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Dr JONATHAN SWIFT.

Dean of ST PATRICK'S, DUBLIN.

VOL. III.

EDINBURGH:

Printed for G. HAMILTON, J. BALFOUR, & L. HUNTER,
M,DCC,LVIL

CONTENTS.

A Propofal for the univerfal use of Irish manufacture

The Drapier's letters:

Letter I. to the tradesmen, fhopkeepers, farmers, and com-

mon people of Ireland, concerning Wood's brass half-

pence

Letter II. to Mr. Harding the printer, about a paragraph

in his news paper on the same subject

Letter III. to the nobility and gentry of Ireland, being

obfervations on the report of the committee of the pri

vy council about Wood's half-pence

Letter IV. to the whole people of Ireland

Seafonable advice to the grand jury, concerning the bill pre-

paring against the printer of the preceeding letter

An extract from the debates of the house of Commons at
Westminster, Oct. 21. 1680

The prefentment of the grand jury of the county of the

city of Dublin

Letter V. to the Lord Vifcount Molefworth

Letter VI. to the Lord Chancellor Middleton

Letter VII. an humble address to both houfes of parlia-

ment

A full and true account of the folemn proceffion to the

gallows, at the execution of William Wood Esq; and

hard-ware-man

Some confiderations on the attempts to pafs Mr. Wood's

brass money in Ireland

A fhort view of the ftate of Ireland in 1727

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An answer to a paper, called, A memorial of the poor inhabi-

tants, tradesmen, and labourers of the kingdom of Ireland 164

A vindication of his Excellency John Lord Carteret from

the charge of favouring none but Tories, High-church-

men, and Jacobites

Confiderations upon two bills fent down from the house

of Lords to the house of Commons in Ireland, relating

to the clergy

A propofal for an act of parliament in Ireland, to pay off

the debts of that nation, without taxing the subject

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