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The Conway Edition

Complete Works

55 pieces by Thomas Paine, transcribed from the four-volume Conway Edition (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1894-96), with cross-references to Foner (1945) where available. Every text is in the public domain; every page has a stable canonical URI for citation.

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Volume I

American Revolution & Common Sense

10 works · 1775-1783

  1. African Slavery in America *Pennsylvania Journal*, March 8, 1775. 1775 Essay 20625 words
  2. Common Sense Addressed to the Inhabitants of America, January 10, 1776. 1776 Pamphlet 41382 words
  3. The American Crisis, No. I December 19, 1776; read aloud to the Continental Army at Trenton, December 23. 1776 Crisis Paper 3783 words
  4. The American Crisis, No. II To Lord Howe, January 13, 1777. 1777 Crisis Paper 6745 words
  5. The American Crisis, No. III April 19, 1777. 1777 Crisis Paper 13830 words
  6. The American Crisis, No. IV September 12, 1777. 1777 Crisis Paper 1353 words
  7. The American Crisis, No. V To General Sir William Howe, March 21, 1778. 1778 Crisis Paper 11236 words
  8. The American Crisis, No. VI To the Earl of Carlisle, October 20, 1778. 1778 Crisis Paper 4476 words
  9. The American Crisis, No. VII To the People of England, November 21, 1778. 1778 Crisis Paper 40650 words
  10. The American Crisis, No. XIII Thoughts on the Peace, and Probable Advantages Thereof. 1783 Crisis Paper 28542 words

Volume II

Rights of Man & the British Years

6 works · 1791-1792

  1. Dissertations on Government The Affairs of the Bank, and Paper Money. 1786 Dissertation 51508 words
  2. Emancipation of Slaves Preamble to the Act Passed by the Pennsylvania Assembly, March 1, 1780. 1780 Address 619 words
  3. Letter to the Abbe Raynal On the Affairs of North America. 1782 Letter 26265 words
  4. Public Good Being an Examination Into the Claim of Virginia to the Vacant Western Territory. 1780 Pamphlet 15905 words
  5. Rights of Man Part the First. Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution. 1791 Pamphlet 51213 words
  6. Rights of Man, Part the Second Combining Principle and Practice. 1792 Pamphlet 55068 words

Volume III

The Paris Years & the Late Pamphlets

34 works · 1791-1804

  1. A Citizen of America to the Citizens of Europe 1793. 1793 Essay 2569 words
  2. Address to the People of France Delivered to the National Convention, September 25, 1792. 1792 Address 1393 words
  3. Agrarian Justice Opposed to Agrarian Law and to Agrarian Monopoly. 1797 Essay 22435 words
  4. Anti-Monarchal Essay For the Use of New Republicans, October 1792. 1792 Essay 3616 words
  5. Appeal to the Convention August 7, 1794, from the Luxembourg Prison. 1794 Letter 1037 words
  6. Dissertation on First Principles of Government Paris, 1795. 1795 Dissertation 27098 words
  7. Forgetfulness Reflections on the Recall of an American Minister. 1795 Essay 3401 words
  8. Letter to Danton May 6, 1793. 1793 Letter 1735 words
  9. Letter to George Washington Philadelphia, July 30, 1796. 1796 Letter 17606 words
  10. Letter to the Addressers On the Late Proclamation. 1792 Letter 28765 words
  11. Letters to Onslow Cranley June, 1792. 1792 Letter 2966 words
  12. Letters to the Citizens of the United States Eight letters, November 1802 - April 1803. 1802 Letter 23267 words
  13. Observations On the construction and operation of navies. 1796 Essay 868 words
  14. On the Propriety of Bringing Louis XVI to Trial Read to the Convention, November 21, 1792. 1792 Speech 37526 words
  15. Plan of a Declaration of the Natural, Civil, and Political Rights of Man Submitted to the Convention's Constitutional Committee, 1793. 1793 Address 1542 words
  16. Private Letter to President Jefferson October 1, 1800. 1800 Letter 3111 words
  17. Private Letters to Jefferson 1788-1789. 1789 Letter 1119 words
  18. Proposal That Louisiana Be Purchased September 1801. 1801 Letter 470 words
  19. Reasons for Preserving the Life of Louis Capet January 15, 1793. 1793 Speech 2191 words
  20. Shall Louis XVI Have Respite? Speech to the Convention, January 19, 1793. 1793 Speech 1234 words
  21. The Constitution of 1795 Speech to the Convention, July 7, 1795. 1795 Speech 2911 words
  22. The Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance 1796. 1796 Pamphlet 11303 words
  23. The Eighteenth Fructidor September 4, 1797. 1797 Essay 9209 words
  24. The Memorial to Monroe September 10, 1794. 1794 Letter 25576 words
  25. The Recall of Monroe 1797. 1797 Essay 1034 words
  26. The Republican Proclamation Posted on the Walls of Paris, July 1, 1791. 1791 Address 811 words
  27. To Mr. Secretary Dundas June 6, 1792. 1792 Letter 5367 words
  28. To Mr. Secretary Dundas (Second Letter) June 15, 1792. 1792 Letter 1467 words
  29. To the Abbe Sieyes On Monarchy and Republicanism, Paris, July 8, 1791. 1791 Letter 779 words
  30. To the Attorney General On the Prosecution of Rights of Man, May 1792. 1792 Letter 1421 words
  31. To the Attorney General, on the Prosecution of Rights of Man Part Second November 11, 1792, Paris. 1792 Letter 1335 words
  32. To the Authors of "Le Republicain" Paris, July 1791. 1791 Letter 1549 words
  33. To the French Inhabitants of Louisiana September 22, 1804. 1804 Address 2425 words
  34. To the Sheriff of the County of Sussex On the Lewes meeting, 1792. 1792 Letter 1452 words

Volume IV

Religion, Reason & Last Writings

5 works · 1794-1809

  1. An Examination of the Prophecies Paine's last published work, New York, 1807. 1807 Essay 26774 words
  2. The Age of Reason Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology, Part the First. 1794 Pamphlet 26930 words
  3. The Age of Reason, Part the Second Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology. 1795 Pamphlet 64280 words
  4. The Existence of God: A Discourse at the Society of Theophilanthropists Paris, 1797. 1797 Address 49353 words
  5. The Will of Thomas Paine New Rochelle, January 18, 1809. 1809 Will 1835 words
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