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Letter to the Addressers, on the Late Proclamation. 1792
by Thomas Paine. $350,000
H. D. Symonds Edition of 1792 to your left & J. S. Jordan elusive 1st. Edition (Entered at Stationers Hall) Right
Thomas Paine's Handwriting Note & Handwriting Signature
Also in this proof copy of J. S. Jordan’s true 1st Edition are handwritten contemporaneous notes and signature (image above) by Thomas Paine. The notes, below were matched against 15 known Thomas Paine letters, and, like fingerprinting, this has proved that these handwritten contemporaneous notes on the back page of the Pamphlet “Letter to the Addressers, on the late Proclamation”, are by Thomas Paine.
Left image;- J. S. Jordan elusive 1st. Edition ;- "PEOPLE" .....& Right image;-corrected by Paine in the H. D. Symonds Edition of 1792;- now is "THE PEOPLE" ..also TRUE & FALSE in the J. S. Jordan elusive 1st. Edition;-is not as bold in type lettering, whereas in H. D. Symonds Edition of 1792;- ...TRUE & FALSE ...is much bolder.
Take for example;- On page 39, Paine made a significant change where his phrase “THE FRIENDS OF THE “PEOPLE” which appear in J.S.Jordan’s 1st. Edition, but was changed to THE FRIENDS OF “THE PEOPLE”, in H. D. Symonds Edition, aligning it more closely with the opening words of the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States, “WE THE PEOPLE” (Thomas Paine’-“The United States Constitution is adopted by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and ratified by conventions in each US state in the name of "The People". I Believe that Thomas Paine wanted the same with “THE PEOPLE” rather then “PEOPLE” as was written in the 1st. edition by J.S.Jordan).
"Letter to the Addressers, on the Late Proclamation” by Thomas Paine, is a signed and working copy used by Thomas Paine. This rare Pamphlet is the elusive 1st. Edition, published in London by Jeremiah Samuel Jordan in 1792. This is, in fact, Thomas Paine’s own proof copy and he noted his desired corrections on this Pamphlet in his own hand. No other copies of this Pamphlet are known to have survived or have ever come to auction, judging by the auction records. Printed on tinted light blue paper, the paper of choice of most of the Publisher, Jeremiah Samuel Jordan, in which he used in most of his pamphlets, as is the case of this pamphlet.
1st. Edition, 1st. copy of Letter to the Addressers, on the Late Proclamation” which is small than the 1st. Edition by H. D. Symonds, also of London.
Title-Page Major Differences.
1. J. S. Jordan True 1st. Edition of 1792…Has bottom of the Title-Page, ( Entered at Stationers Hall )..
1a. One Title-Page…Thomas Paine names does not appear anywhere on the Pamphlet.
1b. The Paper is slightly blueish in colour.
The Paper is chain lines straight down the sheet of paper.
Whereas in H. D. Symonds Edition of 1792 they are not…
And Thomas Paine name appears both on the Title-Page and the last page of H. D. Symonds Edition of 1792 Pamphlet.
1c. J. S. Jordan elusive 1st. Edition Pamphlet;- size of paper is 6 3/4 inches tall by 4 1/4 inches wide.
In the H. D. Symonds so called 1st. Edition of 1792 the Paper Size is 8 1/4 inches tall by 4 1/2 wide.
1. H. D. Symonds Edition of 1792 has two Title-Pages.
J. S. Jordan elusive 1st. Edition Pamphlet, has one Title-Page.
2. On the Corrected Edition of H. D. Symonds of 1792..On the Title-Page …( Entered at Stationers Hall ) does not exist.
J. S. Jordan elusive 1st. Edition Pamphlet, (Entered at Stationers Hall) appear to the Title-Page and last page.
2a. Also the line in the centre of the Title-Page is slightly different at both ends in the H. D. Symonds Edition of 1792.
2b. On the second Title-Page, H. D. Symonds Edition of 1792 it has by Thomas Paine;- and the fuller Title of
“ Letter to the Addressers on the late Proclamation’ . plus the Thomas Paine’s name appears…Plus the date 1792 and the Publisher ;- H. D. Symonds.
