Letter to the Editor regarding Thomas Paine, “New-York Spectator," July 15, 1806

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In appreciation of Thomas Paine’s outstanding service in rallying the country behind the cause of American independence, the State of New York awarded him a farm in New Rochelle in 1784. Paine lived there from 1804 through 1806. In the summer of 1806, an incident occurred which was made much of in the press. A New Rochelle man sought to set the record straight in a letter to the editor of the New-York Spectator. The author of the letter believed that calling the incident an “assassination attempt” was overblown.

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