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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

THOMAS PAINE'S WRITINGS

Based Upon

Philip S. Foner
The Life and Major Writings of Thomas Paine, p. xlvii-lix.

Corrected & Expanded According To

Moncure Daniels Conway, The Writings of Thomas Paine, Vol. I-IV.
William M. Van der Weyde, The Life and Works of Thomas Paine, Vol. I-X.

This edition of Paine's writings has not been arranged in strictly chronological order, although within each section a chronological arrangement has been followed. To enable the reader to follow Paine's career as a writer according to the time when his essays, articles, dissertations, poems and letters were written or published, the following table has been arranged by the editor. The dates usually refer to the time when Paine wrote the particular material referred to, but in cases where it was not possible to ascertain this fact the date of publication has been used.

NOTE : Major Works are bold & italics, Articles & Published Letters are in bold, and Letters are in plain text.

The "default date" for the article is when it was written. When the "default date" is different from when it was published, the published date is put in addition in brackets underneith the title entry. When there is no information about when the piece was written, but there is a published date, then the latter becomes the "default date", which is indicated by a "P" following the date. -- Digital Editor.

1766

July 3 -- Letter to the Board of Excise

1772

July 18 -- Letter To Anonymous

Dec. 21 -- Letter to Oliver Goldsmith

???? -- Case of the Officers of Excise
[Published Late 1772; Re-Published 1793.]

1775

Jan. 4 P -- A Dialogue between General Wolfe and General Gage

Jan. 24 P -- The Magazine in America

Jan. P -- The Snow Drop and the Critic (Poem)

Feb. 10 P -- Useful and Entertaining Hints

Feb. P -- New Anecdotes of Alexander the Great

March 4 -- Letter to Benjamin Franklin

March 8 P -- African Slavery in America
[Written 1774.]

March P -- Reflections on the Life and Death of Lord Clive

March P -- Cupid and Hymen
[March, 1775 (Foner); April , 1775 (Conway).]

March P -- The Death of General Wolfe (Poem)

March P -- An Account of the Burning of Bachelors' Hall (Poem)

May P -- Duelling

May P -- Reflections on Tides

May P -- The Dream Interpreted
[May, 1775 (Foner) or June 1775 (Van der Weyde).]

June P -- Reflections on Unhappy Marriages

July P -- Farmer Short's Dog Porter: A Tale (Poem)

July P -- Thoughts on Defensive War

Aug. P -- An Occasional Letter on the Female Sex

Sept. 16 -- Liberty Tree (Poem)

Oct. 18 P -- A Serious Thought

1776

Jan. 10 P -- Common Sense

Jan [?]           -- A Dialogue Between the Ghostof General Montgomery
                             Just Arrived From the Elysian Fields; And an American
                             Delegate in a Wood Near Philadelphia
                              [Published May 1776.]

Feb. -- Epistle to Quakers

March 28 -- The Forester's Letters (No.1)
[Published April 3, 1776.]

April 8 -- The Forester's Letters (No. 2)
[Published April 10, 1776.]

April 28 P -- The Forester's Letters (Nos. 3)

May 8 P -- The Forester's Letters (Nos. 4)

June -- A Dialogue

Aug. 16 -- Letter to Anonymous

Dec. 23 -- The American Crisis, No. 1

1777

Jan. 13 -- The American Crisis, No. 2

Jan. 29 P -- Retreat Across the Delaware

March 18 P -- To the People

April 19 -- The American Crisis, No. 3

June 4 P -- Candid and Critical Remarks on a Letter Signed Ludlow

June 20 -- Letter to Benjamin Franklin

July 1 -- Letter to Richard Henry Lee

July 9 -- Letter to Benjamin Franklin

July 16 -- Letter to William Bingham

Sept. 12 -- The American Crisis, No. 4

Oct. 30 -- Letter to Timothy Matlack

Oct. 30 -- Letter to Richard Henry Lee

1778

March 21 -- The American Crisis, No. 5

Spring -- Letter to Henry Laurens

April 11 -- Letter to Henry Laurens

May               -- An Address To Lord Howe
                             [Probably no later than Howe's resignation
                              of his army command in May, 1778.]

