"Britain acknowledges American indepen"dence the sun of Britain's glory is set for "ever."

"When the war ended," says Mr. Paine, "I "went from Philadelphia to Bordentown on "the east end of the Delaware, where I "have a small place. Congress was at this "time at Prince Town fifteen miles distant, "and General Washington had taken his "head quarters at Rocky Hill within the neighbourhood of congress for the purpose "of resigning his commission, the object for "which he had accepted it being accom

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plished, and of retiring to private life. "While he was on this business he wrote "me the letter which. I here subjoin."

"Rocky Hill, Sept. 10, 1783.

"I have learned since I have been at this place that you are at Bordentown. Whether for the sake of retirement or economy I know not; be it for either, for both, or whatever it may, if you will come to this place and partake with me, I shall be exceedingly happy to see

you at it. Your presence may remind congress of your past services to this country, and if it is in my power to impress them command my best services with freedom; as they will be rendered cheerful by one who entertains a lively sense of the importance of your works, and who with much pleasure subscribes himself

"Your sincere friend,

"G. WASHINGTON."

In 1785 congress granted Mr. Paine three thousand dollars for his services to the people of America, as may be seen by the following document.

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Friday, August 26, 1785.

"On the report of a committee consisting of Mr. Gerry, Mr. Petit, and Mr. King, to whom was referred a letter of the 13th from Thomas Paine ;

"Resolved, That the early, unsolicited, and continued labours of Mr. Thomas Paine, in explaining the principles of the late revolution, by ingenious and timely publications upon the nature of liberty and civil government, have

been well received by the citizens of these states, and merit the approbation of congress; and that in consideration of these services, and the benefits produced thereby, Mr. Paine is entitled to a liberal gratification from the United States."

Monday, October 3, 1785.

"On the report of a committee consisting of Mr. Gerry, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Long, to whom were referred sundry letters from Mr. Thomas Paine, and a report on his letter of the 14th of September;

Resolved, That the board of treasury take order for paying to Mr. Thomas Paine, the sum of three thousand dollars, for the considerations of the 23rd of August last."

Congress.

Journals of

The state of Pennsylvania, in which he first published Common Sense' and The Crisis,' in 1785, presented him, by an act of legislature, £500 currency. New York gave him the estate at New Rochelle in the county of Westchester, consisting of more than three hundred

acres of land in high cultivation on this estate was an elegant stone house, 125 by 28 feet, besides out-houses: the latter property was farmed much to his advantage, during his long stay in Europe, by some friends, as will hereafter be more fully noticed.

Mr. Monroe, when ambassador in England, once speaking on this subject at my house, said that Mr. Paine would have received a very large remuneration from the state of Virginia, but that while the matter was before the assembly, and he was extremely popular and in high favour, he published reasons against some proceedings of that state which he thought improper, and thereby lost, by a majority of one, the high reward he would otherwise have received * ; — a memorable instance of the independence of his mind, and of his attachment to truth and right above all other considerations. A conduct exactly oppo

This work was entitled Public Good, being an Examination of the Claim of Virginia to the vacant Western Territory.'

site to that of the pensioned Burke, whose venality cannot be better pointed out than in the following conversation with Mr. Paine, after dining together at the Duke of Portland's at Bulstrode.

Burke was very inquisitive to know how the Americans were disposed toward the king of England, when Mr. Paine, to whom the subject was an ungracious one, and who felt teazed, related the following anecdote.

At a small town, in which was a tavern bearing the sign of the king's head, it was insisted on by the inhabitants that a memento so odious should not continue up; but there was no painter at hand, to change it into General Washington, or any other favorite, so the sign was suffered to remain, with this inscription under it

This is the sign of the Loggerhead!

Burke, who at this moment was a concealed pensioner, tho a public oppositionist, replied peevishly, "Loggerhead or any other head, he