Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Hardy, Thomas, 1752-1832.
2. Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792
3. Ford collection.
4. Moore collection.

Description

1. .1 linear foot (1 folder)

Summary

1. Collection includes original and transcribed letters and other material by English-American political theorist Thomas Paine. Original material includes a January 14, 1779, letter to Henry Laurens with an account of "monies rec'd since I have been in America," and a manuscript copy of the poem "Castle in the Air." Transcriptions include the Laurens letter, as well as an 1808 exchange between Paine and London Corresponding Society activist Thomas Hardy.

Genre/Form

1. Poems.

Call number

1. MssCol 4569

Access (note)

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Provenance (note)

1. Material was originally received as part of the Ford and Moore collections.

Publications (note)

1. Letters are published in The Complete Writings of Thomas Paine.

Author

1. Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.

Title

1. Thomas Paine letters and other material, ca. 1779-1808.

Restricted access

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Publications

1. Letters are published in The Complete Writings of Thomas Paine.

Provenance

1. Material was originally received as part of the Ford and Moore collections.

Occupation

1. Political scientists 18th century.

Added author

1. Hardy, Thomas, 1752-1832.
2. Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792, recipient.
3. Ford collection.
4. Moore collection.

Research call number

1. MssCol 4569