thomaspaineuk.com
Who are we?
This site provides the most important articles on Paine, the known and some soon-to-be-known new works, and the deattributions we have made. We were founded to correct the record on Paine, and rescue it from the negative propaganda and slander perpetrated against him by most historians in the 19th century. We are succeeding! Now we are on the threshold of making public our findings on Paine’s complete writings, after twenty years of research, and the establishment of the first official Editorial Board for the Collected Writings of Thomas Paine, staffed by the leading Paine scholars in the world.
In 2025, the US-based Thomas Paine National Historical Association and the UK-based Thomas Paine Society merged to form TPHA, an international consortium and membership association dedicated to Paine’s powerful writings and the ideas and issues that are as relevant today as they were over 200 years ago.
Founded January 29, 1884, in New York City, TPNHA is among the oldest historical associations in the United States, and the single most respected source for accurate information about Thomas Paine. Our mission is designed to ensure Paine’s rightful place in history as a preeminent founder of the United States of America and the key political theorist in the age of democratic revolutions around the world. In the course of his lifetime, Paine was the most influential political, philosophical, and social figure in the entire world.
Dr. Moncure Conway, a noted writer and abolitionist, was elected the association’s first president after incorporation in 1906. Conway is credited with writing the first comprehensive biography of Paine in 1892.
In 1925, the Association began construction of the Thomas Paine Memorial Building to serve as the headquarters and gathering place for the Association. Thomas Alva Edison wields the shovel.
Board
Gary Berton
TPHA President,
Walton, NY
Barbara Crane
TPHA Vice President, Political Scientist,
New Rochelle, NY
Scott Cleary
TPHA Secretary, Professor of English, Iona University,
Bedford, NY
Eric Nowakowski
TPHA Treasurer Assoc. Director, Accounting, Purdue Pharma,
Larchmont, NY
Roderick Bradford
Author & Editor, Publisher of The Truth Seeker,
San Diego, CA
Lisa Burton
Community Leader and Paine Enthusiast,
New Rochelle, NY
Frances Chiu
Professor of Literature and History, The New School, NYC,
West Hartford, CT
Judah Freed
Journalist & author, Making Global Sense
Denver, CO
John Heidenreich
Science Teacher, French-American School of New York, New Rochelle, NY
Josh Klein
Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology, Iona University,
New York, NY
Joy Masoff
Author & publisher, Five Ponds Press,
San Marino, CA
Greg McMurray
Writer, Paine scholar,
New York City, NY
Richard Briles Moriarty
Retired Asst. Attorney General for Wisconsin,
Duluth, MN
Connor Murray
Actor and Community Leader, Andover, MA
Paul Myles
Writer, Paine Researcher,
Sussex, UK
Jonathan Scheick
Adjunct professor and healthcare clinician,
New Jersey
Edmund Smith
Retired Science Teacher,
Connecticut
Adrian Tawfik
Founder & editor, Democracy Chronicles,
Woodbury, NY
Stuart Wright
Chartered Accountant, Town Councilor,
Thetford, Norfolk, UK