The Conway Edition · American Writings
Volume II — Later American Writings
“Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.”
Paine's later American writings (1779-1791). The remaining Crisis papers, Public Good (the Virginia land claim pamphlet), the Letter to the Abbe Raynal, the Bank of North America writings, the engineering letters, and his return to Europe.
- Dissertations on Government The Affairs of the Bank, and Paper Money.
- Emancipation of Slaves Preamble to the Act Passed by the Pennsylvania Assembly, March 1, 1780.
- Letter to the Abbe Raynal On the Affairs of North America.
- Public Good Being an Examination Into the Claim of Virginia to the Vacant Western Territory.
- Rights of Man Part the First. Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution.
- Rights of Man, Part the Second Combining Principle and Practice.
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