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The Age of Reason · Character
Thomas Williams
Bookseller prosecuted for publishing Paine's works.
minor
Also known as Williams
First appearance: the age of reason
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- Legal persecutors of Paine
- Gospel figures and revolutionaries
- Diverse historical and biblical figures
- Paine's publishers and allies
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