The American crisis. Number III [electronic resource] : By the author of Common sense.

The American crisis. Number III [electronic resource] : By the author of Common sense.

American crisis. Number 3

Philadelphia : printed and sold by Styner and Cist, in Second-Street, six doors above Arch-Street. Where also may be had no. I. and II, [1777]

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

English

p. [25]-56 ; 8⁰.

Signed on p. 56: Common sense. Philadelphia, April 19, 1777. Attributed to Thomas Paine in the Dictionary of American biography.
Advertised in the Philadephia evening post, Apr. 29, 1777.
Two states of the gatherings C, D, and E noted by Edwin Wolf in his article "Evidence indicating the need for some bibliographical analysis of American-printed works" in the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of American, v. 63 (1969), p. 267: in the first state (Evans 15494), p. 28, line 20 reads "men;", p. 29, line 31 ends "actual", p. 31, line 11 reads "miserly", p. 36, line 20 reads "'The'", p. 38, line 4 reads "hand", and there is no erratum at the foot of p. 49; in the second state (not in Evans) p. 28, line 20 reads "men:", p. 29, line 31 ends "re-", p. 31, line 11 reads "miserable", p. 36, line 20 reads "'The'", p. 38, line 4 reads "Hand", and there is a line of errata at the foot of p. 49.
Signatures: C-F⁴.
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Evans, 15494
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3595
English Short Title Catalog, W31713.

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