THE

POLITICAL WRITINGS

OF

THOMAS PAINE,

SECRETARY TO THE COMMITTEE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN THE

AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED

A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE·

A NEW EDITION WITH ADDITIONS.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

J. P. MENDUM,
INVESTIGATOR OFFICE,

BOSTON.

1870.