An Oration Written at the Request of the Young Men of Boston, and Delivered July 17th, 1799, in Commemoration of the Dissolution of the Treaties, and Consular Convention, Between France and the United States of America.

Pamplet, 8vo, dbd, removed, 30 pp. A presntation copy, but signature is torn from title and second leaf, no damage to the text, some tears and chips to margins, but again, not affecting text, some aging and browning, and a little staining to title; still a very good copy. Thomas Paine (1737-1809), aka Robert Treat, was an author, inventor, revolutionary, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. In 1791 he wrote his famous "Rights of Man", which was a defense of the French Revolutuion. In his anonymous written tract, "Common Sense" , which was published in early 1776, he did much to encourage a break with England. Paine was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and was also the attorney general of Massachusetts. On page five of this pamphlet, is beleived to contain the earliest printing of the "Stars & Stripes" with the "Eagle Shield" combined.