J. S. Jordan Edition 1st. Edition of 1792 on second page. A2 to the bottom. The two lines to the top of the page are different…In J. S. Jordan Edition 1st. Edition of 1792 the lines are clear and slightly separate where as in H. D. Symonds Edition of 1792 the line are closer.
1a. In J. S. Jordan Edition 1st. Edition of 1792 the blueish paper is shorted for the printing, and trimmed, in H. D. Symonds Edition of 1792 the paper is bigger and not tightly trimmed. The heading on H. D. Symonds Edition of 1792 has moved down, slightly.
J. S. Jordan Edition 1st. Edition of 1792- PAGE 9;- Trimmed at the bottom A5 is missing…
J. S. Jordan Edition 1st. Edition of 1792- PAGE 39;- the word TRUE and FALSE is smaller in size;- In H. D. Symonds Edition of 1792 , TRUE and FALSE is more bold;- Also in J. S. Jordan Edition 1st. Edition of 1792- PAGE 39;- “THE FRIENDS OF THE “PEOPLE” APPEARS…. In H. D. Symonds Edition of 1792 “ “THE FRIENDS OF “THE PEOPLE” APPEARS…
Last Page J. S. Jordan Edition 1st. Edition of 1792, again ( Entered at Stationers Hall ).. at the bottom, in H. D. Symonds Edition of 1792, it does not appear anywhere on the back page nor any other page.
Last Page J. S. Jordan Edition 1st. Edition of 1792, the lettering is place differently …see Rights Of Man. Part II. the lettering is not moved down all on the same line… In H. D. Symonds Edition of 1792, Rights Of Man. Part II. i sone one line;- “Combining” on second line;- “Principle and Practice” on third line…
We know this because Thomas Paine wrote in 1792 about the Pamphlet, “Letter to the Addressers, on the Late Proclamation” in this “SECOND LETTER TO MR. SECRETARY DUNDAS” Saying In this postscript to his “SECOND LETTER TO MR. SECRETARY DUNDAS” Paine wrote that the customs officer at Dover had seized "a printed copy of my Letter to the Addressers, which will soon be published." The pamphlet must, therefore, have been written in London during the summer of 1792 before Paine's hurried departure for France. Paine read and corrected the proof in France and sent it back to England to be published. It was published by H. D. Symonds and Thomas Clio Rickman, both of whom were subsequently prosecuted for having printed and sold the Rights of Man. As can be confirmed by reading the “SECOND LETTER TO MR. SECRETARY DUNDAS” 3rd. page, and an article by Philip Foner…of The Thomas Paine National historical Association, which can be viewed here on their website http://thomaspaine.org/essays/french-revolution/letter-addressed-to-the-addressers.html 1st. paragraph of the article published on line by the-Thomas Paine National Historical Association.
Extract from Thomas Paine National Historical Association Article..
http://thomaspaine.org/essays/french-revolution/letter-addressed-to-the-addressers.html
ON THE LATE PROCLAMATION
Philip Foner's introduction:
In the postscript to his second letter to Secretary Dundas Paine wrote that the customs officer at Dover had seized "a printed copy of my Letter to the Addressers, which will soon be published." The pamphlet must, therefore, have been written in London during the summer of 1792 before Paine's hurried departure for France. Paine read and corrected the proof in France and sent it back to England to be published. It was published by H. D. Symonds and Thomas Clio Rickman, both of whom were subsequently prosecuted for having printed and sold the Rights of Man.
Scan of the handwritten contemporaneous notes; Annotations by Thomas Paine.
Line 1. At Chelmsford Sessions one
Line 2. Christopher Payne of Saffron Walden
Line 3. Bookseller was tried for selling
Line 4. Paine’s Letter to the Addressers
Line 5. an error in the indictment proved
Line 6. fatal to the Prosecution and honest
Line 7. * ————was acquitted…
* (can’t make out this word) start of line 7.
Although I am open to correction, I believe that the missing word in Line 7 is “Vellum” and that Paine is using this word as metonymy in order to give poetic colour to the “humble” pamphlet, which was on trial through the prosecution of the Bookseller, Christopher Payne.
Thomas Paine’s signature, which appears in pencil in this pamphlet along with page numbers to be corrected in later editions, is by Thomas Paine.