No. I of this edition, dated August 9, 1775, and referring to Gen. Gage's proclamation concerning the affair at Lexington, is an essay from the London "Crisis," and is here erroneously attributed to Paine. The first number of the "American crisis" is no. II of this collection. "The crisis extraordinary. On the subject of taxation," "A supernumerary crisis. To Sir Guy Carleton," and "A supernumerary crisis. To the people of America" (on the subject of American commerce) are inserted in their chronological places.