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Thomas Paine Historical Association

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The TPHA was established in 1884. We are the authority on Paine's life and have been assisting scholars for decades. Located in New Rochelle, NY. Visit us at thomaspaine.org. "My country is the world, and my religion is to do good."

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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 29/09/2026
A 1780 order signed by Thomas Paine during the during the American Revolution while he was the Clerk of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature formed under the Paine-influenced and radically democratic 1776 Pennsylvania Constitution.
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 22/09/2026
“The Preacher vs. The Patriot” an 1888 illustration by the Truth Seeker magazine's Watson Heston. A preacher is surrounded by clouds of ‘Tyranny’ and ‘Oppression’ as Paine stands opposite surrounded by clouds of ‘Liberty’ and ‘Equality’ while armies fight in the background.
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 21/09/2026
New hour-long video discussion: The absolute latest in Thomas Paine scholarship and the fascinating discoveries unveiled. Editors of 2026's six-volume Collected Writings (Princeton University Press) discuss ~200 newly attributed works and 180 newly found letters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5oG...
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Rediscovering Thomas Paine: What New Documents Reveal
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 18/09/2026
Thomas Paine's influence on early socialism: In 1837, the East London Democratic Association calls working classes to unite behind Paine's principles of "Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, Annual Parliaments, No Property Qualification, and Equal Representation." thomaspaine.org/historic-new...
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 17/09/2026
Thomas Paine's image in an oil on canvas mural by Allyn Cox titled “The Library of Congress in the Capitol, 1800-1897”. The mural is in the first floor of the U.S. Capitol’s House wing known as Great Experiment Hall (Central East-West Corridor).
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 15/09/2026
A map showing the residences of Thomas Paine before and at the time of his death, on June 8th, 1809, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. The map was made in 1864 by John Randel. See more at the TPHA's "A Life in Images" gallery: thomaspaine.org/gallery/thom...
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
THOMAS PAINE THE RIGHTS OF MAN (1791) “Every age and generation must be free to act for itself in all cases” “It is the living, and not the dead, that are to be accommodated” Chills reading this, every time
There never did, there never will, and there never can, exist a Parliament, or any
description of men, or any generation of men, in any country, possessed of the right or the power of binding and controlling posterity to the "end of time," or of commanding for ever how the world shall be governed, or who shall govern it; and therefore all such
clauses, acts or declarations by which the makers of them attempt to do what they have
neither the right nor the power to do, nor the power to execute, are in themselves null and
void. Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the age and
generations which preceded it. The vanity and presumption of governing beyond the grave is the most ridiculous and insolent of all tyrannies. Man has no property in man;
neither has any generation a property in the generations which are to follow... It is the
living, and not the dead, that are to be accommodated. When man ceases to be, his power
and his wants cease with him; and having no longer any participation in the concerns of
this world, he has no longer any authority in directing who shall be its governors, or how
its government shall be organised, or how administered.
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 14/09/2026
The Thomas Paine Historical Association's YouTube channel has a new handle. You can find us at the link below — we invite you to visit, explore our content, and subscribe to stay updated on future videos. www.youtube.com/@thomaspaine... #ThomasPaine #History #AmericanHistory #YouTube
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 14/09/2026
The Thomas Paine commemorative stone at Ancient House Museum in Thetford, England with inscription incised on a rectangular block of limestone. See more at thomaspaine.org/gallery/monu...
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 12/09/2026
On June 25, 1801, Thomas Paine published his unsuccessful experiments on the use of gunpowder to drive an internal combustion engine for boat paddles. Steam engine pioneers John Fitch, Robert Fulton and James Rumsey all publically recognized the influence of Paine's experiments on their work.
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 10/09/2026
An 1819 cartoon titled “The Age of Reason or the World Turned Topsyturvy Exemplefied in Tom Paines Works!” by Isaac Cruikshank. A banner says: ‘No Christianity!!!—No Religion!!!—No King!!!—No Lords! No Commons!—No Laws! Nothing but Tom Paine & Universal Suffrage!!!’
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 09/09/2026
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 08/09/2026
Don't forget to register for the Paine event of the season, "Rediscovering Thomas Paine: What New Documents Reveal" at the Thomas Paine Historical Association: thomaspaine.org/about/events/
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 06/09/2026
When Thomas Paine, James Monroe and Irish revolutionary Archibald Hamilton Rowan spent the day together - an anecdote from the Portland Advertiser 11/30/1830. Rowan was a founding member of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen and a champion of democracy.
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 05/09/2026
The White Hart Hotel in Lewes, England has been called the 'cradle of American Independence'. Here, Thomas Paine formed a democratic debating society ‘The Headstrong Club’. Paine left England for America in 1774. See more at our TPHA image galleries: thomaspaine.org/gallery/thom...