May 16 -- Letter to Benjamin Franklin - I

May 16 -- Letter to Benjamin Franklin - II

June 25 -- Letter to George Washington

Oct. 20 -- The American Crisis, No. 6

Oct. 24 -- Letter to Benjamin Franklin

Nov. 21 -- The American Crisis, No. 7

Dec.1,5, P -- A Serious Address to the People of Pennsylvania
10,12 on the Present Situation of Their Affairs

Dec. 14         -- To Silas Deane, Esq're
                             (On the Silas Deane Affair)
                             [Published December 15, 1778.]

Dec. 15 -- Letter to Henry Laurens

Dec. 28          -- To the Public
                              (On the Silas Deane Affair)
                              [Published December 29, 1779.]

1779

Jan. 2 -- Letter to M. Gérard

Jan. 6 -- Letter to Congress

Jan. 7 -- Letter to Congress

Jan. 8 -- Letter to Congress

Jan. 8            -- To the Public on Mr. Deane's Affair
                            (On the Silas Deane Affair)
                            [Published Dec. 31, 1778, & Jan. 2, 5, 7, & 9, 1779.]

Jan. 11          -- To the Public on Robert Morris's Address
                            (On the Silas Deane Affair)
                            [Published January 12, 1779.]

Jan. 14 -- Letter to Henry Laurens

Jan. 15           -- To Mr. Deane
                            (On the Silas Deane Affair)
                            [Published January 16, 1779.]

Jan. 17 -- Letter to Henry Laurens

Jan. 20           -- To Philalethes
                             (On the Silas Deane Affair)
                             [Published January 21, 1779.]

Jan. 23 P -- To the People of America
(On the Silas Deane Affair)

Jan. 25           -- On Philalethes
                             (On the Silas Deane Affair)
                             [Published January 26, 1779.]

Jan. 31 -- Letter to Nathanael Greene

Jan. 31 -- Letter to George Washington

Feb. 13          -- To Silas Deane, Esquire
                              (On the Silas Deane Affair)
                              [Published 16, 1779.]

March 1         -- Reply to Gouverneur Morris
                              (On the Silas Deane Affair)
                              [Published March 2, 1779.]

March 4 -- Letter to Benjamin Franklin

March 26        -- To Mr. Deane
                              (On the Silas Deane Affair)
                              [Published 27, 1779.]

March 30 -- Letter to Congress

April 3 -- Letter to Congress

April 10          -- To Mr. Deane
                              (On the Silas Deane Affair)
                              [Published April 13, 1779.]

April 21 -- Letter to Congress

April 23 -- Letter to Congress

May 20 -- Letter to Congress

May 25 -- Letter to Congress

June 17 -- Letter to Congress

June 26           -- Peace and the Newfoundland Fisheries
                              (First Letter)
                              [Published June 30, 1779.]

July 12            -- Peace and the Newfoundland Fisheries
                              (Second Letter)
                              [Published July 14, 1779.]

July 16 P -- To Whitehead Humphreys
(On the Silas Deane Affair)

July 17            -- Peace and the Newfoundland Fisheries
                              (Third Letter)
                              [Published July 21, 1779.]

July 21            -- The Philadelphia Committee to Robert Morris
                              (On the Silas Deane Affair)
                              [Published July 24, 1779.]

July 30            -- To the Public
                              (On the Silas Deane Affair)
                              [Published 31, 1779.]

Aug. 10 P -- To Mr. Dunlap
(On the Silas Deane Affair)

Sept. 14 -- Letter to Henry Laurens

Sept. 14 P -- Messrs. Deane, Jay and Gérard
(On the Silas Deane Affair)

Sept. 18 -- Letter to Joseph Reed

Sept. 28 -- Letter to the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania

Oct. 11 -- Letter to the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania

1780

Feb.14 -- The American Philosophical Society
[Pennsylvania General Assembly Bill, February 14, 1780.]

