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CONTENTS
OF
THE EIGHTH VOLUME.
THE DRAPIER'S LETTERS.
LETTER I. To the Tradesmen, Shopkeepers, Farmers,
and Country People in general, of the King-
dom of Ireland, concerning the Brass Half-
pence coined by one William Wood, Hard-
wareman, with a Design to have them
in this Kingdom ......................
To Mr. Harding the Printer
LETTER II.
.....
pass
LETTER III. Some Observations on a Paper, called the Re-
port of the Committee of the most Honour-
able the Privy Council in England, relating
to Wood's Halfpence. To the Nobility and
Gentry of Ireland
LETTER IV. To the whole People of Ireland..................................................
Seasonable Advice to the Grand Jury, concerning the Bill
preparing against the Printer of the Drapier's Fourth
Letter
Resolutions of the House of Commons in England,
Nov. 13, 1680 .........................
The Presentment of the Grand Jury of the County of the
City of Dublin ........
LETTER V. To Lord Molesworth
LETTER VI. To Lord Chancellor Middleton.......
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3
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35
70
94
99
...... 103
.... 127
LETTER VII. An humble Address to both Houses of Par-
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A full and true Account of the solemn Procession to the
Gallows, at the Execution of William Wood, Esquire
and Hardwareman
Observations occasioned by reading a Paper, entitled,
"The Case of the Woollen Manufacturers of Dub-
lin," &c.
A Letter to the Archbishop of Dublin, concerning the
Weavers
On giving Badges to the Poor
Considerations about maintaining the Poor
186
193
198
208
..... 210
215
222
233
A Letter to the Writer of the Occasional Paper.......
A short View of the State of Ireland...........
The Story of the Injured Lady: written by herself, in a
Letter to her friend; with his Answer.....
On Barbarous Denominations in Ireland.........
Answer to a Paper called a Memorial of the poor Inha-
bitants, Tradesmen, and Labourers of the Kingdom of
Ireland
Maxims controuled in Ireland..........
245
252
........ 263
A Letter on Mr. M'Culla's Project about Halfpence, and
a new one proposed
.... 272
A Proposal that all the Ladies and Women of Ireland should
appear constantly in Irish Manufactures.......
A modest Proposal for preventing the Children of poor
People in Ireland from being a Burden to their Pa-
rents or Country, and for making them beneficial to
289
.... 299
Two Letters on Subjects relative to the Improvement of
Ireland .......
.... 312
A Vindication of his Excellency John Lord Carteret, from
the Charge of favouring none but Tories, High-church-
men, and Jacobites
The Craftsman of December 12, 1730, on a very interesting
The Presbyterians' Plea of Merit in order to take off the
Test, impartially examined ......
375
A Narrative of the several Attempts, which the Dissenters
of Ireland have made for a Repeal of the Sacramental
Test
398
432
Considerations upon two Bills sent down from the House of
Lords to the Commons of Ireland, relating to the Clergy 415
On the Bill for the Clergy residing on their Livings........
A Proposal for an Act of Parliament to pay off the Debt of
the Nation, without taxing the Subject .................. 440
An Examination of certain Abuses, Corruptions, and Enor-
mities, in Dublin
Some Reasons against the Bill for settling the Tithe of
Hemp, Flax, &c. by a Modus
448
471