TPHA’s extensive collection includes many of Thomas Paine’s works, including some recently disputed works. Click on any box below to filter the complete list and the year it was likely written. Please note that the names ascribed to some of these writings are not those that Paine himself gave them. Instead, they are the invention of Philip Foner, who produced his edition of Paine’s writings in 1945, on which this collection is based. In the upcoming Thomas Paine: Collected Writings, available in Spring 2026, many of the document names will change, and the number of Paine works and correspondence will substantially increase.
Major Works
Essays
American Politics & Government
American Revolution
English Affairs
French Revolution
Other
Poetry
Religion
Letters
Recently Discovered
Works Removed
1775
The Snowdrop and the Critic
The Magazine in America
A Dialogue between General Wolfe and General Gage
Useful and Entertaining Hints
New Anecdotes of Alexander the Great
The Death of General Wolfe
An Account of the Burning of Bachelors’ Hall
Reflections on the Life and Death of Lord Clive
To Honorable Benjamin Franklin Esqr. March 4th, 1775
African Slavery in America
Cupid and Hymen
The Dream Interpreted
Reflections on Titles
Duelling
Reflections on Unhappy Marriages
Farmer Short’s Dog Porter: A Tale
An Occasional Letter on the Female Sex
Liberty Tree
A Serious Thought
1776
Common Sense
Epistle to Quakers
The Forester’s Letters
A Fifth Forester Letter
Four Letters on Interesting Subjects
Dialogue between the Ghost of General Montgomery and an American Delegate
To Anonymous August 16, 1776
The Crisis I
1777
The Crisis II
Retreat across the Delaware
To the People
The Crisis III
Candid and Critical Remarks on a Letter Signed Ludlow
To Honorable Benjamin Franklin LL.D. June 20th, 1777
To Richard Henry Lee July 1, 1777
To Honorable Benjamin Franklin, LL.D. July 9th, 1777
To William Bingham July 16, 1777
The Crisis IV
To Timothy Matlack Oct. 30, 1777
1778
The Crisis V
To Henry Laurens Spring 1778
To Henry Laurens April 11, 1778
To the Honorable Benjamin Franklin May 16, 1778
To the Honorable Benjamin Franklin, Esqr. May 16, 1778
To his Excellency George Washington June 5th, 1778
The Crisis VI
To Benjamin Franklin October 24, 1778
The Crisis VII
A Serious Address To The People Of Pennsylvania On The Present Situation Of Their Affairs
The Affair of Silas Deane
To Henry Laurens December 15, 1778
1779
To M. Gerard January 2, 1779
To the Honorable Congress of the United States January 6, 1779
To the Congress of the United States January 7, 1779
To the Congress of the United States January 8, 1779
To the Honorable Henry Laurens January 14, 1779
To the Honorable Henry Laurens January 17, 1779
To the Council of the Five Hundred January 28, 1798
To Major-General Greene January 31, 1779
To his Excellency George Washington January 31, 1779
To Benjamin Franklin March 4, 1779
Response to “Observations on the American Revolution”
To the Honorable Congress of the United States March 30, 1779
To the Honorable Congress of the United States April 3, 1779
To the Honorable Congress of the United States April 21, 1779
To the Hon. John Jay April 23, 1779
To Hon. John Jay May 20, 1779
To the Continental Congress May 25, 1779
To the Honorable Congress of the United States June 17, 1779
Peace and the Newfoundland Fisheries
To the Honorable Henry Laurens September 14, 1779
To his Excellency Joseph Reed, Esq. Sept. 18th, 1779
To the Supreme Executive Council of the State of Pennsylvania September 28th, 1779
To the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania October 11, 1779
To the Printer of the Pennsylvania Packet
1780
The American Philosophical Society
The Crisis VIII
Emancipation of Slaves
To Blair McClenaghan May, 1780
To the Honorable Joseph Reed June 4, 1780
The Crisis IX
To Major-General Nathanael Greene September 9, 1780
The Crisis Extraordinary
To the Honorable Members of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania November 3rd, 1780.
Public Good
1781
To Benjamin Franklin (May) 1781
To Major-General Nathanael Greene January 10, 1781
To James Hutchinson March 11th, 1781
To Benjamin Franklin May 28, 1781
To his Excellency Thomas McKean [August or September, 1781]
To the Honorable Robert Morris, Esqr. September 20, [1781]
To Jonathan Williams, Merchant November 26, 1781
To Honorable Robert Morris November 26, 1781
To his Excellency George Washington November 30, 1781
1782
To Honorable Robert Morris, Esq. January 24, 1782
To Robert Morris February 20, 1782
To Honorable Robert Morris, Esq. March 1782
The Crisis X
To Honorable Robert Morris March 17th, 1782
To his Excellency George Washington March 17th, 1782
The Necessity of Taxation
Response to an Accusation of Bribery
The Crisis XI
A Supernumerary Crisis
To Robert Morris September 6, 1782
To his Excellency George Washington September 7, 1782
Epitaph on General Charles Lee
The Crisis XII
To Robert Morris November 20, 1782
Letter to the Abbe Raynal
To Robert Morris December 7, 1782
Six Letters to Rhode Island
1783
To Robert Morris January 23, 1783
The Crisis XIII
To his Excellency Elias Boudinot June 7th, 1783
To Doctor Benjamin Rush June 13th, 1783
To his Excellency Elias Boudinot June 20th, 1783
To W. Wallace Junior June 30th, 1783
To his Excellency George Washington July 22, 1783
The Address of the Citizens of Philadelphia
To his Excellency George Washington September 21, 1783
Hail Great Republic!