March 1 P      -- Emancipation of Slaves
                             (Preamble to Pennsylvania's
                             AN ACT FOR THE GRADUAL ABOLITION OF SLAVERY)

March -- The American Crisis, No. 8

May ?? -- Letter to Blair McClenaghan

June 4 -- Letter to Joseph Reed

June 9 -- The American Crisis, No. 9

June -- A Plan for Recruiting the Army

June -- Two Plans for Procuring the Supplies

Sept. 9 -- Letter to General Nathanael Greene

Oct. 4 P -- The American Crisis, The Crisis Extraordinary

Nov. 3 -- Letter to the Honorable Members of
the General Assembly of Pennsylvania

Dec. 30 P -- Public Good

1781

Jan. 10 -- Letter to Nathanael Greene

March 11 -- Letter to James Hutchinson

May 28 -- Letter to Benjamin Franklin

Aug / Sept -- Letter to Thomas McKean

Sept. 20 -- Letter to Robert Morris

Oct. 4 -- Letter to John Laurens

Nov. 2 -- Letter to Robert Morris

Nov. 26 -- Letter to Robert Morris

Nov. 26 -- Letter to Jonathan Williams

Nov. 30 -- Letter to George Washington

???? -- Letter to Benjamin Bache Franklin

1782

Jan. 24 -- Letter to Robert Morris

Feb. 20 -- Letter to Robert Morris

March 4 -- Letter to Robert Morris

March 5 -- The American Crisis, No. 10

March 13 P -- To the Public
(On the Silas Deane Affair)

March 17 -- Letter to George Washington

March 17 -- Letter to Robert Morris

March ?? -- Letter to Robert Morris

May 22 -- The American Crisis, No. 11

May 31 -- The American Crisis, A Supernumerary Crisis - I

Sept. 6 -- Letter to Robert Morris

Sept. 7 -- Letter to George Washington

Oct. 29 -- The American Crisis, No. 12

Nov. 20 -- Letter to Robert Morris

Nov. 23 P -- Six Letters to Rhode Island (Letter No. 1)

Dec. 4 P -- Six Letters to Rhode Island (Letter No. 2)

Dec. 7 -- Letter to Robert Morris

???? P -- Letter to the Abbé Raynal

1783

Jan. 1 -- Six Letters to Rhode Island (Letter No. 3)
[Published January 4, 1783.]

Jan. 9 -- Six Letters to Rhode Island (Letter No. 4)
[Published January 11, 1783.]

Jan. 16 -- Six Letters to Rhode Island (Letter No. 5)
[Published January 18, 1783.]

Jan. 23 -- Letter to Robert Morris

Jan. 31 -- Six Letters to Rhode Island (Letter No. 6)
[Published February 1, 1783.]

April 19 -- The American Crisis, No. 13

June 7 -- Letter to Elias Bouidinot

June 13 -- Letter to Benjamin Rush

June 20 -- Letter to Elias Bouidinot

June 30 -- Letter to W. Wallace Jr.

July                -- The Address of the Citizens of Philadelphia,
                              and of the Liberties thereof, to his Excellency,
                              the President, and Congress of the United States
                              [Published August 6, 1783]

Aug. -- Letter to George Washington

Sept. 21 -- Letter to George Washington

Oct. 2 -- Letter to George Washington

Oct.              -- Letter to a Committee of the Continental Congress
                            (Memorial to Congress -- Foner's Title in
                            The Life and Major Writings of Thomas Paine.)

Oct. 13 -- Letter to George Washington

Oct. 14 -- Letter to Robert Morris

Dec. 3 -- Letter to James Duane

Dec. 9 -- The American Crisis, A Supernumerary Crisis - II

1784

Feb. 16 -- Letter to Lewis Morris

April 28 -- Letter to George Washington

Nov. 27 -- Letter to General Irwin

1785

Aug. 13 -- Letter to Continental Congress

Sept. 23 -- Letter to Benjamin Franklin

Sept. 23 -- Letter to Temple Franklin

Sept. 27 -- Letter to Congress

Sept. 28 -- Letter to Congress

Sept. ?? -- Letter to a Committee of Congress

Dec. 31 -- Letter to Benjamin Franklin

Dec. ?? -- Letter to Mr. Claypoole

1786

Jan. ?? -- Letter to David C. Claypoole

Feb. 18 P -- Dissertations on Government,
The Affairs of the Bank; and Paper Money

March 25 P -- Letter on the Bank

April 3 -- Letter on the Bank: To the Printers
[Published April 4, 1786.]

April 6 -- Letter on the Bank: To the Printers
[Published April 7, 1786.]

April 17 -- Letter on the Bank: To the Public
[Published April 20, 1786.]

June 6 -- Letter to Benjamin Franklin

June 17 -- Letter on the Bank: On the Advantages of a Public Bank
[Published June 20, 1786.]

