Thomas Paine

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THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THOMAS PAINE
Volume I. Biographies & Appreciations 1. Introduction 2. Life of Paine 3. Erskine Defense of Paine 4. Father of Republics 5. American Revolution 6. Ingersoll on Paine 7. Journey to the Home 8. A Square Deal Volume II. Common Sense & Miscellaneous Essays Introduction Explanatory Preface Common Sense 1. Common Sense 2. Monarchy and Hereditary Succession 3. Thoughts of the Present State of American Affairs 4. Of the Present Ability of America 5. Appendix 6. Epistle to Quakers Miscellaneous Essays 1. African Slavery in America 2. A Dialogue Between General Wolfe 3. Magazine in America 4. Useful and Entertaining Hints 5. Anecdotes Alexander the Great 6. Reflections Lord Clive 7. Cupid and Hymen 8. Duelling 9. Reflections on Titles 10. The Dream Interpreted 11. Reflections on Unhappy Marriages 12. Thoughts on Defensive War 13. An Occasional Letter on the Female Sex 14. A Serious Thought 15. The Foresters Letters 16. A Dialogue 17. Retreat Across the Delaware 18. Letter to Franklin in Paris 19. The Affair of Silas Deane Volume III. the American Crisis 1. The Crisis I 2. The Crisis II, To Lord Howe 3. The Crisis III 4. The Crisis IV 5. The Crisis V, To General Howe 6. The Crisis VI, To the Earl of Carlisle Etc 7. The Crisis VII, To the People of England 8. The Crisis VIII, Address to the People of England 9. The Crisis IX, 10. The Crisis X, On the Subject of Taxation 11. The Crisis XI, On the King of England's Speech 12. The Crisis XII, On the Present State of News 13. The Crisis XIII, To Sir Guy Carleton 14. The Crisis XIV, To the Earl of Shelbourne 15. The Crisis XV, 16. The Crisis XVI, To the People of America Volume IV. Rights of Man, Part I. 1. To George Washington 2. Historical Preface 3. Preface to English Edition 4. Preface to French Edition 5. Rights of Man, Part I 6. Declaration of the Rights of Man 7. Observations on the Declaration of Rights 8. Miscellaneous Chapter 9. Conclusion Rights of Man, Part II. Rights of Man, Part II, Preface. I. Of Society and Civilisation II. On the Origin of the Present Old Governments III. Of the Old and New Systems of Government IV. On Constitutions Volume V. Rights of Man, Part II & Miscellaneous Essays Rights of Man, Part II. V. Plus Appendix Ways and Means of Improving Miscellaneous Essays 1. To the Authors of Le Republicain 2. A Republican Manifesto 3. To the Abbe Sieyes 4. To the Attorney General 5. To Mr Secretary Dundas 6. Letters to Onslow Cranley 7. To the Sheriff of the County of Sussex 8. To Mr Secretary Dundas 9. Letter Addressed to the Addressers 10. Address to the People of France 11. Essay Written to Aid New Republicans 12. To the Attorney General on the Prosecution 13. On the Propriety of Bringing Louis Xvi to Trial 14. Reasons For Preserving the Life of Louis Capet 15. Shall Louis Xvi Be Respited 16. Plan of A Declaration 17. Answers to Four Questions Volume VI. the Age of Reason, Part I. 1. To My Fellow Citizens of the U.S.A. 2. Age of Reason Part1 3. Age of Reason Part2 Preface 4. Age of Reason Part2 5. The New Testament 6. Conclusion 7. Age of Reason Letters 8. Age of Reason Prosecution Volume VII. the Age of Reason, Part II. 1. The Existence of God 2. Worship and Church Bells 3. Extract from a Reply to the Bishop of Llandaff 4. Origin of Freemasonry 5. Prospect Papers 6. Examination of Prophecies 7. A Letter to Andrew Dean 8. Predestination Volume VIII. Essays, Letters and Addresses. 1. To the Public on Mr Deanes Affair 2. Autobiographical Sketch 3. Messrs Deane Jay and Gerard 4. 1 Peace and the Newfoundland Fisheries 5. 2 Peace and the Newfoundland Fisheries 6. 3 Peace and the Newfoundland Fisheries 7. The American Philosophical Society 8. Emancipation of Slaves 9. Public Good 10. Intro Letter to the Abbe Raynal 1782 11. Letter to the Abbe Raynal 1782 12. Dissertations on Government the Affairs Volume IX. Essays, Letters and Addresses. 1. The Society For Political Enquiries 2. Prospects on the Rubicon 3. Specification of Thomas Paine 4. Letter to Jefferson in Paris 1789-02-16 5. Address and Declaration 6. Private Letters to Jefferson 7. Letter to Danton 8. A Citizen of America to the Citizens of Europe 9. Appeal to the Convention 10. Memorial Addressed to James Monroe 11. Addenda 12. Letter to George Washington 13. Observations 14. Dissertation on First Principles of Government 15. The Constitution of 1795 16. The Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance 17. Forgetfulness Volume X. Essays, Letters and Poems. 1. Agrarian Justice 2. The Eighteenth Fructidor 3. The Recall of Monroe 4. Private Letter to Thomas Jefferson 5. Proposal That Louisiana Be Purchased 6. Thomas Paine to the Citizens of the United States 7. To the French Inhabitants of Louisiana 8. Case of the Officers of Excise 9. Letter to Dr Goldsmith 10. Scientific Memoranda 11. The Iron Bridge 12. The Construction of Iron Bridges 13. To the People of England on the Invasion of England 14. Constitutional Reform 15. Constitutions Governments, and Charters 16. The Cause of Yellow Fever 17. Liberty of the Press 18. Songs and Rhymes 19. The Will of Thomas Paine

THE WILL OF THOMAS PAINE

The People of the State of New York, by the Grace of God, Free and Independent, to all to whom these presents shall come, or may concern, SEND GREETING:

Know Ye, That the annexed is a true copy of the will of THOMAS PAINE deceased, as recorded in the office of the surrogate, in and for the city and county of New York. In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of office of our said surrogate to be hereunto affixed. Witness, Silvanus Miller, Esq., surrogate of said county, at the city of New York, the twelfth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, and of our independence the thirty-fourth.

