Thomas Paine Historical Association
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The nonprofit TPHA is the oldest historic association for Thomas Paine, established in 1884. We are the authority on the life of Paine and have been assisting scholars and authors for decades. Located at 983 North Avenue in New Rochelle, New York 10804.
Camp Thomas Paine was a Squatters Colony, a "Hooverville" shantytown, in New York City during the Great Depression located in Riverside Park of Manhattan along the Hudson River. This camp was specifically for World War I veterans and was photographed by Percy Loomis Sperr.
December 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Camp Thomas Paine was a Squatters Colony, a "Hooverville" shantytown, in New York City during the Great Depression located in Riverside Park of Manhattan along the Hudson River. This camp was specifically for World War I veterans and was photographed by Percy Loomis Sperr.
Bull House in Lewes, UK where Paine lived from 1768 to 1774. Paine wrote his political pamphlet ‘The Case of the Officers of Excise’ in 1772, asking Parliament for better pay and working conditions for excisemen. He participated in political debates and formed many political connections.
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Bull House in Lewes, UK where Paine lived from 1768 to 1774. Paine wrote his political pamphlet ‘The Case of the Officers of Excise’ in 1772, asking Parliament for better pay and working conditions for excisemen. He participated in political debates and formed many political connections.
Join our event in person or on Zoom, March 8th, 2026 at 2PM EST: TPHA President Gary Berton and TPHA Board Member Joy Masoff speak about "Thomas Paine in France", on his experiences during the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon. thomaspaine.org/about/events
December 4, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Join our event in person or on Zoom, March 8th, 2026 at 2PM EST: TPHA President Gary Berton and TPHA Board Member Joy Masoff speak about "Thomas Paine in France", on his experiences during the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon. thomaspaine.org/about/events
The SS Thomas Paine was a 10,000-ton freighter that delivered arms and vital food supplies to the war front during World War II. This scene is Los Angeles, California, and the vessels include, (left to right), SS John C. Fremont, SS Thomas Paine and the SS Benjamin Franklin.
December 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The SS Thomas Paine was a 10,000-ton freighter that delivered arms and vital food supplies to the war front during World War II. This scene is Los Angeles, California, and the vessels include, (left to right), SS John C. Fremont, SS Thomas Paine and the SS Benjamin Franklin.
'Everything of persecution and revenge between man and man and everything of cruelty to animals is a violation of moral duty.' - Thomas Paine
December 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
'Everything of persecution and revenge between man and man and everything of cruelty to animals is a violation of moral duty.' - Thomas Paine
Hi Bluesky, the Thomas Paine Historical Association is looking for donations and volunteers, especially in the area of our headquarters in New Rochelle, NY. Paine's name needs to ring out from Brooklyn to Bangladesh! Do you have any skills to offer? Any free time? thomaspaine.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Hi Bluesky, the Thomas Paine Historical Association is looking for donations and volunteers, especially in the area of our headquarters in New Rochelle, NY. Paine's name needs to ring out from Brooklyn to Bangladesh! Do you have any skills to offer? Any free time? thomaspaine.org
Sign up for our event Feb 21 at 4PM EST in New Rochelle, NY or on Zoom. TPHA Board Member Dr. Frances Chiu offers an in-depth discussion titled “Thomas Paine and Rights of Man“:
thomaspaine.org/about/events
thomaspaine.org/about/events
November 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Sign up for our event Feb 21 at 4PM EST in New Rochelle, NY or on Zoom. TPHA Board Member Dr. Frances Chiu offers an in-depth discussion titled “Thomas Paine and Rights of Man“:
thomaspaine.org/about/events
thomaspaine.org/about/events
"It has been the scheme of the... Church and all the other invented systems of religion to hold man in ignorance of his Creator, as it is of government to hold him in ignorance of his rights. The systems of the one are as false as those of the other, and are calculated for mutual support." - Paine
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"It has been the scheme of the... Church and all the other invented systems of religion to hold man in ignorance of his Creator, as it is of government to hold him in ignorance of his rights. The systems of the one are as false as those of the other, and are calculated for mutual support." - Paine
A newspaper clip shows Thomas Paine's eulogy at the funeral of George Washington. You can see Paine's poem for the occasion in this image.
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
A newspaper clip shows Thomas Paine's eulogy at the funeral of George Washington. You can see Paine's poem for the occasion in this image.
1777 cartoon titled “Poor old England endeavoring to reclaim his wicked American children” shows a man representing England trying to hold on to five Americans on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. The American in dark pants is believed to be Thomas Paine.
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM
1777 cartoon titled “Poor old England endeavoring to reclaim his wicked American children” shows a man representing England trying to hold on to five Americans on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. The American in dark pants is believed to be Thomas Paine.
Paine was the first to name the USA in a June 1776 article to be revealed in the TPHA's Collected Works of Thomas Paine: “We cannot offer terms of peace to Great-Britain, until...we agree to call ourselves by some name, I shall rejoice to hear the title of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA."