June ?? -- Letter to a Members of the Pennsylvania Council

Sept. ?? -- Letter to Daniel Clymer

Sept. 22 -- Letter to John Hall

Nov. 19 -- Letter to George Clymer

Nov. 19 -- Letter to Thomas Fitzimmons

1787

Feb. 9 -- The Society for Political Inquiries

March 5         -- Letter on the Bank: Addressed to
                              the Opposers of the Bank
                              [Published March 7, 1787.]

March 31 -- Letter to Benjamin Franklin

June 22 -- Letter to Benjamin Franklin

July 21 -- Letter to the Royal Academy of Sciences

Aug. 15 -- Letter to George Clymer

Aug. 20 P -- Prospects on the Rubicon

Sept. 21 -- Letter to the Marquis of Lansdowne

Dec. 29 -- Letter to George Clymer

1788

Feb. 19 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

May ?? -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

Aug. 28          -- Patent Specification of Thomas Paine For
                              Constructing Arches, Vaulted Roofs, and Ceilings
                               [Application For Copyright on August 28, 1788.]

Sept 7 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

Sept. 9 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

Sept. 15 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

Dec. 16 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

1789

Jan 6 -- Letter to Kitty Nicolson Few

Feb. 16 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

Feb. 26 -- Letter to Thomas Walker

Feb. 26 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

March 8 -- Letter to Benjamin West

March 16 -- Letter to Anonymous

Spring            -- Letter to Sir George Staunton
                            (The Iron Bridge --
                             Alternative Title by Conway & Van der Weyde.)

April 10 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

May 1 -- Letter to Anonymous

May ?? -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

June 17 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

June 18 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

July 13 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

Sept. 15 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

Sept. 18 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

???? -- Letter to Anonymous

???? -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

178? -- Letter to Anonymous

1790

April 16 -- Letter to Anonymous

May 1 -- Letter to George Washington

May 31 -- Letter to George Washington

June 1 -- Letter to William Short

June 4 -- Letter to William Short

June 22 -- Letter to William Short

June 24-25 -- Letter to William Short

June 28 -- Letter to William Short

Sept. -- Thoughts on the Establishment of a Mint in the United States
[Written Before September 28, 1790; Published November 17, 1790.]

Sept. 28 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

1791

Feb. -- Rights of Man, Part First

June ??           -- Letter to Condorcet, Nicolas De Bonneville, and M. Lanthenas
                              (To the Authors of "Le Républicain" --
                                Conway's & Van der Weyde's Title.)

Summer          -- Answer to Four Questions on the
                              Legislative and Executive Power
                              [Published June & July, 1792.]

July 1 -- A Republican Manifeston
[Placarded in the Paris Streets.]

July 16 P -- To the Abbé Sieyès

July 21 -- Letter to George Washington

Aug.20 P -- Address and Declaration

Nov. 2 -- Letter to William Short

Nov. 25 -- Letter to John Hall

1792

Feb. 13 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

Feb. 13 -- Letter to George Washington

Feb. 16 -- Letter to J. S. Jordan

Feb. 17 -- Rights of Man, Part Second

May -- Letter to the British Attorney-General
(Sir Archibald Macdonald)

May 12 -- Letter to the Chairman of the Society for
Promoting Constitutional Knowledge

May ?? -- Letter to the Chairman of the Society for
Promoting Constitutional Knowledge

June 6 -- Letter to Mr. Secretary Dundas

June 17 -- Letter to Onslow Cranley - I

June 21 -- Letter to Onslow Cranley - II

June 30 -- Letter to the Sheriff of the County of Sussex

Summer P -- Letter Addressed to the Addressers on the Late Proclamation

Sept. 15 -- Letter to Mr. Secretary Dundas

Sept. 25 -- Address to the People of France

Oct. 1 -- Letter to Benjamin Mosley
[October 1, 1 year of the Republic]

Oct. 20 P       -- An Essay for the Use of New Republicans
                             (Anti-Monarchal Essay For the Use of New Republicans,
                              -- Conway's & Van der Weyde's Title Based on the French Title.)

Oct. 27 -- Letter to the French National Convention

Nov. 11 -- Letter to the English Attorney-General On the
Prosecution Against the Second Part of Rights of Man

Nov. 20 -- On the Propriety of Bringing Louis XVI to Trial
[Given in the French National Convention, November 21, 1792.]

