795 To Bache August 5, 1795 The Constitution of 1795 Observations on Jay’s Treaty Dissertation on the First Principles of Government To Samuel Adams March 6, 1795 To James Monroe [1795]1796 To James Monroe August 15, 1796 To a French Minister August 13, 1796 Contentment Letter to George Washington The Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance Letters on the Bank Agrarian Justice1797 To Citizen Barras December 29, 1797 The Eighteenth Fructidor The Recall of Monroe Prosecution of the Age of Reason To M. Tallyrand [1797] Worship and Church Bells To Thomas Jefferson May 14, 1797 Age of Reason Letters To James Madison April 27, 1797 To Thomas Jefferson April 1, 1797 To Anonymous March 4, 1797 To Colonel John Fellows January 20, 1797 To M. Tallyrand [September 1797]1798 To Citizen President Spring 1798 To the Council of the Five Hundred January 28, 17981799 Notes On Thomas Muir, 1765-1799 To General Brune November, 1799 Star in the East1800 What is Love? To Thomas Jefferson October 6, 1800 To Thomas Jefferson October 4, 1800 To Thomas Jefferson October 1, 1800 – No. 2 To Thomas Jefferson October 16, 1800 To Thomas Jefferson October 1, 1800 – No. 1 To Anonymous July 1800 To Citizen Skipwith Spring 18001801 To Thomas Jefferson November 4, 1801 To Thomas Jefferson June 25, 1801 On the Means of generating Motion for Mechanical Uses To Thomas Jefferson June 9, 1801 The Existence of God1802 To Thomas Jefferson Dec 25, 1802 To the Citizens of the United States To Madame Bonneville November 15, 1802 To Thomas Jefferson November, 1802 To Consul Roth July 8, 1802 An Essay on Dream To Thomas Jefferson March 17, 1802 To Elihu Palmer February 21, 1802, since the Fable of Christ1803 To Elisha Babcock 1803-10-10 To Thomas Jefferson September 23, 1803 To James Madison August 6, 1803 To John C. Breckenridge Aug. 2, 1803 To Thomas Jefferson August 2, 1803 To Charles W. Peale July 29th, 1803 To James Monroe July, 1803 Lines, Extempore The Construction of Iron Bridges Of Caine And Abel Of the Old and New Testament To Thomas Clio Rickman March 8, 1803 Reply to the Bishop of Llandaff From Mr. Paine to Mr. Jefferson To Thomas Jefferson January 12, 1803 To Samuel Adams January 1, 1803 To the Editor of the National Intelligencer January 1, 1803 Examination of the Prophesies My Private Thoughts on a Future State1804 Connecticut has no Constitution To the French Inhabitants of Louisiana Of the Sabbath Day in Connecticut To the Members of the Society To Elisha Babcock 1804-08-27 Nonsense from New York Remarks on Gouverneur Morris’s Funeral Oration on General Hamilton To the people of Connecticut To Col. John Fellows July 9, 1804 To Mr. Hyer March 24, 1804 To the People of England on the Invasion of England To Citizen Skipwith March 1, 1804