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Author	Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
Title	Common sense : addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the following interesting subjects : I. Of the origin and design of government in general, with concise remarks on the English Constitution. II. Of monarchy and hereditary succession. III. Thoughts on the present state of American affairs. IV. Of the present ability of America, with some miscellaneous reflections.
Publication Info.	Philadelphia : Printed and sold by W. and T. Bradford, 1776.

Location	Call No.	Status
Rare Books Medium	Z-M P1472 C5	IN LIBRARY

Edition	A new edition / with several additions in the body of the work. To which is added an appendix, together with an address to the people called Quakers.
Description	99, [1] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Note	Signatures: A-M⁴ N².
	"Price one British shilling." --t.p.
	Attributed to Thomas Paine in the Dictionary of American Biography.
Indexed In:	ESTC W5005
	Bristol, B4310
	Shipton & Mooney, 43121
Local Note	NYSL copy: Misc. notes in graphite on the rear free end-paper, with a sum below (in an earlier hand) in ink.
Subject	Political science -- Early works to 1800.
	Monarchy -- Early works to 1800.
	Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings.
Genre or Form	Annotations (Provenance)
Added Author	Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings. Ancient testimony and principles of the people called Quakers.
	American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
	Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
	William and Thomas Bradford (Firm), printer, bookseller.

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