Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 to Elisha Babcock
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06330 Author/Creator: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 Place Written: New Rochelle, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1804/09/11 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; 20.4 x 19.1 cm. Order a Copy
Approves of the "Address of the Delegates from ninety seven Towns," which he calls a good beginning. Indicates that he is sending a pamphlet (not included) and describes it as the opposite of "poor John's [Adams] defence of the American Constitutions where every page contradicts the title." Asks that he be sent a newspaper.
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