At the end of this piece,"To a Friend of Peace," appears the note: "This fragment is in the Handwriting of Thomas Paine and was given to me by a person named Clarke who brought it from America. December 1830."
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This "second edition" of Common Sense was supposedly copied by Paine for Samuel Clay Harvey, J.P. of Lodge Hill, Kent, England. Enclosed note, however, maintains that this manuscript is "not in Thomas Paine's handwriting, although there is a certain similarity..."; Contains notes about authenticity and date.; American Philosophical Society
Recommending Captain Blackwell, "who wishes to be sent to Ireland...to assist in making his native oppressed country free."
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Letter introducing Paine's "model of the construction of an American bridge." Enclosed is an "Extract from the Minutes of the Assembly of Pennsylvania, May 24, 1787. The 3-page AD is a "Committee" (favorable) report on Paine's bridge model.
Thomas Paine sends two articles from the paper "of this day" that he believes the recipient will find amusing. The articles, as described by Paine, claim that "Congress are a parcel of ------ [...] and that I am another, hired [...] to write for them and impose upon the public."; American Philosophical Society
