Thomas Spence

Contributions

1. Account of the government of Geneva by D'Alembert translation publisher
2. A melancholy lesson for Englishmen. A letter from the author of L'Esprit des Loix to M. le Chevalier de Bruant (from Voltaire's Letters) translation publisher
3. Description of a Parisian parliament in the year 1720, such as Parliaments ought to be. From the Persian Letters translation publisher
4. European monarchies described as monarchies ought to be. From the Persian Letters translation publisher
5. In what cases war is justifiable, &c. From the Persian Letters translation publisher
6. One pennyworth of pig's meat or, Lessons for the swinish multitude. Collected by the poor man's advocate, in the course of his reading for more than twenty years. Intended to promote among the labouring part of mankind proper ideas of their situation, of their importance, and of their rights And to convince them that their forlorn condition has not been entirely overlooked and forgotten, nor their just cause unpleaded, neither by their maker not by the best and most enlightened of men in all ages journalist publisher
7. On the common people. From Rosseau's Emilius translation publisher
8. On war. From Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary translation publisher
9. The Constitution of a perfect commonwealth. Being the French constitution of 1793, amended, and rendered entirely conformable to the whole rights of man. The second edition, with a preface, shewing how to study politics. By T. Spence, author and publisher of that best repository of sound and standard politics, entitled Pigs' meat, and of several tracts on the imprescriptible rights of mankind has paratext author publisher
10. The Constitution of a perfect commonwealth. Being the French constitution of 1793, amended, and rendered entirely conformable to the whole rights of man. The second edition, with a preface, shewing how to study politics. By T. Spence, author and publisher of that best repository of sound and standard politics, entitled Pigs' meat, and of several tracts on the imprescriptible rights of mankind paratext author
11. The Constitution of Spensonia, a country in Fairyland situated between Utopia and Oceana. Brought from thence by Captain Swallow author publisher
12. The desire of glory naturally generated in republics. From the Persian Letters translation publisher
13. The free notions of the English. From the Persian Letters translation publisher
14. The important trial of Thomas Spence, for a political pamphlet, intitled "The restorer of society to its natural state", on May 27, 1801 at Westminster Hall before Lord Kenyon and a special jury author publisher
15. The Marseilles march, or hymn translation has other edition publisher
16. The new Constitution of France, as accepted by the Nation on the 10th of August, 1793. Declaration of rights translation publisher
17. Translation of an extract from a late publication, intituled, Les Ruines, by M. De Volney, Member of the late Constitutive National Assembly of France, and author of "Travels in Syria and Egypt" translation publisher
18. Who would not be a soldier?!!! By Voltaire translation has other edition publisher

Knows

• William Holland publisher
• Richard Lee bookseller pamphleteer poet publisher translator
• Thomas Paine journalist philosopher revolutionary writer
• James Ridgway bookseller publisher
• Arthur Seale bookseller publisher

Member of

• London Corresponding Society political organisation publisher

Notes

Radical writer and publisher. He was confined to Newgate from May to December 1794 on charges of high treason for the publication of Pig's Meat.