Timeline
1772
1775
- The Magazine in America
- The Snowdrop and the Critic
- A Dialogue between General Wolfe and General Gage
- New Anecdotes of Alexander the Great
- Useful and Entertaining Hints
- An Account of the Burning of Bachelors’ Hall
- The Death of General Wolfe
- Reflections on the Life and Death of Lord Clive
- To Honorable Benjamin Franklin Esqr. March 4th, 1775
- African Slavery in America
- Cupid and Hymen
- Duelling
- Reflections on Titles
- The Dream Interpreted
- Reflections on Unhappy Marriages
- Farmer Short’s Dog Porter
- An Occasional Letter on the Female Sex
- Liberty Tree
- A Serious Thought
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1776
- Common Sense
- Epistle to Quakers
- The Forester’s Letters
- A Fifth Forester Letter
- Four Letters on Interesting Subjects
- Dialogue between the Ghost of General Montgomery and an American Delegate
- To Anonymous August 16, 1776
- The Crisis I
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1777
- The Crisis II
- Retreat across the Delaware
- To the People
- The Crisis III
- Candid and Critical Remarks on a Letter Signed Ludlow
- To Honorable Benjamin Franklin LL.D. June 20th, 1777
- To Richard Henry Lee July 1, 1777
- To Honorable Benjamin Franklin, LL.D. July 9th, 1777
- To William Bingham July 16, 1777
- The Crisis IV
- To Timothy Matlack Oct. 30, 1777
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1778
- The Crisis V
- To Henry Laurens Spring 1778
- To Henry Laurens April 11, 1778
- To the Honorable Benjamin Franklin, Esqr. May 16, 1778
- To the Honorable Benjamin Franklin May 16, 1778
- To his Excellency George Washington June 5th, 1778
- The Crisis VI
- To Benjamin Franklin October 24, 1778
- The Crisis VII
- A Serious Address To The People Of Pennsylvania On The Present Situation Of Their Affairs
- The Affair of Silas Deane
- To Henry Laurens December 15, 1778
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1779
- To M. Gerard January 2, 1779
- To the Honorable Congress of the United States January 6, 1779
- To the Congress of the United States January 7, 1779
- To the Congress of the United States January 8, 1779
- To the Honorable Henry Laurens January 14, 1779
- To the Honorable Henry Laurens January 17, 1779
- To the Council of the Five Hundred January 28, 1798
- To his Excellency George Washington January 31, 1779
- To Major-General Greene January 31, 1779
- To Benjamin Franklin March 4, 1779
- Response to Observations on the American Revolution
- To the Honorable Congress of the United States March 30, 1779
- To the Honorable Congress of the United States April 3, 1779
- To the Honorable Congress of the United States April 21, 1779
- To the Hon. John Jay April 23, 1779
- To Hon. John Jay May 20, 1779
- To the Continental Congress May 25, 1779
- To the Honorable Congress of the United States June 17, 1779
- Peace and the Newfoundland Fisheries
- To the Honorable Henry Laurens September 14, 1779
- To his Excellency Joseph Reed, Esq. Sept. 18th, 1779
- To the Supreme Executive Council of the State of Pennsylvania September 28th, 1779
- To the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania October 11, 1779
- To the Printer of the Pennsylvania Packet
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1780
- The American Philosophical Society
- The Crisis VIII
- Emancipation of Slaves
- To Blair McClenaghan May, 1780
- To the Honorable Joseph Reed June 4, 1780
- The Crisis IX
- To Major-General Nathanael Greene September 9, 1780
- The Crisis Extraordinary
- To the Honorable Members of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania November 3rd, 1780.
