[PAINE, Thomas] [1736-1809].. A Letter Addressed To The Abbé Raynal On The Affairs Of North-America.. London: Reprinted, For C.Dilly, 1782., 1782.

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Description: 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., [v]-viii, 76. lacking half-title. disbound (marginal repairs to last 2 leaves, stain on title). First London Edition. "Respecting Canada, one or other of the two following will take place, viz. If Canada should people, it will revolt; and if it do not people, it will not be worth the expence of holding. And the same may be said of Halifax, and the country round it But Canada never will people Britain may put herself to great expences in sending settlers to Canada; but the descendants of those settlers will be Americans, as other descendants have been before them. They will look round and see the neighbouring States sovereign and free, respected abroad and trading at large with the world; and the natural love of liberty, the advantages of commerce, the blessings of independence and of a happier climate, and a richer soil, will draw them southward, and the effect will be, that Britain will sustain the expence, and America reap the advantage." (p. 69) Adams 82-66b. Casey I 625. Howes P-25. Sabin 58222. cfGoldsmiths’ 12303. cfThetford Collection 57. cfBell P31.

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