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 03/09/2026
The Beacon (Sept 2026) is here! Featured: "Paine's First Crisis: Truth or Consequences" — marking 250 years since The American Crisis first hit print. Also: The Birthplace of the Rights of Man, a Paine memorial in Washington, DC and Paine in Video Games thomaspaine.org/newsletters/ #revolution
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 03/09/2026
“What Wants Me?” a 1792 political cartoon by an unknown artist lampoons Thomas Paine who is surrounded by weaponry and expressions like revolution, atheism and "equality madness". See more Paine cartoons at: thomaspaine.org/gallery/poli...
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fireball-xl5.bsky.social @fireball-xl5.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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How you can help a Thomas Paine Memorial in D.C. become a reality! | Freethought Radio
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Washington Area Secular Humanists @wash1989.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
NCMAC is asking for public feedback on the proposed Thomas Paine Memorial on the National Mall in DC. WASH & our allies have been vocal in supporting the creation of this monument & encourage all to join in showing support. The public comment period ends on 9/10. parkplanning.nps.gov/commentForm....
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Alexander Huber @c18ah.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The latest additions to the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive include poems by Thomas Paine, Joel Barlow, Philip Morin Freneau, John Trumbull, Lucy Terry, and Phillis Wheatley: www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org #C18th #poetry #Revolution250 #DigitalHumanities #ECPA #18thCentury #poems
Phillis WheatleyJoel BarlowPhilip Morin FreneauThomas Paine
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 02/09/2026
Our co-president Annie Laurie Gaylor testified before Congress today on behalf of the Thomas Paine Memorial Association to erect a statue of Paine on the National Mall. On the 250th anniversary of "Common Sense" and the US, let's honor one of our most freethinking founders. 🇺🇸 💫
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 02/09/2026
The London Corresponding Society’s 1794 letter to the members of the French Revolution’s Committee of Public Safety appealing to the committee and its unofficial leader Maximilien Robespierre to release Thomas Paine from prison – Courtsey of the American Philosophical Society
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 01/09/2026
1811 newspaper ad offering the chance to "purchase the right of using" a machine for planing wood invented by Paine. The owner of the machine mentioned is Paine's good friend Marguerite Brazier Bonneville. Bonneville and her two children lived with Paine in America from 1802 until his death.
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 29/08/2026
The Thomas Paine statue in Parc Montsouris in Paris, France. It was dedicated in 1948 and created by Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of Mount Rushmore. It depicts Paine standing before the French National Convention arguing against the death penalty for King Louis XVI. thomaspaine.org/gallery/monu...
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 28/08/2026
"THOMAS PAINE, IRELAND AND THE IRISH GHOST" an article by Fergus Whelan writing in History Ireland (8/26) - Tracing Paine’s reception in Ireland from the publication of Common Sense to the extraordinary Irish circulation of Rights of Man. historyireland.com/thomas-paine-ireland-and-the-irish-ghost
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 28/08/2026
95 Rue de Richelieu, Paris was he residence of Ambassador to France James Monroe where Thomas Paine lived for 2 years recovering from health problems after release from prison. Here, he wrote Age of Reason Part 2, Agrarian Justice and Dissertation on the First Principles of Government.
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 26/08/2026
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 25/08/2026
The first ever newspaper advertisement for Thomas Paine's Common Sense, published in the January 9, 1776 edition of the Pennsylvania Evening Post.
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🗽⚖️Þe Wyrst Gēnēre 💔 lying thieving pedo cowards @patcat13.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I did not know that one of our founding fathers Thomas Paine in The Rights of Man proposed a 100% marginal tax over a certain level because he saw how wealth corrupts government #philosophy #FoundingFathers #tax #history #USA #progresive #government Interesting youtube.com/shorts/k0RZw...
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A Level of Dangerous Wealth
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Oxford Academic @academic.oup.com · 22/08/2026
Steven K. Green joins the New Books Network podcast to discuss his new book, "American Infidelity," which tells the story of a nation's ideological tug-of-war—Christianity on one side, and the secular legacy of thinkers like Thomas Paine on the other. Listen now: oxford.ly/4zuP9TJ
In Conversation podcast with Steven K. Green on American Infidelity, available now on New Books Network. OUP
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 22/08/2026
1833 Bombay missionary DEVASTATED that Hindu scholars got their hands on Thomas Paine's Age of Reason, published it in local papers, and started dunking on missionaries with it. He begs the American Bible Society to send reinforcements. thomaspaine.org/historic-newspapers/tom-paines-works-in-india/
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 19/08/2026
“The universal church of the future” a 1883 illustration by Joseph Keppler and Adolph Schwarzmann envisioning a future where religion and science were one. Portraits hang of Copernicus, Darwin, Spinoza and Thomas Paine. See more at the TPHA Paine cartoon collection: thomaspaine.org/gallery/poli...