Dec 4 -- Letter to Citizen Le Brun

1793

Jan. 3 -- Letter to John King

Jan. 15 -- Reasons for Preserving the Life of Louis Capet
[Given in the French National Convention.]

Jan. 19 -- Shall Louis XVI Be Respited?
[Given in the French National Convention.]

Jan. -- Plan of a Declaration of the Natural, Civil
and Political Rights of Man

Jan. -- Observations on the Situation of the
Powers Joined against France

Feb. 17 -- Letter to Doctor James O'Fallon

April 20 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

May 6 -- Letter to George Jacques Danton

July 28 -- A Citizen of America to the Citizens of Europe

Summer -- Observations on the Situation of the Powers
or early Fall Joined Against France

Sept. 5 -- Letter to Citizen Barrére

Oct. 20 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

???? -- Letter to Citizen Barrére

???? -- Letter to George Jacques Danton

Dec. 28 -- The Age of Reason, Part First
[Published January 28, 1794.]

1794

Feb. 24 -- Letter to Gouverneur Morris

Aug. 7            -- Letter to the French National Convention
                              (Appeal to the Convention --
                              Conway's & Van der Weyde's Title.)

Aug. 17 -- Letter to James Monroe
(Contained in Memorial to Monroe)

Aug. 18 -- Letter to James Monroe
(Contained in Memorial to Monroe)

Aug. 25 -- Letter to James Monroe
(Contained in Memorial to Monroe)

Sept. 10 -- Letter to James Monroe
(Contained in Memorial to Monroe)

Oct. 4 -- Letter to James Monroe
(Contained in Memorial to Monroe)

Oct. 13 -- Letter to James Monroe
(Contained in Memorial to Monroe)

Oct. ?? -- Letter to James Monroe
(Contained in Memorial to Monroe)

Oct. 20 -- Letter to James Monroe
(Contained in Memorial to Monroe)

Nov. 2 -- Letter to James Monroe
(Contained in Memorial to Monroe)

???? -- Forgetfulness

???? -- From the Castle in the Air,
to the Little Corner of the World (Poem)

1795

Early -- Memorial To Monroe
(Containing the above Nine Letters to Monroe, Aug. 17, 1794, etc.)

Early -- Observations on Jay's Treaty
in year [Published July 2, 1995.]

March 6 -- Letter to Samuel Adams

July P -- Dissertation on the First Principles of Government

July 7 -- The Constitution of 1795
[Written By This Date.]

Aug. 5 -- Letter to Benjamin Franklin Bache

Aug 15 -- Letter to James Monroe

Sept. 24 -- Letter to James Madison

Oct. 25 P -- The Age of Reason, Part Second

Nov. 19 -- Letter to Gilbert Wakefield

Dec. 4 -- Letter to Daniel Isaacs Eaton

???? -- Letter to James Monroe

Mid-1790s     -- The New Covenant
                              From theCastle in the Air to the Litttle Corner of the World
                              [Witten in Paris.]

1796

Jan-Feb. P -- Agrarian Justice

April 8 P -- The Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance

???? -- Letter to French Government

July 20 -- The Letter to George Washington

Aug. 13 -- Letter to Minister [?]

???? -- Contentment; or, if You Please, Confession (Poem)

1797

Jan. 16 -- The Existence of God

Jan. 20 -- Letter to John Fellows

March 4 -- Letter to Anonymous

April 1 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

April 24 -- Letter to Citizen President

April 26 -- Letter to Citizen Skipwith

April 27 -- Letter to James Madison

April 24 -- Letter to Citizen President

May 12           -- Letter to Anonymous
                             (An Answer To A Friend -- Conway's Title.)
                             [Published April 12, 1804.]

May 14 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

Summer P -- Worship and Church Bells

Sept. 27 P -- The Recall of Monroe

Sept. P           -- Prosecution of The Age of Reason
                             Letter to Mr. Erskine
                             Religious Year of the Theophilanthropists
                             Pricise History of the Theopholanthropists

Sept.-Nov.     -- The Eighteenth Fructidor :
                             To the People of France and the French Armies
                             [Written Between September 4th and November 12, 1797]

Oct. 9 -- Letter to M. Talleyrand

Dec. 29 -- Letter to Citizen Barras

???? -- Letter to M. Talleyrand

???? -- Epitaph on General Charles Lee (Poem)

1798

Jan. 28 -- Letter to the Council of Five Hundred

1799

Nov. ?? -- Letter to General Brune
[8 Brumaire, 8 year.].