To a Committee of the Continental Congress October, 1783
To his Excellency George Washington October 2, 1783
To Robert Morris October 14, 1783
To James Duane December 3, 1783
A Supernumerary Crisis II
1784
To General Lewis Morris February 16th, 1784
To His Excellency George Washington April 28, 1784
To Honorable General Irwin, Vice-President November 27th, 1784
1785
To the Continental Congress August 13, 1785
To a Committee of Congress September 1785
To Temple Franklin Sept. 23, 1785
To Honorable Benjamin Franklin, ESQ., September 23, 1785
To the Congress of the United States September 27, 1785
To the Congress of the United States September 28, 1785
To Mr. Claypoole (Pennsylvania Packet) December, 1785
To His Excellency Benjamin Franklin December, 31 1785
1786
To Mr Claypoole (Pennsylvania Packet) January, 1786
Dissertations on Government
To a Member of the Pennsylvania Council June, 1786
To His Excellency Benjamin Franklin, Esquire June 6th, 1786
To Daniel Clymer, Esqr. September 1786
On the Affairs of The State
To John Hall September 22, 1786
Attack On Paper Money Laws
To the Honarable Thomas Fitzsimmons November 19th, 1786
To George Clymer, Esquire Nov 19th, 1786
1787
The Society for Political Inquiries
To His Excellency Benjamin Franklin March 31, 1787
To Benjamin Franklin June 22, 1787
To The Royal Academy of Sciences July 21, 1787
To George Clymer August 15, 1787
Prospects on the Rubicon
To the Right Honorable the Marquis of Lansdowne Sept. 21, 1787
To George Clymer, Esquire December 29, 1787
1788
To Thomas Jefferson February 19, 1788
To Thomas Jefferson May, 1788
Specification of Thomas Paine
To Thomas Jefferson September 7, 1788
To Thomas Jefferson September 9, 1788
To Thomas Jefferson September 15, 1788
To Thomas Jefferson December 16, 1788
1789
To Thomas Jefferson 1789
To Anonymous 1789
To Kitty Nicholson Few January 6, 1789
To Thomas Jefferson February, 16th, 1789
To Thomas Walker, Esqr. February 26th, 1789
To Benjamin West March 8, 1789
To Thomas Jefferson February 26th, 1789 & March 12, 1789
To Thomas Jefferson April 10, 1789
To Thomas Jefferson May 1789
To Anonymous May 1, 1789
To Thomas Jefferson June 17, 1789
To Thomas Jefferson June 18, 1789
To Thomas Jefferson July 13, 1789
To Thomas Jefferson September 15, 1789
To Thomas Jefferson September 18, 1789
1790
To Benjamin Rush March 16, 1790
To Anonymous April 16, 1790
To His Excellency George Washington May 1790
To His Excellency George Washington May 31, 1790
To William Short June 1, 1790
To William Short June 4, 1790
To William Short June 22, 1790
To William Short June 23 and 25, 1790
To William Short June 28, 1790
To Thomas Jefferson September 28, 1790
1791
Rights of Man Part the First
Rights of Man Appendix
To Messiurs Condorcet, Bonneville, and Lanthenas 1 June, 1791.
To Abbe Sieyes July 8, 1791
To His Excellency George Washington July 21, 1791
Address and Declaration
To William Short November 2, 1791
Thoughts on the Establishment of a Mint in the United States
To John Hall November 25, 1791
1792
Rights of Man Part the Second
Rights of Man Author’s Notes
To Thomas Jefferson February 13, 1792
To George Washington February 13, 1792
To J.S. Jordan February 16, 1792
To the English Attorney-General
To the Chairman of the Society for Promoting Constitutional Knowledge
To the Chairman of the Society for Promoting Constitutional Knowledge (2)
Answer to Four Questions
Letters on the Prosecution of Rights of Man
Letters to Onslow Cranley
To The Sheriff of the County of Sussex
Letter Addressed to the Addressers
Address to the People of France
To Benjamin Mosley October 1, 1792
An Essay for the Use of New Republicans
To the French National Convention October 22, 1792
To the English Attorney General (Archibald MacDonald) November 11, 1792
On the Propriety of Bringing Louis XVI to Trial
To Citizen Le Brun December 4, 1792
1793
Observations on the Situation of the Powers
To Citizen Barrere 1793
Plan of a Declaration
To John King January 3, 1793
Shall Louis XVI be Respited?
