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
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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 date
- 1776
- Topics
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings. Ancient testimony and principles of the people called Quakers renewed, with respect to the king and government, Political science, Monarchy, Quakers -- United States, Booksellers' catalogs -- Great Britain -- 1776, United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783, Imprint 1776
- Publisher
- [London] : Philadelphia, printed; London, re-printed, for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-House in Piccadilly
- Collection
- JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana
- Contributor
- John Carter Brown Library
- Language
- English
[6], 54, [4], 47, [1] p. ; 24 cm. (8vo)
Common sense attributed to Thomas Paine by the DAB and first printed Philadelphia: R. Bell, 1776
Plain truth attributed to James Chalmers by Adams and Sabin and first printed Philadelphia: R. Bell, 1776
Plain truth has been incorrectly attributed to William Smith, George Chalmers, Alexander Hamilton, and others. Cf. ESTC
The collected editions of Thomas Paine's Common sense and James Chalmer's Plain Truth, London: J. Almon were printed in 4 editions or issues. Each has a collective half title page given as "Common sense and Plain truth" with either no edition statement for the first edition, "The second edition corrected", "The third editiion corrected", or "The fourth edition corrected". Each of these editions has specific variants as outined by R. Gimbel in his Thomas Paine: A bibliographical check-list of Common sense, p. 86-87
Title page of James Chalmer's work reads: "Plain truth: addressed to the inhabitants of America. Containing remarks on a late pamphlet, intitled Common sense: wherein are shewn, that the scheme of independence is ruinous, delusive, and impracticable; that were the author's asseverations, respecting the power of America, as real as nugatory, reconciliation on liberal principles with Great Britain would be exalted policy; and that, circumtanced as we are, permanent liberty and true happiness can only be obtained by reconciliation with that kingdom. Written by Candidus." with imprint: Philadelphia, printed: London, reprinted for J. Almon, opposite Burlington House, in Piccadilly. M.DCC.LXXVI
This issue given as the "Fourth edition" by Gimbel and assigned 4 numbers: CS-36, CS-37, CS-38, and CS-39. This state represents Gimbel CS-38, stated by Gimbel to be Common sense and Plain truth issued without a collective half-title leaf, and can be identified by the following typographical features: on p. [1], of the "Introduction", last line the "e" in fire dropped to the line of the catchword; p. 23 is numbered correctly; on p. 26, lines 14 and 15 contain parentheses, p. 29, lines 32 and 33 contain parentheses; p. 31, 3rd line from bottom has "pidling"; p. 40, 3rd paragraph, last line has "understanding" in the plural form; p. 51 is numbered correctly; in addition to these typographical features, several "hiatuses" are found in the work where offending words that might have disturbed the British readers were excised and not printed, and/or filled in in pen and ink: p. 1 of "Introduction", line 15 has the printed word "combination" and line 17 has the printed word "usurpation"; p. 23, line 16 reads "North"; and p. 25, line 3 has the printed words "and fatal"; additional hiatuses can be found in all of the editions printed by John Almon on p. 14, 17, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 41, 42, 45, 51, and 52. Gimbel notes that "mixed copies are known, made up of signatures from different editions"
"To the representatives of the religious society of the people called Quakers, or to so many of them as were concerned in publishing a late piece, entitled 'The ancient testimony and principles of the people called Quakers renewed, with respect to the king and government, and touching the commotions now prevailing in these and other parts of America, addressed to the people in general": p. 49-54, 2nd count
Signatures: [A]⁴ (-[A]4) ([A]2 verso blank) B-G⁴ H² I² (I1, I2 versos blank) ²A-²F⁴
Publisher's advertisement: p. [1], 5th count
Common sense attributed to Thomas Paine by the DAB and first printed Philadelphia: R. Bell, 1776
Plain truth attributed to James Chalmers by Adams and Sabin and first printed Philadelphia: R. Bell, 1776
Plain truth has been incorrectly attributed to William Smith, George Chalmers, Alexander Hamilton, and others. Cf. ESTC
The collected editions of Thomas Paine's Common sense and James Chalmer's Plain Truth, London: J. Almon were printed in 4 editions or issues. Each has a collective half title page given as "Common sense and Plain truth" with either no edition statement for the first edition, "The second edition corrected", "The third editiion corrected", or "The fourth edition corrected". Each of these editions has specific variants as outined by R. Gimbel in his Thomas Paine: A bibliographical check-list of Common sense, p. 86-87
Title page of James Chalmer's work reads: "Plain truth: addressed to the inhabitants of America. Containing remarks on a late pamphlet, intitled Common sense: wherein are shewn, that the scheme of independence is ruinous, delusive, and impracticable; that were the author's asseverations, respecting the power of America, as real as nugatory, reconciliation on liberal principles with Great Britain would be exalted policy; and that, circumtanced as we are, permanent liberty and true happiness can only be obtained by reconciliation with that kingdom. Written by Candidus." with imprint: Philadelphia, printed: London, reprinted for J. Almon, opposite Burlington House, in Piccadilly. M.DCC.LXXVI
This issue given as the "Fourth edition" by Gimbel and assigned 4 numbers: CS-36, CS-37, CS-38, and CS-39. This state represents Gimbel CS-38, stated by Gimbel to be Common sense and Plain truth issued without a collective half-title leaf, and can be identified by the following typographical features: on p. [1], of the "Introduction", last line the "e" in fire dropped to the line of the catchword; p. 23 is numbered correctly; on p. 26, lines 14 and 15 contain parentheses, p. 29, lines 32 and 33 contain parentheses; p. 31, 3rd line from bottom has "pidling"; p. 40, 3rd paragraph, last line has "understanding" in the plural form; p. 51 is numbered correctly; in addition to these typographical features, several "hiatuses" are found in the work where offending words that might have disturbed the British readers were excised and not printed, and/or filled in in pen and ink: p. 1 of "Introduction", line 15 has the printed word "combination" and line 17 has the printed word "usurpation"; p. 23, line 16 reads "North"; and p. 25, line 3 has the printed words "and fatal"; additional hiatuses can be found in all of the editions printed by John Almon on p. 14, 17, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 41, 42, 45, 51, and 52. Gimbel notes that "mixed copies are known, made up of signatures from different editions"
"To the representatives of the religious society of the people called Quakers, or to so many of them as were concerned in publishing a late piece, entitled 'The ancient testimony and principles of the people called Quakers renewed, with respect to the king and government, and touching the commotions now prevailing in these and other parts of America, addressed to the people in general": p. 49-54, 2nd count
Signatures: [A]⁴ (-[A]4) ([A]2 verso blank) B-G⁴ H² I² (I1, I2 versos blank) ²A-²F⁴
Publisher's advertisement: p. [1], 5th count
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- Smith, William, 1727-1803; Chalmers, George, 1742-1825; Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804; Chalmers, James, 1727?-1806. Plain truth
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