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Project Gutenberg's The Writings of Thomas Paine, Vol. I, by Thomas Paine This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Writings of Thomas Paine, Vol. I Author: Thomas Paine Release Date: February, 2003 [Etext #3741] Posting Date: February 7, 2010 Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THOMAS PAINE *** Produced by Norman M. Wolcott 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
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