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Washington Area Secular Humanists @wash1989.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
NCMAC held a public hearing last week & announced a public comment period for citizens & prospective visitors to submit comments supporting the proposed Thomas Paine Memorial on the National Mall in DC. Make your voices heard in support of the memorial before the comment period ends on Sept 10.
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National Park Service - PEPC - August 11, 2026 NCMAC Meeting -Submit Comments
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 18/08/2026
Once you break the simulation there’s no going back. Escape Plato's cave with Paine. #revolution #philosophy
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Laurie🇺🇸🦅~ 1,219,487 dead Americans bec of Drumpf @loccconsulting.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Banned Book Club - The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Banned Book Club - The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine · Indivisible
Join us each month for a new book from our ever growing banned or challenged book list. Where we choose a new title each month and combine reading out loud in a group setting, reading alone, and discu...
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Listen to the Ideas Podcast with Gregory Claeys and New Books Network host, Caleb Zakarin who discuss Thomas Paine: Collected Writings. press.princeton.edu/ideas/ideas-... #podcast #history #ThomasPaine
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Ideas Podcast: Thomas Paine at the Semiquincentennial
Thomas Paine: Collected Writings is the first major new edition of Paine’s works, bringing together all his writings in six breathtaking volumes that dramatically revise our previous understanding of ...
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 17/08/2026
1968 York Coin Club (PA) bronze token featuring Thomas Paine. Fun fact: Paine served as Secretary to the Continental Congress's Committee for Foreign Affairs from April 1777 until January 1779. #ThomasPaine #AmericanRevolution
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 15/08/2026
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 15/08/2026
NEW EVENT - Rediscovering Thomas Paine: What New Documents Reveal Nearly 200 newly attributed works & 180 new letters are reshaping what we know. Hear from the editors behind this landmark discovery. 📅 Sept. 19, 1 PM ET | FREE 📍 New Rochelle + Zoom thomaspaine.org/about/events/
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 14/08/2026
From our archives: "Thomas Paine and His Radical Contemporaries" by Audrey Williamson in 1981. Trace the web connecting Paine to Wilkes, Rousseau, the Levellers, Marx and the Chartists who called Rights of Man their "Bible." thomaspaine.org/thomas-paine... #ThomasPaine #History
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Thomas Paine and His Radical Contemporaries
Basically, like all the greatest writers on liberty, Paine was a humanitarian. Freedom, in Paine's view, could not be dissociated from political morality, and he sounded a warning note which still car...
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 12/08/2026
Get more Thomas Paine in your feed—and your inbox. Join the Thomas Paine Historical Association newsletter for our latest news, events & scholarship—plus FREE access to The Beacon and our peer-reviewed journal, Studies in Thomas Paine. Subscribe free: eepurl.com/jt_XqA
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 10/08/2026
“That foe to Princes, Thomas Paine!” In 1798, the Irish revolutionary Arthur O’Connor was arrested by the British while attempting to reach France and was later imprisoned in Scotland. On his way to prison, O’Connor distributed this remarkable poem. #ThomasPaine #IrishHistory
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 07/08/2026
“The Great Champion Of Liberty – Thomas Paine” by Watson Heston from the Sep 8, 1894 Truth Seeker magazine shows Paine standing over a slain figure labled “kingcraft” and driving away another labled “priestcraft” while holding a paper reading 'Political and Religious Liberty'.
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 06/08/2026
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 05/08/2026
Newsclip shows what happened to the ship 16 yr old Thomas Paine tried to join before his father stopped him. The doomed ship called "the Terrible was equipped at Execution dock, was commanded by Death, with Devil for lieutenant, and Ghost for surgeon". (Dec 6, 1862. Pilot. Vol 25, Num 50)
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Indivisible Clinton County PA @indivisibleccpa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Join us to read banned/challenged books every Monday. August's title is The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine. Want to join me for this Indivisible event? mobilize.us/s/0hJdqk
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Words read: August's Title: The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine. Banned book Club. Mondays 6-7:30 pm ET. Meets virtually via Zoom
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kkmcat.bsky.social @kkmcat.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Banned Book Club - The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Banned Book Club - The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine · Indivisible
Join us each month for a new book from our ever growing banned or challenged book list. Where we choose a new title each month and combine reading out loud in a group setting, reading alone, and discu...
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Ste Johnson @steillustrates.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Okay last preview - finished (I think) of the USS Thomas Paine - I know! I know! Memory Alpha puts her down as a New Orleans class but we never SEE her on screen so maybe their records are skewed :P - rest assured the USS Renegade will still be a NO :D Next art share will be the finished piece
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 04/08/2026
A Federalist party political cartoon from the 1800 Presidential election. “The Providential Detection” depicts Thomas Jefferson attempting to destroy the Constitution supported by Satan with the writings of Thomas Paine and French philosophers. More Paine cartoons: thomaspaine.org/gallery/poli...
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