From the original letter at the Library of Congress. Dear Sir The ratification of the treaty at last gives me another opportunity of writing to you. The coalition of the North has vanished almost to nothing. There is no certain news from Egypt either in France or England. Admiral Gantheame is returned without being able […]
To Thomas Jefferson November 4, 1801 Read Post »
From the original letter at the Library of Congress. Paris June 25 1801 Dear Sir I write this merely to say there is nothing new to inform you of. Mr. Dawson whom I saw this morning when I gave him my letter on mechanics for you, tells me that the treaty is not ratified, and
To Thomas Jefferson June 25,1801 Read Post »
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
On the Means of generating Motion for Mechanical Uses Read Post »
From the original letter at the Library of Congress. Paris June 9th 1801 19 prairial year 9 Dear Sir Your very friendly letter by Mr. Dawson gave me the real sensation of happy satisfaction, and what served to encrease it was that he brought it to me himself before I knew of his arrival –
To Thomas Jefferson June 9, 1801 Read Post »
A DISCOURSE AT THE SOCIETY OF THEOPHILANTHROPISTS, PARIS Philip Foner’s introduction: One aim Paine had in mind in writing his Age of Reason was to recall the French people to a basic belief in the deity and thereby to overcome the influence of atheism. After the publication of his great work, Paine turned his attention
The Existence of God Read Post »
