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Thomas Paine in Lewes 1768-1774 Second Edition 2020
Deborah Gage, Paul Myles, Colin Brent, et al.
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Kunst
Beschreibung
Thomas Paine developed his political and economic thought in Lewes the county town of East Sussex. He was selected from 2700 officers of excise to write the pamphlet The Case of the Officers of Excise. Plucked from obscurity Paine honed his skills in Lewes to write Common Sense just after he left Lewes for the North American Colonies. This book shows Lewes as a dissenting, bustling independent town, a place where Paine could sit as a Juryman on the Court Leet and oversee the poor law. This is a collection of essays showing a general overview of Paine's life by Colin Brent. A detailed account of Paine's first pamphlet by Paul Myles and the links with General Gage by Deborah Gage. There are 40 coloured illustrations and photographs, original documents and stunning views of Lewes painted in 1769 and 1768 by Dominic Serres. An essay by Susan Morris describes the paintings and the provenance with a history of Serres. Dr Seth Gopin, the art historian from New York writes the Preface, he was involved in the research and steadied Paul Myles through the research period and beyond. Thomas Paine resided at Bull House in the High Street while Thomas Gage was a frequent visitor to Firle Place, just five miles away outside Lewes, the home of his brother and Gage family seat. History inextricably linked the two Thomases – who were on opposing sides – through remarkable co-incidences including the fact both were made members of the American Philosophical Society.That these two men were so highly instrumental on the opposite sides of the War of Independence, and were so closely connected to Lewes is astonishing. Firle Place has on display Montresor’s celebrated 1766 ‘Fair-Draft’ Plan of the City of New York dedicated to General Gage, his 1768 document chest and his Freedom Document from the city of New York. Never before has the link been properly made between these two men from either side of the North American conflict and either side of the class divide.
Kundenbewertungen
Economic Development, History, War of Independence, America, England, Thomas Paine, Political Thought