- Public Good
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1781
- To Benjamin Franklin (May) 1781
- To Major-General Nathanael Greene January 10, 1781
- To James Hutchinson March 11th, 1781
- To Benjamin Franklin May 28, 1781
- To his Excellency Thomas McKean [August or September, 1781]
- To the Honorable Robert Morris, Esqr. September 20, [1781]
- To Colonel [John] Laurens October 4, 1781
- To Jonathan Williams, Merchant November 26, 1781
- To Honorable Robert Morris November 26, 1781
- To his Excellency George Washington November 30, 1781
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1782
- To Honorable Robert Morris, Esq. January 24, 1782
- To Robert Morris February 20, 1782
- To Honorable Robert Morris, Esq. March 1782
- The Crisis X
- To his Excellency George Washington March 17th, 1782
- To Honorable Robert Morris March 17th, 1782
- The Necessity of Taxation
- Response to an Accusation of Bribery
- The Crisis XI
- A Supernumerary Crisis
- To Robert Morris September 6, 1782
- To his Excellency George Washington September 7, 1782
- Epitaph on General Charles Lee
- The Crisis XII
- To Robert Morris November 20, 1782
- Letter to the Abbe Raynal
- To Robert Morris December 7, 1782
- Six Letters to Rhode Island
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1783
- To Robert Morris January 23, 1783
- The Crisis XIII
- To his Excellency Elias Boudinot June 7th, 1783
- To Doctor Benjamin Rush June 13th, 1783
- To his Excellency Elias Boudinot June 20th, 1783
- To W. Wallace Junior June 30th, 1783
- To his Excellency George Washington July 22, 1783
- The Address of the Citizens of Philadelphia
- To his Excellency George Washington September 21, 1783
- Hail Great Republic!
- To a Committee of the Continental Congress October, 1783
- To his Excellency George Washington October 2, 1783
- To George Washington October 13, 1783
- To Robert Morris October 14, 1783
- To James Duane December 3, 1783
- A Supernumerary Crisis II
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1784
- To General Lewis Morris February 16th, 1784
- To His Excellency George Washington April 28, 1784
- To Honorable General Irwin, Vice-President November 27th, 1784
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1785
- To the Continental Congress August 13, 1785
- To a Committee of Congress September 1785
- To Honorable Benjamin Franklin, ESQ., September 23, 1785
- To Temple Franklin Sept. 23, 1785
- To the Congress of the United States September 27, 1785
- To the Congress of the United States September 28, 1785
- To Mr. Claypoole (Pennsylvania Packet) December, 1785
- To His Excellency Benjamin Franklin December, 31 1785
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1786
- To Mr Claypoole (Pennsylvania Packet) January, 1786
- Dissertations on Government
- To a Member of the Pennsylvania Council June, 1786
- To His Excellency Benjamin Franklin, Esquire June 6th, 1786
- To Daniel Clymer, Esqr. September 1786
- On the Affairs of The State
- To John Hall September 22, 1786
- Attack On Paper Money Laws
- To George Clymer, Esquire Nov 19th, 1786
- To the Honarable Thomas Fitzsimmons November 19th, 1786
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1787
- The Society for Political Inquiries
- To His Excellency Benjamin Franklin March 31, 1787
- To Benjamin Franklin June 22, 1787
- To The Royal Academy of Sciences July 21, 1787
- To George Clymer August 15, 1787
- Prospects on the Rubicon
- To the Right Honorable the Marquis of Lansdowne Sept. 21, 1787
- To George Clymer, Esquire December 29, 1787
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1788
- To Thomas Jefferson February 19, 1788
- To Thomas Jefferson May, 1788
- Specification of Thomas Paine
- To Thomas Jefferson September 7, 1788
- To Thomas Jefferson September 9, 1788
- To Thomas Jefferson September 15, 1788
- To Thomas Jefferson December 16, 1788
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1789
- To Anonymous [1789]
- To Thomas Jefferson [1789]
- To Kitty Nicholson Few January 6, 1789
- To Thomas Jefferson February, 16th, 1789
- To Thomas Walker, Esqr. February 26th, 1789
- To Benjamin West March 8, 1789
- To Thomas Jefferson February 26th, 1789 & March 12, 1789
- To Thomas Jefferson April 10, 1789
- To Anonymous May 1, 1789
- To Thomas Jefferson May 1789
- To Thomas Jefferson June 17, 1789
- To Thomas Jefferson June 18, 1789
- To Thomas Jefferson July 13, [1789]
- To Thomas Jefferson September 15, 1789
- To Thomas Jefferson September 18, 1789
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1790
- To Benjamin Rush March 16, 1790
- To Anonymous April 16, 1790
- To His Excellency George Washington May 1790
- To His Excellency George Washington May 31, 1790
- To William Short June 1, 1790
- To William Short June 4, 1790
- To William Short June 22, 1790
- To William Short June 23 & 25, 1790
- To William Short June 28, 1790
- To Thomas Jefferson September 28, 1790
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1791
- Rights of Man Appendix
- Rights of Man Part the First
- To Messiurs Condorcet, Bonneville, and Lanthenas1 June, 1791.
