(AMERICAN REVOLUTION) Additions to Common Sense; Addressed t

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) Additions to Common Sense; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America. 8vo, disbound; pencil erasures on title page, first and last leaves moderately toned. London, 1776

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A collection of 10 essays by various authors responding to Paine's Common Sense. Includes some pieces rarely seen in other compilations, such as "On Sending Commissioners to Treat with the Congress" by "Cassandra"; and an unsigned piece titled "Questions and Answers" which concludes that "We cannot pay too great a price for liberty, and posterity will think independance a cheap purchase at eighteen millions." Adams, American Controversy 76-75b; Gimbel CS-203; Sabin 58215.