Difference between revisions of "The Crazier Letters"
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− | * | + | *'''''Drapier's Letters'':''' the collective name for a series of seven pamphlets written between 1724 and 1725 under a pseudonym by Jonathan Swift, to arouse public opinion in Ireland against the imposition of a privately minted copper coinage which Swift believed to be of inferior quality. Swift represented Ireland as constitutionally and financially independent of Britain. |
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Latest revision as of 10:54, 21 February 2013
- Drapier's Letters: the collective name for a series of seven pamphlets written between 1724 and 1725 under a pseudonym by Jonathan Swift, to arouse public opinion in Ireland against the imposition of a privately minted copper coinage which Swift believed to be of inferior quality. Swift represented Ireland as constitutionally and financially independent of Britain.