Thomas Paine’s Writings – Other

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This is a list of “Other” Thomas Paine writings that don’t fit into our our main categories. Keep in mind you can find Common Sense and more important works by Paine in our Major Works section. You can read any of the works below by clicking on the titles. Enjoy!

1772

Case of the Excise Officers

1775

The Magazine in America

1788

Specification of Thomas Paine

1791

Thoughts on the Establishment of a Mint in the United States

1794

1801

On the Means of generating Motion for Mechanical Uses

1803

The Construction of Iron Bridges

1806

A Challenge to the Federalists
The Cause of the Yellow Fever

1808

To the People of New York

1809

The Will of Thomas Paine

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1772

To Oliver Goldsmith December 21, 1772

Case of the Excise Officers

1775

A Serious Thought

An Occasional Letter on the Female Sex

Farmer Short’s Dog Porter: A Tale

Reflections on Unhappy Marriages

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 Critic

1776

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

1777

To Timothy Matlack Oct. 30, 1777

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

Retreat across the Delaware

1778

To Henry Laurens December 15, 1778

The Affair of Silas Deane

A Serious Address To The People Of Pennsylvania On The Present Situation Of Their Affairs

To Benjamin Franklin October 24, 1778

To his Excellency George Washington June 5th, 1778

To the Honorable Benjamin Franklin, Esqr. May 16, 1778

To the Honorable Benjamin Franklin May 16, 1778

To Henry Laurens April 11, 1778

To Henry Laurens Spring 1778

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 Major-General Greene January 31, 1779

To his Excellency George Washington 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

To the Honorable Members of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania November 3rd, 1780.

The Crisis Extraordinary

To Major-General Nathanael Greene September 9, 1780

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 Honorable Robert Morris November 26, 1781

To Jonathan Williams, Merchant 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

Epitaph on General Charles Lee

To his Excellency George Washington September 7, 1782

To Robert Morris September 6, 1782

A Supernumerary Crisis

Response to an Accusation of Bribery

The Necessity of Taxation

To Honorable Robert Morris March 17th, 1782

To his Excellency George Washington March 17th, 1782

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

To a Committee of the Continental Congress October, 1783

Hail Great Republic!

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 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 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, 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

1792

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 Chairman of the Society for Promoting Constitutional Knowledge

To the English Attorney-General

To J.S. Jordan February 16, 1792

To Thomas Jefferson February 13, 1792

To George Washington February 13, 1792

Rights of Man Author’s Notes

Rights of Man Part the Second

1793

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 Powers

1794

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

To Gouverneur Morris February 24, 1794

From the Castle in the Air

1795

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

Letter to George Washington

The Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance

Letters on the Bank

Agrarian Justice

1797

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, 1798

1799

Notes On Thomas Muir, 1765-1799

To General Brune November, 1799

Star in the East

1800

To Thomas Jefferson October 6, 1800

To Thomas Jefferson October 4, 1800

To Thomas Jefferson October 1, 1800 No.1

To Thomas Jefferson October 1, 1800 No. 2

To Thomas Jefferson October 16, 1800

To Anonymous July 1800

To Citizen Skipwith Spring 1800

1801

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 God

1802

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 Christ

1803

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 the Old and New Testament

Of Caine And Abel

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 the Editor of the National Intelligencer January 1, 1803

To Samuel Adams January 1, 1803

Examination of the Prophesies

My Private Thoughts on a Future State

1804

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

Prospect Papers

1805

To Thomas Jefferson September 30, 1805

To the Citizens of Pennsylvania on the Proposal for Calling a Convention

To John Fellows July 31, 1805

Another Callender

To John Fellows July 9, 1805

Remarks on English Affairs

To Elisha Babcock July 2, 1805

Origin of Freemasonry

Constitutions, Governments, and Charters

To John Fellows April 22, 1805

To Thomas Jefferson April 20, 1805 No. 2

To Thomas Jefferson April 20, 1805 No. 1

To Mr. Hulbert of Sheffield March 12, 1805

To Thomas Jefferson January 25, 1805

To Thomas Jefferson January 1, 1805

1806

Thomas Paine On Yellow Fever

Remarks on the Political and Military Affairs of Europe

Liberty of the Press

A Challenge to the Federalists

To Andrew Dean, August 15, 1806

The Cause of the Yellow Fever

To William Duane April 23, 1806

To Anonymous March 20, 1806

To John Inskeep February 10, 1806

To Thomas Jefferson January 30, 1806

1807

To James Monroe, December 30, 1807

Cheethem and his Tory Paper

On the Question Will There be War?

Of the Comparative Powers and Expense of Ships of War

To George Clinton May 4, 1807

To Joel Barlow May 4, 1807

To James Madison May 3, 1807

Three Letters to Morgan Lewis

Of the English Navy

1808

To Thomas Jefferson July 8, 1808

To the People of New York

To the Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives, March 7, 1808

To the Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives, February 28, 1808

To the Honorable Senate of the United States, January 21, 1808

1809

The Will of Thomas Paine