Thomas Paine
1737 to 1809
12 documented presences
7 places
Quo Fuit places 12 dated presences for Thomas Paine across 7 places, from 1769 to 1809. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain, – June 8, 1809;) was an English-born American Founding Father, inventor, political philosopher, and statesman.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Thomas Paine was documented, and when
1769 to 1774period
Lewesattested
“Despite claims that he adopted a new spelling after emigrating to America in 1774, he was already using "Paine" in 1769 while living in Lewes, Sussex.”
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1769 to 1774period
Americaattested
“Despite claims that he adopted a new spelling after emigrating to America in 1774, he was already using "Paine" in 1769 while living in Lewes, Sussex.”
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4 June 1774exact date
Londonattested
“He formally separated from his wife Elizabeth on June 4, 1774, and moved to London.”
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March 1776month
Franceattested
“In what may have been an error, and perhaps even contributed to his resignation as the secretary to the Committee of Foreign Affairs, Paine was openly critical of Silas Deane, an American diplomat who had been appointed in March 1776 by…”
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1783 to 1809period
Bordentown, New Jerseyattested
“Paine bought his only house in 1783 on the corner of Farnsworth Avenue and Church Streets in Bordentown City, New Jersey and he lived in it periodically until his death in 1809.”
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1787 to 1790period
Londonattested
“Back in London by 1787, Paine would become engrossed in the French Revolution that began two years later and decided to travel to France in 1790.”
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1787 to 1790period
Franceattested
“Back in London by 1787, Paine would become engrossed in the French Revolution that began two years later and decided to travel to France in 1790.”
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November 1794month
Franceattested
“Paine was released in November 1794 largely because of the work of the new American ambassador to France, James Monroe, who successfully argued the case for Paine's U.S.”
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1797year
Parisattested
“In 1797, Paine lived in Paris with Nicholas Bonneville and his wife, Marguerite Brazier.”
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1803 to 1805period
Americaattested
“About his own religious beliefs, Paine wrote in The Age of Reason: Though there is no definitive evidence Paine himself was a Freemason, upon his return to America from France he penned "An Essay on the Origin of Free-Masonry" (1803–1805…”
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1803 to 1805period
Franceattested
“About his own religious beliefs, Paine wrote in The Age of Reason: Though there is no definitive evidence Paine himself was a Freemason, upon his return to America from France he penned "An Essay on the Origin of Free-Masonry" (1803–1805…”
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8 June 1809exact date
Greenwich Villageattested
“On the morning of June 8, 1809, Paine died, aged 72, at 59 Grove Street in Greenwich Village, New York City.”
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Places Thomas Paine is documented in
France4 presences · 1776 to 1803America2 presences · 1769 to 1803London2 presences · 1774 to 1787Greenwich Village1 presence · 1809Paris1 presence · 1797
Bordentown, New Jersey1 presence · 1783
Lewes1 presence · 1769
Other places tied to Thomas Paine in the record
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1744 to 1749period
Englandmentioned
“Paine attended Thetford Grammar School from 1744 to 1749, when schooling in England was not compulsory.”
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1759year
Sandwich, Kentmentioned
“He returned to Britain in 1759, became a master staymaker, and opened a shop in Sandwich, Kent.”
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July 1761month
Thetfordmentioned
“In July 1761 he returned to Thetford to work as a supernumerary officer.”
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December 1762month
Granthammentioned
“In December 1762 he became an Excise Officer in Grantham, Lincolnshire, and in August 1764 he transferred to Alford with a salary of £50 per annum.”
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December 1762month
Alford, Lincolnshirementioned
“In December 1762 he became an Excise Officer in Grantham, Lincolnshire, and in August 1764 he transferred to Alford with a salary of £50 per annum.”
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1767year
Grampoundmentioned
“In 1767, he was appointed to a position in Grampound, Cornwall.”
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19 February 1768exact date
Lewesmentioned
“On February 19, 1768, he was appointed to Lewes in Sussex, a town with a tradition of opposition to the monarchy and pro-republican sentiments since the revolutionary decades of the 17th century.”
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19 February 1768exact date
Sussexmentioned
“On February 19, 1768, he was appointed to Lewes in Sussex, a town with a tradition of opposition to the monarchy and pro-republican sentiments since the revolutionary decades of the 17th century.”
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30 November 1774exact date
Philadelphiamentioned
“He gave a letter of recommendation to Paine, who emigrated in October to the American colonies, arriving in Philadelphia on November 30, 1774.”
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8 March 1775exact date
Americamentioned
“On March 8, 1775, the Pennsylvania Magazine published an unsigned abolitionist essay titled African Slavery in America.”
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10 January 1776exact date
Philadelphiamentioned
“It was published in Philadelphia on January 10, 1776, and signed anonymously "by an Englishman".”
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1781year
Francementioned
“However, in 1781, he accompanied John Laurens on his mission to France.”
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1781year
Netherlandsmentioned
“When he was later exchanged for the prisoner Lord Cornwallis in late 1781, Paine proceeded to the Netherlands to continue the loan negotiations.”
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March 1781month
Americamentioned
“It landed in France in March 1781 and returned to America in August with 2.5 million livres in silver, as part of a "present" of 6 million and a loan of 10 million.”
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1787year
1790year
1792year
1793 to 1819period
28 December 1793exact date
1800year
1802year
1802year
Documented at the same place, the same year
Theroigne de MericourtLondon · 1787Jean-Paul MaratSeine (department) · 1776Thomas GainsboroughSchomberg House · 1774Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresParis · 1797Théodore GéricaultParis · 1797André-Marie AmpèreParis · 1803Prosper MériméeParis · 1803Bernhard CrusellParis · 1803Mary WollstonecraftFrance · 1794Joseph FouchéFrance · 1794Georg ForsterFrance · 1794Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de LamballeLondon · 1787
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