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Thomas Paine's Imprisonment and Washington
Conway, Moncure D. | June 11, 1891 issue

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The Americans in Paris, whom, as Joel Barlow says, American revolutionary patriot Thomas Paine had often, befriended, were not likely to forget that he was in prison. Morris speaks of " crimes imputed to him," though none was alleged except his being a "foreigner"; the hint, however, was enough to frighten Paine's friends and prevent their pressing his demand for trial, which would have revealed then what the French archives now reveal-that Paine's papers were searched and pronounced innocent and that no accusation was ever brought against him except that of Morris.

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PAINE, Thomas; REVOLUTIONARIES; DETENTION of persons; CRIMINAL justice, Administration of; TRIALS (Anarchy); UNITED States
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