Thread by @HMEnglund

THOMAS PAINE
"(born Thomas Pain; February 9, 1737 – June 8, 1809) was an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. He authored Common Sense (1776) and The American Crisis (1776–1783), two of the most influential pamphlets at the

start of the American Revolution, and helped inspire the patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain. His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era ideals of transnational human rights.

Born in Thetford, Norfolk, Paine emigrated to the British American colonies

in 1774 with the help of Benjamin Franklin, arriving just in time to participate in the American Revolution. Virtually every rebel read (or listened to a reading of) his 47-page pamphlet Common Sense"

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pa…

I love how you (just a little too often) can use gematria as a checksum, or say spell check, when looking back on our well-planned-in-advance so called history.

The 47-page pamphlet's full title is:

"Common Sense Addressed to the Inhabitants of America" = 470

But when searching in the Archive for "Thomas Paine" and the year 1776, I can't see that the pamphlet has exactly 47 pages. There seems to be several different versions.

If you can help me verify 47 pages, I will send you 47 SEK. Or even perhaps 74 SEK!

archive.org/search.php?que…

Not that it matters so much, but Thomas Paine's birth name "Thomas Pain" equals 47 in Bacon short.

(Cipher for the old 24 letter Elizabethan alphabet)

More interesting is maybe the fact that "Independence Day" - the 7/4 day (American date notation) - equals 74 in the English reduction cipher (which is considered the most pure one):

I N D E P E N D E N C E D A Y
9+5+4+5+7+5+5+4+5+5+3+5 + 4+1+7 = 74

Talking about
"American patriots" = 74:

"Patriots, also known as Revolutionaries, Continentals, Rebels, or American Whigs, were the colonists of the Thirteen Colonies (...)" (Wiki)

"Continentals" = 47
"Whig" = 47
"Republican" = 47
"President" = 47

"The Star-Spangled Banner" = 119 [11] (reverse reduction)

Was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution on March 3, 1931:

March 3 ➔ "33"
March 3 ➔ Days left in year: 303

19+31 + 3 + 3 = 56 [11]

Ending the thread with some more "Politics of the United States" [314, pi], seen from the mirror world of reverse reduction gematria:

"News" = 47
"Trump" = 47
"Covid-19" = 47
"Ukraine" = 47
"Uncle Sam" = 47
"Democrat" = 47
"White House" = 47
"Government" = 47
"Free Thought" = 47

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