1800

June 13 -- Letter to Citizen Skipwith

Aug. 12 -- Letter to Anonymous
[12 Thermidor, year 8.]

Oct. 1 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson - I

Oct. 1 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson - II

Oct. 4 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

Oct. 6 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

Oct. 16 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

Oct. -- Extracts from a Reply to the Bishop of Llandaff

???? -- To Robert Smyth (Poem)

???? -- Impromptu On A Long-Nosed Friend (Poem)

1801

June 9 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

June 25 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson - I

June 25 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson - II

Oct. ?? -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

1802

Feb. 21 -- Letter to Elihu Palmer

March 17 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

July 8 -- Letter to Consul Roth

Nov. ?? -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

Nov. 15 -- Letter to Madame Bonneville

Nov. 15 P      -- Letter To the Citizens of the United States
                              (And Particularly to the Leaders of the Fæderal Faction)
                              (Letter 1)

Nov. 19         -- Letter To the Citizens of the United States
                              (Letter 2)
                              [Published November 22, 1802.]

Nov. 26         -- Letter To the Citizens of the United States
                              (Letter 3)
                              [Published November 29, 1802.]

Dec. 3           -- Letter To the Citizens of the United States
                              (Letter 4)
                              [Published December 6, 1802.]

Dec. 25          -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson
                              (Proposal That Loisiana Be Purchased
                               -- Conway's & Van der Weyde's Title.)

????               -- Reply to the Bishop of Llandaff
                             (Answer To The Bishop of Llandaff -- Conway's Title.)
                             [Written by 1802 based on Earlier Version, Published Oct.. 1800;
                              This Re-edited American Work Published Posthumously in 1810.]

1803

Jan. 1             -- Letter to the Editor of the National Intelligencer
                               (Contained in "Correspondence With The
                               Hon. Samuel Adams" -- Van der Weyde's Title.)

Jan. 1             -- Letter to Samuel Adams
                              (Contained in "Correspondence With The
                               Hon. Samuel Adams" -- Van der Weyde's Title.)

Jan. 12 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

Jan. 29           -- Letter To the Citizens of the United States
                             (Letter 5)
                             [Published February 2, 1803.]

Feb. 23          -- From Mr. Paine to Mr. Jefferson (Poem)
                              (A Federalist Feast -- Conway's Title.)
                              [1803 -- Conway.]

March 8 -- Letter to Thomas Clio Rickman

March 12       -- Letter To the Citizens of the United States
                             (Letter 6)
                             [Published May 14, 1803..]

April 21         -- Letter To the Citizens of the United States
                             (Letter 7)
                             [Published Late April 1803.]

June -- The Construction of Iron Bridges

July 29 -- Letter to Charles W. Peale

July -- Letter to James Monroe

July -- Lines Extempore (Poem)
[Published August 9, 1803.]

Aug. 2 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

Aug. 2 -- Letter to John C. Breckenridge

Aug. 6 -- Letter to James Madison

Sept. 23 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

????               -- Origin of Freemasonry
                             [Van der Weyde (1803) or Foner (Summer, 1805);
                              Partially Published 1810; Fully Published 1818 -- Foner.]

1804

Feb. 18 P -- Remarks on R. Hall's Sermon
(Prospect Papers)

March 1 -- Letter to Citizen Skipwith

March 3 P        -- On the Word "Religion" and Other Words
                                of Uncertain Signification
                                (Prospect Papers)

March 6 -- To the People of England on the Invasion of England
[Published May 1804.]

March 24 -- Letter to Mr. Hyer

March 24 P -- The Tower of Babel
(Prospect Papers)

March 31 P -- Of Cain and Abel
(Prospect Papers)

March 31 P -- Of the Old and New Testament
(Prospect Papers)

June 30 P        -- Of the Religion of Deism Compared with
                               the Christian Religion and the Superiority
                               of the Former over the Latter
                               (Prospect Papers)

July 9 -- Letter to John Fellows

July 21 P          -- Hints Toward Forming a Society for Inquiring
                                into the Truth or Falsehood of Ancient History,
                                so Far as History Is Connected with Systems
                                of Religion Ancient and Modern
                                (Prospect Papers)

Aug. 4 P          -- To Mr. Moore, of New York, Commonly Called
                                Bishop Moore
                                (Prospect Papers)

Aug. 7 P          -- Remarks on Gouverneur Morris's Funeral Oration
                               on General Hamilton
                               [Written Between July 18, 1804 & This Published Date.]