- To Abbe Sieyes July 8, 1791
- To His Excellency George Washington July 21, 1791
- Address and Declaration
- To William Short November 2, 1791
- Thoughts on the Establishment of a Mint in the United States
- To John Hall November 25, 1791
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1792
- Rights of Man Author’s Notes
- Rights of Man Part the Second
- To George Washington February 13, 1792
- To Thomas Jefferson February 13, 1792
- To J.S. Jordan February 16, 1792
- To the English Attorney-General
- To the Chairman of the Society for Promoting Constitutional Knowledge
- To the Chairman of the Society for Promoting Constitutional Knowledge (2)
- Answer to Four Questions
- Letters on the Prosecution of Rights of Man
- Letters to Onslow Cranley
- To The Sheriff of the County of Sussex
- Letter Addressed to the Addressers
- Address to the People of France
- To Benjamin Mosley October 1, 1792
- An Essay for the Use of New Republicans
- To the French National Convention October 22, 1792
- To the English Attorney General (Archibald MacDonald) November 11, 1792
- On the Propriety of Bringing Louis XVI to Trial
- To Citizen Le Brun December 4, 1792
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1793
- Observations on the Situation of the Powers
- To Citizen Barrere 1793
- Plan of a Declaration
- To John King January 3, 1793
- Shall Louis XVI be Respited?
- To Doctor James O’Fallon February the 17, 1793
- To Thomas Jefferson April 20, 1793
- To George Jacques Danton May 6, 1793
- Citizen of America to Citizens of Europe
- To Citizen Barrere September 5, 1793
- Reasons for Preserving the Life of Louis Capet
- To Thomas Jefferson October 20, 1793
- The Age of Reason - Part I
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1794
- From the Castle in the Air
- To Gouverneur Morris February 24, 1794
- Forgetfulness
- To the French National Convention August 7, 1794
- To James Monroe August 15, 1794
- To James Monroe August 16, 1794
- To James Monroe August 18, 1794
- To James Monroe August 25, 1794
- To James Monroe September 14, 1794
- To James Monroe [October 1794]
- To James Monroe October 4, 1794
- To James Monroe October 13, 1794
- To James Monroe October 20, 1794
- To James Monroe November 2, 1794
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1795
- The New Covenant
- To James Monroe [1795]
- To M. Tallyrand [September 1797]
- To Samuel Adams March 6, 1795
- Dissertation on the First Principles of Government
- Observations on Jay’s Treaty
- The Constitution of 1795
- To Benjamin Franklin Bache August 5, 1795
- To James Madison September 24, 1795
- The Age of Reason - Part II
- To Gilbert Wakefield, A.B. November 19, 1795
- To Daniel Isaacs Eaton December 4, 1795
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1796
- To M. Tallyrand [1797]
- Agrarian Justice
- Letters on the Bank
- The Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance
- Letter to George Washington
- Contentment
- To a French Minister August 13, 1796
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1797
- To Colonel John Fellows January 20, 1797
- To Anonymous March 4, 1797
- To Citizen President Spring 1797
- To Thomas Jefferson April 1, 1797
- To James Madison April 27, 1797
- Age of Reason Letters
- To Thomas Jefferson May 14, 1797
- Worship and Church Bells
- Prosecution of the Age of Reason
- The Recall of Monroe
- The Eighteenth Fructidor
- To Citizen Barras December 29, 1797
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1799
1800
- To Citizen Skipwith Spring 1800
- To Anonymous July 1800
- To Thomas Jefferson October 1, 1800 No.1
- To Thomas Jefferson October 1, 1800 No.2
- To Thomas Jefferson October 16, 1800
- To Thomas Jefferson October 4, 1800
- To Thomas Jefferson October 6, 1800
- What is Love?
