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PAINE, Thomas (1737 - 1809). Autograph letter signed to 'Citoyen Couttreau', n.p [Paris], n.d. [1798], recommending 'The citizen Orr, one of the United Irishmen' who has a communication for the minister, and asking his correspondent to befriend him, subscribed 'Salut et fraternité Thomas Paine', one page, 8vo, integral address leaf, (slightly browned), annotated in a different hand in the upper margin, in French, recording a reply given to Thomas Muir agreeing to arm a boat, and that Citizen Orr will select the arms supplier;
and nine letters by Paine's associates including 3 relating to the Irish rebellion of 1798 and addressed to the French minister of Marine and the Colonies by: MUIR, Thomas (1765 - 1798). Autograph letter signed to 'Citoyen Bruise', Rue des Colombiers no.5, '25 fructidor an 6me' [11 September 1798], recommending Joseph Orr who proposes to fit out a privateer against the English, his principal aim being the liberation of his country, one page, 4to; ORR, Joseph. two autograph letters signed to the minister, the first , n.p. [Boulogne] n.d. [1798] explaining his circumstances including his flight from Ireland to France, and abortive embarcation on a lugger to establish signal bases in Ireland, his dismay at being left behind in France by his compatriots, and seeking assistance to equip two privateers, 2 pages, 4to; the 2nd, Paris, '5me jour complementaire'[21 September 1798], giving details of the vessels and of the commissions required for them, one page, 4to; and six letters addressed to Paine by: KIRKBRIDE, Colonel Joseph (d.1803). Bordentown, 10 September 1792 on matters relating to Paine's house and a meadow, and praising his works, 4 pages, 4to; HALEY, Nathan. Paris, '29 ventôse an 7' [19 march 1797] advising Paine that if he needs money he is to go to citizen Este, referring to earlier transactions at Dieppe, and to a 'piece of linen' which he is leaving with Captain Skinner for him, 2 pages, 8vo; COOPER, Thomas. 'Prison philadelphia', 4 August 1800, on the political situation in America 'since the execrable administration of John Adams' and the contempt for Paine's name, seeing signs of a revival of republicanism, recalling Paine's French translator, Lanthenas, and mentioning General Callot by whose hand he sends the letter, 4 pages, 4to; others by John Barber, bookseller, of Virginia, praising Paine's works and referring to Paine's plan's to republish them in America(1808); Dr. J.B.Johnson, a friend, describing his travels in Europe, finding the Old World 'almost become superannuated'; and asking advice about places in America where he might live (1802), and John Oliver, referring to his payment of 800 dollars for Paine's house and meadowland at Bordenstown and pressing him to complete the deed of sale (27 April 1808), altogether 19 pages, integral address leaves, the letters tipped into an album. Provenance. Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Lord Houghton (gilt stamp); Robert, Marquess of Crewe (bookplate).
Paine was an honorary member of the United Irishmen, among the most influential of the political clubs generated by the fervour for reform in the 1790s. The movement culminated in the abortive insurrection of 1798 in which 30,000 lives were lost. The first uprising in May failed and its leader, Lord Edward Fitzgerald, died of his wounds in prison. Two expeditions were despatched from France. The first landed at Killala Bay in August, but was defeated. Paine's letter and those by Muir and Orr precede the second, in October, in which Wolfe Tone was captured. Paine had written earlier to the leadership of the Directory setting out his own plan for an Irish invasion of England.
Thomas Muir, a Glaswegian and parliamentary reformer, was tried for sedition in 1793 and transported to Botany Bay, but escaped with American and French assistance. He was welcomed in Paris by the Directory in February 1798, but died on September 27, two weeks after writing the present letter, of wounds received earlier in an engagement at sea. Joseph Orr may be related to William Orr, a leading United Irishman, executed for treason in 1797.
Of the other correspondents, the Kirkbrides were prosperous friends of Paine's, and Captain Nathan Haley, owner of a small ship, loaned him over 7,000 livres in his last years in France, particularly for expenses in Dieppe. Paine, who returned to America in 1802 and lived in straitened circumstances, agreed reluctantly to sell his house and seven acres to John Oliver.
and nine letters by Paine's associates including 3 relating to the Irish rebellion of 1798 and addressed to the French minister of Marine and the Colonies by: MUIR, Thomas (1765 - 1798). Autograph letter signed to 'Citoyen Bruise', Rue des Colombiers no.5, '25 fructidor an 6me' [11 September 1798], recommending Joseph Orr who proposes to fit out a privateer against the English, his principal aim being the liberation of his country, one page, 4to; ORR, Joseph. two autograph letters signed to the minister, the first , n.p. [Boulogne] n.d. [1798] explaining his circumstances including his flight from Ireland to France, and abortive embarcation on a lugger to establish signal bases in Ireland, his dismay at being left behind in France by his compatriots, and seeking assistance to equip two privateers, 2 pages, 4to; the 2nd, Paris, '5me jour complementaire'[21 September 1798], giving details of the vessels and of the commissions required for them, one page, 4to; and six letters addressed to Paine by: KIRKBRIDE, Colonel Joseph (d.1803). Bordentown, 10 September 1792 on matters relating to Paine's house and a meadow, and praising his works, 4 pages, 4to; HALEY, Nathan. Paris, '29 ventôse an 7' [19 march 1797] advising Paine that if he needs money he is to go to citizen Este, referring to earlier transactions at Dieppe, and to a 'piece of linen' which he is leaving with Captain Skinner for him, 2 pages, 8vo; COOPER, Thomas. 'Prison philadelphia', 4 August 1800, on the political situation in America 'since the execrable administration of John Adams' and the contempt for Paine's name, seeing signs of a revival of republicanism, recalling Paine's French translator, Lanthenas, and mentioning General Callot by whose hand he sends the letter, 4 pages, 4to; others by John Barber, bookseller, of Virginia, praising Paine's works and referring to Paine's plan's to republish them in America(1808); Dr. J.B.Johnson, a friend, describing his travels in Europe, finding the Old World 'almost become superannuated'; and asking advice about places in America where he might live (1802), and John Oliver, referring to his payment of 800 dollars for Paine's house and meadowland at Bordenstown and pressing him to complete the deed of sale (27 April 1808), altogether 19 pages, integral address leaves, the letters tipped into an album. Provenance. Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Lord Houghton (gilt stamp); Robert, Marquess of Crewe (bookplate).
Paine was an honorary member of the United Irishmen, among the most influential of the political clubs generated by the fervour for reform in the 1790s. The movement culminated in the abortive insurrection of 1798 in which 30,000 lives were lost. The first uprising in May failed and its leader, Lord Edward Fitzgerald, died of his wounds in prison. Two expeditions were despatched from France. The first landed at Killala Bay in August, but was defeated. Paine's letter and those by Muir and Orr precede the second, in October, in which Wolfe Tone was captured. Paine had written earlier to the leadership of the Directory setting out his own plan for an Irish invasion of England.
Thomas Muir, a Glaswegian and parliamentary reformer, was tried for sedition in 1793 and transported to Botany Bay, but escaped with American and French assistance. He was welcomed in Paris by the Directory in February 1798, but died on September 27, two weeks after writing the present letter, of wounds received earlier in an engagement at sea. Joseph Orr may be related to William Orr, a leading United Irishman, executed for treason in 1797.
Of the other correspondents, the Kirkbrides were prosperous friends of Paine's, and Captain Nathan Haley, owner of a small ship, loaned him over 7,000 livres in his last years in France, particularly for expenses in Dieppe. Paine, who returned to America in 1802 and lived in straitened circumstances, agreed reluctantly to sell his house and seven acres to John Oliver.