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Title: The Writings of Thomas Paine, Vol. I

Author: Thomas Paine

Release Date: February, 2003 [Etext #3741]
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THE WRITINGS OF THOMAS PAINE, VOLUME I.

COLLECTED AND EDITED BY MONCURE DANIEL CONWAY

1774 - 1779

[Redactor's Note: Reprinted from the "The Writings of Thomas Paine
Volume I" (1894 - 1896). The author's notes are preceded by a "*".]

XIX. THE AMERICAN CRISIS

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface

The Crisis No. I

The Crisis No. II - To Lord Howe

The Crisis No. III

The Crisis No. IV

The Crisis No. V - To General Sir William Howe
- To The Inhabitants Of America

The Crisis No. VI - To The Earl Of Carlisle, General Clinton, And
William Eden, ESQ., British Commissioners At New York

The Crisis No. VII - To The People Of England

The Crisis No. VIII - Addressed To The People Of England

The Crisis No. IX - The Crisis Extraordinary - On the Subject
of Taxation

The Crisis No. X - On The King Of England's Speech
- To The People Of America

The Crisis No. XI - On The Present State Of News
- A Supernumerary Crisis (To Sir Guy Carleton.)

The Crisis No. XII - To The Earl Of Shelburne

The Crisis No. XIII - On The Peace, And The Probable Advantages
Thereof

A Supernumerary Crisis - (To The People Of America)

THE AMERICAN CRISIS.

EDITOR'S PREFACE.

THOMAS PAINE, in his Will, speaks of this work as The American Crisis,
remembering perhaps that a number of political pamphlets had appeared in
London, 1775-1776, under general title of "The Crisis." By the blunder
of an early English publisher of Paine's writings, one essay in the
London "Crisis" was attributed to Paine, and the error has continued
to cause confusion. This publisher was D. I. Eaton, who printed as
the first number of Paine's "Crisis" an essay taken from the London
publication. But his prefatory note says: "S