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- GLC#
- GLC05213
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- 1792 ca.
- Author/Creator
- Paine, Thomas, 1725-1802
- Title
- Public good: being an examination into the claim of Virginia... [land claims]
- Place Written
- Albany, New York
- Pagination
- 41 p. : Height: 19.9 cm, Width: 12.1 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Full title: "Public good: Being an examination into the claim of Virginia to the vacant Western Territory, and of the right of the United States to the same." Published by Charles R. & George Webster. (Not first edition.) An account of the question of the destiny and ownership of the lands to the west. Paine says the new lands should be a new state and should be admitted immediately to the fledgling U.S.
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