Benjamin Rush, who pushed this document to printers, is responsible for convincing Robert Bell to publish its first edition, 
Benjamin Rush, who pushed this document to printers, is responsible for convincing Robert Bell to publish its first edition, which reported its author only to be "an Englishman." In the second printing, the author donated his royalties to Washington's Continental Army "for mittens", though more famously, the author comments on the absurdity of a continent being governed by an island. First published in 1776, this is, for 10 points, what incendiary pamphlet urging colonial separation from England, written by Thomas Paine?
Benjamin Rush, who pushed this document to printers, is responsible for convincing Robert Bell to publish its first edition, which reported its author only to be "an Englishman.
{Common Sense}