Aug. 18 P -- To John Mason
(Prospect Papers)

Late Aug P -- On Deism, and the Writings of Thomas Paine
(Prospect Papers)

Sept. 1 P -- Of the Books of the New Testament
(Prospect Papers)

Sept. 1 P      -- To the Members of the Society,
                              Styling Itself the Missionary Society
                              (Prospect Papers)

???? P -- Biblical Blasphemy
(Prospect Papers)

???? P -- Biblical Anachronism
(Prospect Papers)

Sept. 15 P -- Of the Sabbath-Day in Connecticut
(Prospect Papers)

Sept. 22 P -- To the French Inhabitants of Louisiana

Nov. ?? P -- Religious Intelligence
(Prospect Papers)

1805

Jan. 1 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

Jan. 16 -- Letter to William Carver

Jan. 25 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

March 12 P -- To Mr. Hulbert of Sheffield, One of the Mortified
Members of the Massachusetts Legislature

April 20 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson -- I

April 20 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson -- II

April 22 -- Letter to John Fellows

June 5             -- Letter To the Citizens of the United States
                               (Letter 8)
                               [Published June 7, 1805.]

June 21 -- Constitutions, Governments, and Charters

July 2 -- Letter to Elisha Babacock

July 8 P -- Remarks on English Affairs

July 9 -- Letter to John Fellows

July 23 P -- Another Callender -- Thomas Turner of Virginia

July 31 -- Letter to John Fellows

Aug . -- Constitutional Reform
[Probably Published September 1805.]

Sept. 30 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

1806

Jan. 30 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

Feb. ?? -- Letter to John Inskeep

March 20 -- Letter to Anonymous
[Published April 3, 1806.]

April 23 -- Letter to William Duane

June 27 -- The Cause of the Yellow Fever

Aug. 15 -- Letter to Andrew Deane

Oct. 17 -- A Challenge to the Federalists to Declare Their Principles

Oct. 19 -- Liberty of the Press
[Published October 20, 1806.]

Dec. 14 -- Remarks on the Political and Military Affairs of Europe

1807

Jan. 7 -- Of the English Navy
[Published January 1807.]

March 11 -- Of Gun-Boats

April 27 P -- Three Letters to Morgan Lewis

May 3 -- Letter to James Madison

May 4 -- Letter to George Clinton

May 4 -- Letter to Joel Barlow

July P             -- Examination of the Prophecies
                             (Containing the Following Works)
                             An Essay on Dream
                                   [Based on an earlier pamphlet printed in Paris 1803.]
                             Examination of Prophacies
                                   [First Written as Early as 1802.]
                             Private Thoughts of a Future State

July 21 -- Of the Comparative Powers and Expense of Ships of War,
Gun-Boats, and Fortifications

Aug. -- To the People of New York
[Published August 21, 1807.]

Aug. 14 -- On the Question, Will There Be War?

Sept. 25 -- Cheetham and His Tory Paper

Dec. 30 -- Letter to James Monroe

1808

Jan. 21 -- Letter To the Honorable Senate of the United States

Feb. 14 -- Letter To the Committee of Claims of the House of Representatives

Feb. 28 -- Letter To the Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives

March 7 -- Letter To the Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives

July 8 -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson

1809

Jan. 18 -- The Will of Thomas Paine

???? -- Predestination
[Before Paine's Death in June 8, 1809; Published 1820.]

Undated

???? -- The Motion (Manuscript page)

????            -- Hail Great Republic (Poem)
                           [Probably after War of Independence, 1783 -- Foner.]
                           [Probably between 1802 & 1806 -- Van der Weyde.]

???? -- The Boston Patriotic Song (Poem)

???? -- The New Covenant (Poem)
Mid-1790s From theCastle in the Air to the Litttle Corner of the World

???? -- Columbia (Poem)

???? -- Star in the East (Poem)

???? -- The Monk And The Jew (Poem)

???? -- The Strange Story of Korah, Dathan and Abiram (Poem)