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These are linked to YouTube and are sometimes slow to load. If you triple-click then you can view them directly at the YouTube site. If it is still a slow run then just note their address and go directly to YouTube after you exit our site. The detractors cited his Letter to George Washington and religious views as common pretexts for rejection, mai... nly by the Federalist political party. After Paine died (1809, at age 72), the American government allowed a British politician (Cobbett) to rob Paine's bones (1819) from their unsecured burial place in New Rochelle. Maybe it was a sign of the political climate in New York, but imagine what Pennsylvania would have done if Benjamin Franklin's remains were stolen! Apparently some of the bones were sold as relics and, to this day, a royal sentence for "Treason Against the Crown" remains in effect against him and America generally maintains a seditious "special relationship" with Britain. British royalty was Paine's enemy but many of our politicians remain close friends of that very same aristocracy, as did their families before them. Some spineless politicians tolerate foreign aristocracy to the point of granting (selling?) them dual citizenship, as in the Rupert Murdoch case. We urge you to find out more from the Thomas Paine National Historical Association (TPNHA) at 983 North Avenue in New Rochelle, NY 10804-3609. There is also museum there, near his cottage and gravesite. For the cost of postage, you can also get a Bulletin of Thomas Paine Friends (non-profit at www.thomaspainefriends.org). Also, the public journal at tompaine.com has excellent sympathetic ideas. There are thousands of documents available on the Internet, However, in reviewing some of these, we discovered that Atheists, Masons, and Libertarians try to claim him as theirs. Be aware that many such claims are bogus, so compare key text from a few sources before quoting. The Life and Writings of Thomas Paine, edited by Daniel Wheeler (over 700,000 words), is at ...Read More