Common Sense, version 4

In November 1774, Norfolk native Thomas Paine arrived in Philadelphia. He came under the recommendation of Benjamin Franklin, and indeed it was Franklin's physician who nursed Paine back to health when he arrived, almost dead from typhoid fever. It was six months before Lexington and Concord. Paine intended for "Common Sense" to be published, as "Plain Truth", in a newspaper, but it instead was published as a pamphlet in January 1776. It soon became the talk of the Thirteen Colonies. - Summary by Mark Leder (0 hr 36 min)

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Introduction	3:49	Read by Mark Leder
Chapter I: Of the Origin & Design of Government in general, with concise Remark…	15:22	Read by Mark Leder
Chapter II: Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession	23:50	Read by Mark Leder
Chapter III: Thoughts on the present State of American Affairs	41:53	Read by Mark Leder
Chapter IV: Of the present Ability of America, with some miscellaneous Reflecti…	28:28	Read by Mark Leder
Appendix	36:05	Read by Mark Leder

Common Sense, version 4

Thomas Paine

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