The Third Letter to the Nobility and Gentry of the Kingdom of Ireland

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The Third Letter to the Nobility and Gentry of the Kingdom of Ireland is one of Jonathan Swift’s Drapier’s Letters, a political pamphlet attacking English economic impositions on Ireland and rallying Irish elites against Wood’s halfpence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Drapier’s Letter
open letter
political pamphlet
addressee Irish elites
gentry of the Kingdom of Ireland
nobility of the Kingdom of Ireland
aim to oppose English economic control over Ireland
to rally Irish elites against Wood’s halfpence
associatedPerson William Wood
associatedTopic Irish constitutional rights
colonial economic policy
royal patent for Irish coinage
associatedWork The First Letter of the Drapier
linked to: Drapier's Letters

The Fourth Letter of the Drapier
linked to: Drapier's Letters

The Second Letter of the Drapier
linked to: Drapier's Letters
author Drapier
Jonathan Swift
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Ireland
genre political pamphlet
political satire
historicalContext 18th-century Anglo-Irish relations
Wood’s halfpence controversy
language English
literaryPeriod Augustan literature
mainSubject English economic impositions on Ireland
Irish economic grievances
Wood’s halfpence
coinage controversy in Ireland
movement Irish Patriot movement
notableFor mobilizing Irish public opinion against Wood’s halfpence
use of pseudonymous authorship in political controversy
partOf Drapier’s Letters
linked to: Drapier's Letters
placeOfPublication Dublin
politicalPosition defense of Irish economic interests
opposition to Wood’s halfpence patent
pseudonymousAuthor Drapier
publicationMedium pamphlet
rhetoricalMode political argument
satire
workSeriesPosition third letter in the Drapier’s Letters series

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Drapier's Letters hasPart The Third Letter to the Nobility and Gentry of the Kingdom of Ireland
The Second Letter to Mr. Harding the Printer relatedWork The Third Letter to the Nobility and Gentry of the Kingdom of Ireland