Considerations upon two bills, sent down from the Rt. Hon. the House of Lords to the Honourable House of Commons of Ireland, relating to the clergy of that kingdom. By the Rev. Dr. Swift, D.S.P.D. To which is added, A proposal for an Act of Parliament, to pay off the debt of the nation, without taxing the subject, by which the number of landed gentry, and substantial farmers will be considerably encreas'd, and no one person will be the poorer, or contribute one farthing to the charge. By A- P-, Esq;

People / Organizations

• Jonathan Swift (Author)

Imprint

London] : Dublin, printed; London, re-printed for J. Roberts at the Oxford Arms in Warwick-Lane, 1732.

Publication year

1732

ESTC No.

T145270

Grub Street ID

192015

Description

32p. ; 8°.

Note

The 'Proposal' is probably also by Swift, and was separately published in Dublin in 1732 (Teerink-Scouten 717A)

The two bills were the Bill of residence and the Bill of division

The earlier edition of this work was printed in London and not in Dublin

William Bowyer delivered 3 reams of paper to John Purser for 'Considerat. on 2 Irish bills'; perhaps for this edition

Price from imprint: price Six-Pence

Printed by Purser. Headpiece and factotum initial on leaf A2 appear also in The gentleman's miscellany, 1732, on p. 9 and [5] respectively

Signatures: A-D]4.

Uncontrolled note

C report an initial adv. leaf, await further evidence