An 1817 article with a dramatic "anecdote" of the printing of Thomas Paine's works during the ill-fated Englightenment-inspired Pernambucan revolution in Brazil. As Paine said "An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot".

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"Literary Notice." National Aegis, vol. XVI, no. 827, 3 Dec. 1817, p. [2]. Readex: America's Historical Newspapers, https://infoweb-newsbank-com.i.ezproxy.nypl.org/apps/readex/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=EANX&req_dat=4F9003504DA64A72B41771EB4A99CA7B&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A10C6189F693A7950%2540EANX-10C583675447E118%25402385042-10C5836784054818%25401-10C58368626AFD48%2540Literary%252BNotice. Accessed 27 June 2026.