Historical and Political Tracts

Table of Contents. Some Press Opinions. Introduction. A Letter to a Member of Parliament, in Ireland, upon the choosing a New Speaker there. A Proposal for the Universal Use of Irish Manufacture. An Essay on English Bubbles. By Thomas Hope, Esq. The Swearer''s Bank. A Letter to the King at Arms. The Last Speech and Dying Words of Ebenezer Elliston. The Truth of Some Maxims in State and Government, Examined with Reference to Ireland. The Blunders, Deficiencies, Distresses, and Misfortunes Of Quilca. A Short View of the State of Ireland. The Story of the Injured Lady. Written by Herself. The Answer to the Injured Lady. An Answer to a Paper Called "A Memorial of the Poor Inhabitants, Tradesmen, and Labourers of the Kingdom of Ireland". Answer to Several Letters from Unknown Persons. An Answer to Several Letters sent me from Unknown Hands. A Letter to the Archbishop of Dublin Concerning the Weavers. Observations Occasioned by Reading a Paper Entitled "The Case of the Woollen Manufactures of Dublin," etc. The Present Miserable State of Ireland. The Substance of What Was Said by the Dean of St. Patrick''s to the Lord Mayor and Some of the Aldermen When His Lordship Came to Present the Said Dean with his Freedom in a Gold Box. Advertisement by Dr. Swift in his Defence Against Joshua, Lord Allen. A Letter on Mr. M''Culla''s Project about Halfpence, and a New One Proposed. 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 from being a Burthen to their Parents or the Country, and for making them beneficial to the Public. Answer to the Craftsman. A Vindication of His Excellency John, Lord Carteret. A Proposal for An Act of Parliament to Pay off the Debt of the Nation without Taxing the Subject. A Case Submitted by Dean Swift to Mr. Lindsay, Counsellor at Law. An Examination of Certain Abuses, Corruptions, and Enormit