From his migration to America in 1774 to his death in New York City in 1809, Thomas Paine was at the centre of American political and social debate. His pro-Independence pamphlet, Common Sense (1776) convinced many colonists to reject monarchy and Englishmen?s rights in favour of a broader interpretation of republicanism and the natural rights of mankind. Famously, General George Washington ordered that Paine?s inspirational American Crisis (1776) be read to his troops before the Battle of Trenton, which helped turn the tide at a critical juncture in the War of Independence.This six-volume facsimile edition brings together rare texts from books, periodicals and newspaper contributions to unearth the contemporary American response to Thomas Paine. Responses to Common Sense, Rights of Man, Age of Reason and Letter to George Washington are included.This edition complements Pickering & Chatto?s highly successful editions on eighteenth-century radical thought, including The Political Writings of the 1790s, edited by Gregory Claeys. It will be important for scholars of Eighteenth-Century Studies, American History, Radical History and Political Science.