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Historical tracts

Print Book, English, 1787
Printed by W. Porter, for White, Gilbert, Byrne, Whitestone, W. Porter, and Moore, Dublin, 1787
letters (correspondence)
2 preliminary leaves, xxxviii, 313 pages 21 cm
1008502626
1. A discovery of the true cause why Ireland was never brought under obedience of the crown of England
2. A letter to the Earl of Salisbury on the state of Ireland, in 1607
3. A letter to the Earl of Salisbury, in 1610; giving an account of the plantation in Ulster
4. A speech to the Lord-Deputy in 1613, tracing the ancient constitution of Ireland. To which is prefixed a new life of the author, from authentic documents
Donated by John Forster
Edited by George Chalmers
The 2d, 3d, and 4th tracts have special title pages