PLAIN TRUTH; ADDRESSED TO THE INHABITANTS OF AMERICA, CONTAINING REMARKS ON A LATE PAMPHLET, INTITLED COMMON SENSE: WHEREIN ARE SHEWN, THAT THE SCHEME OF INDEPENDENCE IS RUINOUS, DELUSIVE, AND IMPRACTICABLE; THAT WERE THE AUTHOR'S ASSEVERATIONS, RESPECTING THE POWER OF AMERICA, AS REAL AS NUGATORY, RECONCILIATION ON LIBERAL PRINCIPLES WITH GREAT BRITAIN WOULD BE EXALTED POLICY; AND THAT, CIRCUMSTANCED AS WE ARE, PERMANENT LIBERTY AND TRUE HAPPINESS CAN ONLY BE OBTAINED BY RECONCILIATION WITH THAT KINGDOM.
Philadelphia : London: Reprinted for J. Almon, opposite Burlington House, in Piccadlly. 1776. Second Edition. Leather-bound. "Most famous answer to Paine's advocacy for independence in "Common Sense." (Howes S696).
Pamphlet, rebound in full, speckled calf 8 1/8 in. x 5 1/4 in. Second edition of the first British printing. ("Authorship attributed to William Smith, George Chalmers, Alexander Hamilton, Joseph Galloway, Charles Inglis, and Richard Wells. Take your choice.") -- Howes, S696)
NOTE: Entire original PLAIN TRUTH essay is present. Three later leaves were missing, but have now been supplied in facsimile -- photocopied onto period-sympathetic paper: pp. 45-47) CATO's Letter to The People, dated March 11, 1776: AND the final (unnumbered) advertisement page, listing "Just Published" works [published] by J. Almon. Very Good. Item #87831
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