PAINE WRITINGS LEGEND

Major Works

American Revolution

American Politics & Government

Essays

English Affairs

French Revolution

Other

Poetry

Religion

Letters

Recently Discovered

Works Removed

1772

To Oliver Goldsmith December 21, 1772

Case of the Excise Officers

1775

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

The Death of General Wolfe

Reflections on the Life and Death of Lord Clive

An Account of the Burning of Bachelors’ Hall

New Anecdotes of Alexander the Great

Useful and Entertaining Hints

A Dialogue between General Wolfe and General Gage

The Snowdrop and the Critic

The Magazine in America

1776

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 Sense

1777

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 II

1778

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 V

1779

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, 1779

1780

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 Society

1781

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) 1781

1782

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, 1782

1783

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, 1783

1784

To Honorable General Irwin, Vice-President November 27th, 1784

To His Excellency George Washington April 28, 1784

To General Lewis Morris February 16th, 1784

1785

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, 1785

1786

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, 1786

1787

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 Inquiries

1788

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, 1788

1789

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 Thomas Jefferson May 1789

To Anonymous May 1, 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 Thomas Jefferson [1789]

To Anonymous [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, 1790

1791

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 First