Silvanus Miller.

THE WILL

The last will and testament of me, the subscriber, Thomas Paine, reposing confidence in my Creator, God and in no other being, for I know of no other, nor believe in any other. I, Thomas Paine, of the State of New York, author of the work entitled Common Sense, written inPhiladelphia, in 1775, which awaked America to a declaration of independence on the fourth of July following, which was as fast as the work could spread through such an extensive country; author also of the several numbers of the American Crisis, thirteen in all; published occasionally during the progress of the Revolutionary War — the last is on the peace; author also of The Rights of Man, parts the first and second, written and published in London, in 1791 and 1792; author also of a work on religion, Age of Reason, parts the first and second —N.B. I have a third part by me in manuscript, and an answer to the Bishop of Llandaff; author also of another work, lately published, entitled Examination of the Passages in the New Testament, Quoted from the Old, and called Prophecies concerning Jesus Christ, and showing there are no prophecies of any such Person; author also of several other works not here enumerated, Dissertations on First Principles of Government — Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance — Agrarian Justice, etc. etc., make this my last will and testament, that is to say:

I give and bequeath to my executors hereinafter appointed, Walter Morton and Thomas Addis Emmet, thirty shares I hold in the New York Phoenix Insurance Company, which cost me fourteen hundred and seventy dollars, they are now worth upwards of fifteen hundred dollars, and all my movable effects, and also the money that may be in my trunk or elsewhere at the time of my decease, paying thereout the expenses of my funeral, IN TRUST as to the said shares, movables and money, for Margaret Brazier Bonneville, wife of Nicholas Bonneville, of Paris, for her own sole and separate use, and at her own disposal, notwithstanding her coverture.

As to my farm in New Rochelle, I give, devise, and bequeath the same to my said executors, Walter Morton and Thomas Addis Emmet, and to the survivor of them, his heirs and assigns for ever, IN TRUST nevertheless, to sell and dispose of the north side thereof, now in the occupation of Andrew A. Dean, beginning at the west end of the orchard, and running in a line with the land sold to —- Coles, to the end of the farm, and to apply the money arising from such sale as hereinafter directed.

I give to my friends Walter Morton, of the New York Phoenix Insurance Company, and Thomas Addis Emmet, counselor at law, late of Ireland, two hundred dollars each, and one hundred dollars to Mrs. Palmer, widow of Elihu Pahner, late of New York, to be paid out of the money arising from said sale; and I give the remainder of the money arising from that sale, one-half thereof to Clio Rickman, of High or Upper Mary-le-Bone Street, London, and the other half to Nicholas Bonneville, of, Paris, husband of Margaret B. Bonneville, aforesaid: and as to the South part of the said farm, containing upwards of one hundred acres, in trust to rent out the same, or otherwise put it to profit, as shall be found most advisable, and to pay the rents and profits thereof to the said Margaret B. Bonneville, in trust for her children, Benjamin Bonneville, and Thomas Bonneville, their education and maintenance, until they come to the age of twenty-one years, in order that she may bring them well up, give them good and useful learning, and instruct them in their duty to God, and the practise of morality; the rent of the land, or the interest of the money for which it may be sold, as hereinafter mentioned, to be employed in their education.

And after the youngest of the said children shall have arrived at the age of twenty-one years, in further trust to convey the same to the saidchildren, share and share alike, in fee simple. But if it shall be thought advisable by my executors and executrix, or the survivors of them, at any time before the youngest of the said children shall come of age, to sell and dispose of the said south side of the said farm, in that case I hereby authorize and empower my said executors to sell and dispose of the same, and I direct that the money arising from such sale be put into stock, either in the United States Bank stock, or New York Phoenix Insurance Company stock, the interest or dividends thereof to be applied as is already directed for the education and maintenance of the said children, and the principal to be transferred to the said children, or the survivor of them, on his or their coming of age.

I know not if the Society of people called Quakers, admit a person to be buried in their burying ground, who does not belong to their Society, but if they do, or will admit me, I would prefer being buried there; my father belonged to that profession, and I was partly bought up in it. But if it is not consistent with their rules to do this, I desire to be buried on my own farm at New Rochelle.

The place where I am to be buried, to be asquare of twelve feet, to be enclosed with a row of trees, and a stone or post and rail fence, with a headstone with my name and age engraved upon it, author of Commonsense. I nominate, constitute, and appoint Walter Morton, of the New York Phoenix Insurance Company, and Thomas Addis Emmet, counsellor at law, late of Ireland, and Margaret B. Bonneville, executors and executrix to this my last will and testament, requesting the said Walter Morton and Thomas Addis Emmet, that they will give what assistance they conveniently can do to Mrs. Bonneville, and see that the children be well bought up. Thus placing confidence in their friendship, I herewith take my final leave of them and of the world.

I have lived an honest and useful life to mankind; my time has been spent in doing good, and I die in perfect composure and resignation to the will of my creator, God. Dated the eighteenth day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and nine; and I have also signed my name to the other sheet of this will, in testimony of its being part thereof.

Thomas Paine.

Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the testator, who, at his request, and in the presence of each other, have set our names as witnesses thereto, the words “published and declared” first interlined.

W.M. Keese,
James Angevine,
Cornelius Ryder.

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