Silas Deane

“Will Cobbett, with Thomas Paine’s bones” is an etching by James Sayers showing William Cobbett charicatured carrying the coffin of Thomas Paine on his back on his back. Image comes from the a collection of pamphlets, “1736–1829 Sammelbands including subjects on Famous Dwarfs, Pro-Tory, Anti-Jacobin, Anti-Thomas Paine Sentiment, etc.” – link

An Extended History of the Remains of Thomas Paine 

Thomas Paine Society UK, TPUK 2007 Number 4 Volume 8

The following saga combines the most comprehensive account yet of the fate of Thomas Paine’s remains, the intriguing story of the recent discovery of a vestige of those, and the recounting of a bizarre, scientific endeavour to validate that piece. It is a tale of fact, probability and possibility.

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