Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Writings of Thomas Paine, Vol. 3: 1791-1804
IN a letter of Lafayette to Washington Paris, 12 Jan., he writes: Common Sense is writing for you a brochure where you will see a part of my adventures. It thus appears that the narrative embodied in the reply to Burke Rights of Man, Part dedicated to Washington, was begun with Lafayette's collaboration fourteen months before its publication (march 13, In another letter of Lafayette to Washington (march 17, 1790) he writes: To Mr. Paine, who leaves for London, I entrust the care of sending you my news. Permit me, my dear General, to Offer you a picture representing the Bastille as it was some days after I gave the order for its demolition. I also pay you the homage of sending you the principal Key of that fortress of despotism. It is a tribute I owe as a son to my adoptive father.
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