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* '''[[Original Source: Thomas Paine - Common Sense|Common Sense]]''' (1776) - Thomas Paine's influential pamphlet advocating American independence.

* '''[[Original Source: Thomas Paine - Common Sense|Common Sense]]''' (1776) - Thomas Paine's influential pamphlet advocating American independence.

** '''Recommended source:''' [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/147 Project Gutenberg eBook #147], which transcribes the edition published by W. and T. Bradford in Philadelphia on February 14, 1776. Identify this as the edition being reproduced, retain its wording, and exclude supplementary commentary added by the transcriber from the original text.

** '''Recommended source:''' [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/147 Project Gutenberg eBook #147], which transcribes the edition published by W. and T. Bradford in Philadelphia on February 14, 1776. Identify this as the edition being reproduced, retain its wording, and exclude supplementary commentary added by the transcriber from the original text. [[user:AnthonyPvanDuyn]]

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* '''[[Original Source: Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]]''' (1776) - The founding declaration announcing the American colonies' separation from Great Britain.

* '''[[Original Source: Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]]''' (1776) - The founding declaration announcing the American colonies' separation from Great Britain.

** '''Recommended source:''' The [https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript National Archives transcription]. This transcription follows the Stone Engraving of the parchment Declaration; the Archives also provides [https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/downloads high-resolution document images]. Identify the particular textual witness used rather than combining versions.

** '''Recommended source:''' The [https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript National Archives transcription]. This transcription follows the Stone Engraving of the parchment Declaration; the Archives also provides [https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/downloads high-resolution document images]. Identify the particular textual witness used rather than combining versions.

* '''[[Original Source: Edward Gibbon - The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire]]''' (1776-1788) - Edward Gibbon's six-volume history of the Roman Empire, its transformation, and the eventual fall of the Eastern Roman Empire. A major work of historical scholarship and an important primary source for studying Enlightenment views of Roman history, Christianity, and the development of European civilization.

* '''[[Original Source: Edward Gibbon - The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire]]''' (1776-1788) - Edward Gibbon's six-volume history of the Roman Empire, its transformation, and the eventual fall of the Eastern Roman Empire. A major work of historical scholarship and an important primary source for studying Enlightenment views of Roman history, Christianity, and the development of European civilization.

** '''Recommended source:''' The digitized first-edition volumes published in London by W. Strahan and T. Cadell between 1776 and 1788, available through [https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp108790 The Online Books Page's catalogue of the six volumes]. Use the scanned page images as the controlling text, preserving Gibbon's original wording, spelling, punctuation, chapter divisions, notes, and volume boundaries. Identify the edition used for each volume, since the publication history includes multiple editions and revisions. Project Gutenberg's [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25717 complete-text edition] can be a useful supplementary search aid, but it includes notes by Henry Hart Milman and should not silently be substituted for the chosen original edition.  Project accepted by

** '''Recommended source:''' The digitized first-edition volumes published in London by W. Strahan and T. Cadell between 1776 and 1788, available through [https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp108790 The Online Books Page's catalogue of the six volumes]. Use the scanned page images as the controlling text, preserving Gibbon's original wording, spelling, punctuation, chapter divisions, notes, and volume boundaries. Identify the edition used for each volume, since the publication history includes multiple editions and revisions. Project Gutenberg's [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25717 complete-text edition] can be a useful supplementary search aid, but it includes notes by Henry Hart Milman and should not silently be substituted for the chosen original edition.  '''''Project accepted by [[user:AnthonyPvanDuyn]]'''''

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