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The Crisis Papers
by Thomas Paine
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"These are the times that try men's souls..."



The Crisis Number I
Philadelphia, December 19, 1776


The Crisis Number II
To Lord Howe
Philadelphia, January 13, 1777


The Crisis Number III
Philadelphia, April 19, 1777


The Crisis Number IV
Philadelphia, September 12, 1777


The Crisis Number V
To General Sir William Howe


To The Inhabitants Of America
Lancaster, March 21, 1778


The Crisis Number VI
To the Earl of Carlisle, General Clinton, and William Eden, Esq., British Commissioners at New York
Philadelphia, October 28, 1778


The Crisis Number VII
To the People of England
Philadelphia, November 21, 1778


The Crisis Number VIII
Address to the People of England
Philadelphia, March, 1780


The Crisis Number IX
The Crisis Extraordinary (On the Subject of Taxation)
Philadelphia, June 9, 1780


The Crisis Extraordinary
On the Subject of Taxation
Philadelphia, October 4, 1780


The Crisis Number X
On The King Of England's Speech


To the People of America
Philadelphia, March 5, 1782


The Crisis Number XI
On The Present State Of News
Philadelphia, May 22, 1782


A Supernumerary Crisis
To Sir Guy Carleton
Philadelphia, May 31, 1782


The Crisis Number XII
To the Earl of Shelburne
Philadelphia, October 29, 1782


The Crisis Number XIII
On the Peace, and the Probable Advantages Thereof
Philadelphia, April 19, 1783


A Supernumerary Crisis
To the People of America
New York, December 9, 1783



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