Dissertations on Government, the Affairs of the Bank, and Paper-Money. by the Author of Common Sense. (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781170813249)

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++Library of CongressW008587The bank referred to is the Bank of North America, originally organized by Robert Morris at Philadelphia in 1781. Preface signed: Thomas Paine. Philadelphia, Feb. 18, 1786. The titlepage is a cancel.Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Cist, at the corner of Fourth and Arch-Streets. And sold by Messrs. Hall & Sellers, Robert Aitken and William Prichard in Market-Steet, M, DCC, LXXXVI. 1786]. 4],53, 3]p.; 8

Author: Thomas Paine
ISBN-10: 1170813240
ISBN-13: 9781170813249
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Language: English
Published: 06/10/2010
Pages: 68
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.31lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.14d