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1801
- The Existence of God
- To Thomas Jefferson June 9, 1801
- On the Means of generating Motion for Mechanical Uses
- To Thomas Jefferson June 25,1801
- To Thomas Jefferson November 4, 1801
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1802
- To Elihu Palmer February 21, 1802, since the Fable of Christ
- To Thomas Jefferson March 17, 1802
- An Essay on Dream
- To Consul Roth July 8, 1802
- To Thomas Jefferson November, 1802
- To Madame Bonneville November 15, 1802
- To the Citizens of the United States
- To Thomas Jefferson Dec 25, 1802
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1803
- Examination of the Prophesies
- My Private Thoughts on a Future State
- To Samuel Adams January 1, 1803
- To the Editor of the National Intelligencer January 1, 1803
- To Thomas Jefferson January 12, 1803
- From Mr. Paine to Mr. Jefferson
- Reply to the Bishop of Llanaff
- To Thomas Clio Rickman March 8, 1803
- Of Caine And Abel
- Of the Old and New Testament
- The Construction of Iron Bridges
- Lines, Extempore
- To James Monroe July, 1803
- To Charles W. Peale July 29th, 1803
- To John C. Breckenridge Aug. 2, 1803
- To Thomas Jefferson August 2, 1803
- To James Madison August 6, 1803
- To Thomas Jefferson September 23, 1803
- To Elisha Babcock 1803-10-10
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1804
- Prospect Papers
- To Citizen Skipwith March 1, 1804
- To the People of England on the Invasion of England
- To Mr. Hyer March 24, 1804
- To Col. John Fellows July 9, 1804
- To the people of Connecticut
- Remarks on Gouverneur Morris’s Funeral Oration on General Hamilton
- Nonsense from New York
- To Elisha Babcock 1804-08-27
- To the Members of the Society
- Of the Sabbath Day in Connecticut
- To the French Inhabitants of Louisiana
- Connecticut has no Constitution
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1805
- To Thomas Jefferson January 1, 1805
- To Thomas Jefferson January 25, 1805
- To Mr. Hulbert of Sheffield March 12, 1805
- To Thomas Jefferson April 20, 1805 (2)
- To Thomas Jefferson April 20, 1805 No. 1
- To John Fellows April 22, 1805
- Constitutions, Governments, and Charters
- Origin of Freemasonry
- To Elisha Babcock July 2, 1805
- Remarks on English Affairs
- To John Fellows July 9, 1805
- Another Callender
- To John Fellows July 31, 1805
- TO THE CITIZENS OF PENNSYLVANIA ON THE PROPOSAL FOR CALLING A CONVENTION
- To Thomas Jefferson September 30, 1805
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1806
- To Thomas Jefferson January 30, 1806
- To John Inskeep February 10, 1806
- To Anonymous March 20, 1806
- To William Duane April 23, 1806
- The Cause of the Yellow Fever
- To Andrew Dean, August 15, 1806
- A Challenge to the Federalists
- Liberty of the Press
- Remarks on the Political and Military Affairs of Europe
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1807
- Of the English Navy
- Of Gunboats
- Three Letters to Morgan Lewis
- To James Madison May 3, 1807
- To George Clinton May 4, 1807
- To Joel Barlow May 4, 1807
- Of the Conparative Powers and Expense of Ships of War
- On the Question Will There be War?
- Cheethem and his Tory Paper
- To James Monroe December 30, 1807
- To the People of New York
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1808
- To the Honorable Senate of the United States January 21, 1808
- To the Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives February 28, 1808
- To the Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives March 7, 1808
- To Thomas Jefferson July 8, 1808
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