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The Conway Edition · American Writings

Volume I — Early American Writings

“These are the times that try men's souls.”

— Thomas Paine

Paine's first American period (1774-1779). Common Sense, the first six American Crisis papers, the early essays on slavery and the African slave trade, the Pennsylvania Magazine pieces, and the public correspondence over the Silas Deane affair.

10 works G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1894 All volumes Download this volume

  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
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