To Doctor James O’Fallon February the 17, 1793
To Thomas Jefferson April 20, 1793
To George Jacques Danton May 6, 1793
Citizen of America to Citizens of Europe
To Citizen Barrere September 5, 1793
Reasons for Preserving the Life of Louis Capet
To Thomas Jefferson October 20, 1793
The Age of Reason — Part I
1794
From the Castle in the Air
To Gouverneur Morris February 24, 1794
Forgetfulness
To the French National Convention August 7, 1794
To James Monroe August 16, 1794
To James Monroe August 18, 1794
To James Monroe August 25, 1794
To James Monroe September 14, 1794
To James Monroe October 1794
To James Monroe October 4, 1794
To James Monroe October 13, 1794
To James Monroe October 20, 1794
To James Monroe November 2, 1794
1795
The New Covenant
To M. Tallyrand September 1797
To James Monroe 1795
To Samuel Adams March 6, 1795
Dissertation on the First Principles of Government
Observations on Jay’s Treaty
The Constitution of 1795
To Benjamin Franklin Bache August 5, 1795
The Age of Reason — Part II
To Gilbert Wakefield, A.B. November 19, 1795
To Daniel Isaacs Eaton December 4, 1795
1796
Agrarian Justice
Letters on the Bank
The Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance
Letter to George Washington
Contentment
To a French Minister August 13, 1796
To James Monroe August 15, 1796
1797
To Colonel John Fellows January 20, 1797
To Anonymous March 4, 1797
To Thomas Jefferson April 1, 1797
To James Madison April 27, 1797
Age of Reason Letters
To Thomas Jefferson May 14, 1797
Worship and Church Bells
To M. Tallyrand 1797
Prosecution of the Age of Reason
The Eighteenth Fructidor
To Citizen Barras December 29, 1797
1800
To Citizen Skipwith Spring 1800
To Anonymous July 1800
To Thomas Jefferson October 16, 1800
To Thomas Jefferson October 1, 1800 No.2
To Thomas Jefferson October 1, 1800 No.1
To Thomas Jefferson October 4, 1800
To Thomas Jefferson October 6, 1800
What is Love?
1801
The Existence of God
To Thomas Jefferson June 9, 1801
On the Means of generating Motion for Mechanical Uses
To Thomas Jefferson June 25,1801
To Thomas Jefferson November 4, 1801
1802
To Elihu Palmer February 21, 1802, since the Fable of Christ
To Thomas Jefferson March 17, 1802
An Essay on Dream
To Consul Roth July 8, 1802
To Thomas Jefferson November, 1802
To Madame Bonneville November 15, 1802
To the Citizens of the United States
To Thomas Jefferson Dec 25, 1802
1803
My Private Thoughts on a Future State
Examination of the Prophesies
To the Editor of the National Intelligencer January 1, 1803
To Thomas Jefferson January 12, 1803
From Mr. Paine to Mr. Jefferson
Reply to the Bishop of Llandaff
To Thomas Clio Rickman March 8, 1803
Of the Old and New Testament
Of Caine And Abel
The Construction of Iron Bridges
Lines, Extempore
To James Monroe July, 1803
To Charles W. Peale July 29th, 1803
To Thomas Jefferson August 2, 1803
To John C. Breckenridge Aug. 2, 1803
To James Madison August 6, 1803
To Thomas Jefferson September 23, 1803
To Elisha Babcock 1803-10-10
1804
Prospect Papers
To Citizen Skipwith March 1, 1804
To the People of England on the Invasion of England
To Mr. Hyer March 24, 1804
To Col. John Fellows July 9, 1804
To the people of Connecticut
Remarks on Gouverneur Morris’s Funeral Oration on General Hamilton
Nonsense from New York
To Elisha Babcock 1804-08-27
To the Members of the Society
Of the Sabbath Day in Connecticut
To the French Inhabitants of Louisiana
Connecticut has no Constitution
1805
To Thomas Jefferson January 1, 1805
To Thomas Jefferson January 25, 1805
To Mr. Hulbert of Sheffield March 12, 1805
To Thomas Jefferson April 20, 1805 No. 1
To Thomas Jefferson April 20, 1805 (2)
To John Fellows April 22, 1805
Constitutions, Governments, and Charters
Origin of Freemasonry
To Elisha Babcock July 2, 1805
Remarks on English Affairs
To John Fellows July 9, 1805
Another Callender
To John Fellows July 31, 1805
TO THE CITIZENS OF PENNSYLVANIA ON THE PROPOSAL FOR CALLING A CONVENTION
To Thomas Jefferson September 30, 1805
1806
To Thomas Jefferson January 30, 1806
To John Inskeep February 10, 1806
To Anonymous March 20, 1806
The Cause of the Yellow Fever
To Andrew Dean, August 15, 1806
A Challenge to the Federalists
Liberty of the Press
Remarks on the Political and Military Affairs of Europe
Of the English Navy
Of Gunboats
Three Letters to Morgan Lewis
To James Madison May 3, 1807
To Joel Barlow May 4, 1807
To George Clinton May 4, 1807
Of the Conparative Powers and Expense of Ships of War
On the Question Will There be War?
Cheethem and his Tory Paper
To James Monroe December 30, 1807
To the Honorable Senate of the United States January 21, 1808
To the Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives February 28, 1808
To the Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives March 7, 1808
To the People of New York
To Thomas Jefferson July 8, 1808