life of Thomas Pain, the author of the seditious writings, entitled Rights of man

Hostile account. Pseudonym is wholly ficticious, as Chalmers had no such degree, and no connection with the Univ. of Penn.; it was evidently devised to compete with Paine's honorary degree from same, as well as lend dignity to the publication by making itappear to be the work of a clergyman - cf. Conway's Life of Paine, 1892. Vol.1, p. xiv-xvi, 337-338