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Paine was the first to name the USA in a June 1776 article to be revealed in the TPHA's Collected Works of Thomas Paine: “We cannot offer terms of peace to Great-Britain, until...we agree to call ourselves by some name, I shall rejoice to hear the title of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA."
250 years ago while writing Common Sense, Paine addressed a shortage of US gunpowder. He and a colleague conducted experiments on how families could make gunpowder from commonly available materials, with the results being printed in newspapers across the colonies.
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
250 years ago while writing Common Sense, Paine addressed a shortage of US gunpowder. He and a colleague conducted experiments on how families could make gunpowder from commonly available materials, with the results being printed in newspapers across the colonies.
A 1938 postage stamp from Poland commemorating the 150th anniversary of the US Constitution shows Tadeusz Kościuszko, Thomas Paine and George Washington with the Statue of Liberry in the background. See more Paine cartoons at: thomaspaine.org/gallery/poli...
November 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
A 1938 postage stamp from Poland commemorating the 150th anniversary of the US Constitution shows Tadeusz Kościuszko, Thomas Paine and George Washington with the Statue of Liberry in the background. See more Paine cartoons at: thomaspaine.org/gallery/poli...
"An army of principles will penetrate where an army
of soldiers cannot — It will succeed where diplomatic
management would fail — It is neither the Rhine, the
Channel, nor the Ocean, that can arrest its progress —
It will march on the horizon of the world, and it will
conquer." - Thomas Paine
of soldiers cannot — It will succeed where diplomatic
management would fail — It is neither the Rhine, the
Channel, nor the Ocean, that can arrest its progress —
It will march on the horizon of the world, and it will
conquer." - Thomas Paine
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
"An army of principles will penetrate where an army
of soldiers cannot — It will succeed where diplomatic
management would fail — It is neither the Rhine, the
Channel, nor the Ocean, that can arrest its progress —
It will march on the horizon of the world, and it will
conquer." - Thomas Paine
of soldiers cannot — It will succeed where diplomatic
management would fail — It is neither the Rhine, the
Channel, nor the Ocean, that can arrest its progress —
It will march on the horizon of the world, and it will
conquer." - Thomas Paine
"My Country Is The World" a 1847 drawing is an anti-slavery map centered on West Africa, in the light, and contrasting the U. S. and Europe in the dark. Below is an inscription from Thomas Paine: "My Country Is the World; My Religion is to do good".
See more info at thomaspaine.org/gallery/poli...
See more info at thomaspaine.org/gallery/poli...
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"My Country Is The World" a 1847 drawing is an anti-slavery map centered on West Africa, in the light, and contrasting the U. S. and Europe in the dark. Below is an inscription from Thomas Paine: "My Country Is the World; My Religion is to do good".
See more info at thomaspaine.org/gallery/poli...
See more info at thomaspaine.org/gallery/poli...
In 1925, inventor Thomas Edison put the first shovel in the dirt at the groundbreaking ceremony to build the Thomas Paine Historical Association's Thomas Paine Memorial Building in New Rochelle, NY.
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
In 1925, inventor Thomas Edison put the first shovel in the dirt at the groundbreaking ceremony to build the Thomas Paine Historical Association's Thomas Paine Memorial Building in New Rochelle, NY.
"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." - Thomas Paine
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." - Thomas Paine
Jan 31st event: "Finishing the Revolution: Thomas Paine, Universal Suffrage, and the Problem of Bicameralism". Dr. Gomes de Carvalho, Professor of Modern History at the University of Sao Paulo returns with another fascinating aspect of Paine’s political philosophies. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Jan 31st event: "Finishing the Revolution: Thomas Paine, Universal Suffrage, and the Problem of Bicameralism". Dr. Gomes de Carvalho, Professor of Modern History at the University of Sao Paulo returns with another fascinating aspect of Paine’s political philosophies. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Hey Bluesky! Check out all of our upcoming events, all both in-person and live on zoom, on our website's Event Page...
www.thomaspaine.org/about/events
www.thomaspaine.org/about/events
November 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hey Bluesky! Check out all of our upcoming events, all both in-person and live on zoom, on our website's Event Page...
www.thomaspaine.org/about/events
www.thomaspaine.org/about/events
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November 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Join us at our building at 983 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY and via Zoom as award-winning author and historian Jack Kelly discusses his new book, “Tom Paine’s War: The Words That Rallied a Nation and the Founder for Our Time“. January 17th, 2026, 4 PM EST
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Join us at our building at 983 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY and via Zoom as award-winning author and historian Jack Kelly discusses his new book, “Tom Paine’s War: The Words That Rallied a Nation and the Founder for Our Time“. January 17th, 2026, 4 PM EST
Thomas Paine Memorial Building in 1925
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Thomas Paine Memorial Building in 1925