# Lord Sheffield — The American Crisis character guide

> Lord Sheffield in The American Crisis by Thomas Paine.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Lord Sheffield

**First appearance:** 0018-the-crisis-xiii-thoughts-on-the-peace-and-probable-advantages-thereof

## Who they are

British peer and writer on trade, rebutted by Paine.

## In the story

### [A Supernumerary Crisis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_crisis_se/chapters/a-supernumerary-crisis)

British parliamentarian and author of a pamphlet advocating restrictions on American trade to the West Indies.

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