The American crisis. Number I. By the author of Common sense.

All titles

• The American crisis. Number I. By the author of Common sense.
• American crisis. Number 1

People / Organizations

• Melchior Styner ("printed by")
• Thomas Paine (Author)

Imprint

[Philadelphia: Printed by Melchior Styner and Charles Cist, 1776]

Added name

Steiner, Melchior, d. 1807?, printer. Cist, Charles, 1738-1805, printer.

Publication year

1776

ESTC No.

W31710

Grub Street ID

342145

Description

8p. ; 8⁰

Note

Caption title.

Attributed to Thomas Paine in the Dictionary of American biography.

Dated on p. 8: Philadelphia. December 19, 1776. "There are two distinct editions of No. I, readily differentiated by the lack of place and date at the foot of p. 8 or their presence."--Wolf, E. "Evidence indicating the need for some bibliographic analysis of American-printed historical works." PBSA 63 (1969): 267.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: [A]?. - READEX NOTE: The HSP copy filmed as Evans 14953 is the undated, earlier edition