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I'm Mary Catherine, I'm celebrating America 250 by reading primary documents written for or by the founders for as many days of the year as I can.

Thanks for joining me for this mini episode of Getting Hammered. Today in 1776, everyone is

talking about Thomas Payne's Common Sense. Released January 10th in Philadelphia, the 47-page pamphlet

would go on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies in a population of 2.5 million or so. It

crystallized colonial discontent with the crown and influenced not just citizens, but generals and founders, including Ben Franklin, who here writes to General Charles Lee to make a connection between Lee and Payne, who were both big patriots.

Lee had replaced Montgomery and Command in Canada after his death. You may remember, Lee from the Hamilton lyric, he promotes Charles Lee. I'm a general. Wee! Here's the letter. Dear sir, I rejoice that you are going to Canada. I hope the gout will not have the courage to follow you into that severe climate. I believe you will have the number of men you wish for. I am told there will be 2,000 more, but there are always deficiencies. The bearer, Mr. Payne, has requested a line of introduction to you, which I give you the more willingly, as I know his sentiments are not very different from yours. He is the reputed and I think the real author of common sense it was originally unattributed. A pamphlet that has made a great impression here. I do not enlarge, both because he waits and because I hope for the pleasure of conferring with you face-to-face in Canada. I will only add that we are assured here on the part of France that the troops sent to the West Indies have no inimical views to us or our cause. It is thought they intend a war without a previous declaration. God prosper all your undertakings and return you with health, honor, and happiness. Yours most

affectionately been frequent. A few weeks earlier, Lee, in writing to Washington, had characterized

common sense as a, quote, masterly irresistible performance. He was one of many fans among the

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