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Title

The Hibernian patriot : being a collection of the drapier's letters to the people of Ireland, concerning Mr. Wood's brass half-pence, together with considerations on the attempts made to pass that coin, and reasons for the people of Ireland's refusing it : to which are added, poems and songs relating to the same subject.

Author

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.

Publication

Printed at Dublin : [s.n.] ; London : Reprinted and sold by A. Moor ..., 1730.

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Ford Collection

Description

[8], 264 p.; 21 cm.

Alternative Title

Drapier's letters.

Subjects

• Coinage > Ireland
• Money > Ireland
• Wood, William, 1671-1730

Note

• All the letters except the first are signed: M.B.
• The first five "Drapier's letters" were first published in separate form in 1724, and the first collected edition appeared in 1725 under title: Fraud detected, or, The Hibernian patriot.

Call Number

CSA (Swift, J. Hibernian patriot)

OCLC

14872416

Author

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.

Title

The Hibernian patriot : being a collection of the drapier's letters to the people of Ireland, concerning Mr. Wood's brass half-pence, together with considerations on the attempts made to pass that coin, and reasons for the people of Ireland's refusing it : to which are added, poems and songs relating to the same subject.

Imprint

Printed at Dublin : [s.n.] ; London : Reprinted and sold by A. Moor ..., 1730.

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Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Drapier's letters.

Ford Collection.

Added Title

Drapier's letters.

Research Call Number

CSA (Swift, J. Hibernian patriot)