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Excerpt from Thomas Paine: Was He Junius?
On the tenth of January, 1776 he surprised his friend, Dr. Franklin, by the publication of the revolutionary pamphlet, Common Sense which fired the hearts of Americans, and in less than six months led to the Declaration of Independence. The authorship of Common Sense was attributed to various statesmen of the time. One edition at least, if not more, was exhausted in a month, and on the nineteenth of February Dr. Franklin, in a letter to General Charles Lee, introducing the bearer, Mr. Paine, said, He is the reputed and, I think, the real author of Common Sense.'
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