Ο Βιογράφος Harvey Kaye γράφει, "Within just a few months 150,000 copies of one or another edition were distributed in America alone. The equivalent sales today would be fifteen million, making it, proportionally, the nation's greatest best-seller ever." στο Kaye, Harvey J. (2005). Thomas Paine And The Promise of America. Hill & Wang. σελ. 43. ISBN0-8090-9344-8.
