Our collection of articles, records and reviews about Thomas Paine and New Rochelle.
From the time that his first biographer, Francis Oldys, adopted Thomas Paine, the son of a Thetford stay-maker, as a subject, all others have accepted the fact that he fathered no children. Recent examination of records, from a long time past, suggest that he might have done.
A Small Addition To The Writings On Thomas Paine (1), Quakers Read Post »
Paine used Common Sense to convince the American colonists that to be fully independent and free, the King and what he stood for had to be discarded. A republican form of government had to replace monarchy and nobility.
British born, this man, more than any other, crystallized the attitudes and emotions of the American colonists. His writings were their supreme inspiration to revolt against English rule. Hailed for his achievement early on, how did he fall from grace and glory?
The Rights of Man won an audience in the 1790’s because the Federalists in power moved away from accommodation towards coercion. Federalists strung the “strings” which Rights of Man could “vibrate”.
I decided to visit the United States as it was the month Paine had set out to go there in 1774, the first of his five journeys across the Atlantic. My visit would coincide with the Annual General Meeting of the Thomas Paine-Huguenot Historical Society.
In point of elegance and beauty it far exceeded my expectations and is certainly beyond anything I ever saw. My model and myself had may visitors while I was at the works.
Some Of The Letters Paine Wrote To Jefferson During 1788–1789 Concerning The Iron Bridge Read Post »
Even among the students of social movements there is a wide measure of ignorance as to the extent and influence of the Freethought movement particularly in the second half of the 19th century.
BOOK REVIEW: Freethought In The United States, A Descriptive Bibliography Read Post »
No one illustrates a form of committing political suicide better than Thomas Paine. He did not hesitate a moment to rush in to promote every good cause and to expose every injustice, and he ended up being generally despised, with virtually everyone his enemy for one reason or another.
Thomas Paine, who gave the United States of America its name and, in some measure, the fighting courage of its convictions, was restored to citizenship in this suburban city today.
Among the interesting new houses in the Larchmont section of Westchester County is that being built by Gerald J. Campbell on Campbell Lane
Larchmont Home Modeled After Historic New Rochelle House Read Post »
As a Philadelphian and a life member of the Thomas Paine National Historical Association, I should like to correct the very erroneous statements.
Sitting in the broad library of his plant in Orange, N. J., the inventor, now in his seventy-ninth year, discussed Paine as a familiar companion of his reading hours.
