Possible Clues:

• Patriot who said 'Government even in its best state is but a necessary evil'
• Webber's partner
• Activist whom Lincoln would ''never tire of reading''
• He wrote "Common Sense"
• ''Common Sense'' essayist
• Noted colonial pamphleteer
• Activist admired by Edison
• "Liberty Tree" writer
• Founding Father Thomas
• 'Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil' writer