The Fourth Letter to the Whole People of Ireland
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The Fourth Letter to the Whole People of Ireland is one of Jonathan Swift’s Drapier’s Letters, a series of political pamphlets written under the pseudonym M. B. Drapier to oppose the imposition of debased coinage and defend Irish rights against English authority in the 1720s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Fourth Letter to the Whole People of Ireland canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7703530 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Fourth Letter to the Whole People of Ireland Context triple: [Drapier's Letters, hasPart, The Fourth Letter to the Whole People of Ireland]
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A.
The Third Letter to the Nobility and Gentry of the Kingdom of Ireland
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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B.
A View of the Present State of Ireland
A View of the Present State of Ireland is a late 16th-century prose dialogue by Edmund Spenser that analyzes and harshly criticizes Irish society and English colonial policy in Ireland.
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C.
An Gorta Mór
An Gorta Mór is the Irish name for the Great Famine of the mid-19th century, a catastrophic period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration that profoundly reshaped Ireland’s population and history.
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D.
Requiem for the Croppies
"Requiem for the Croppies" is a poem by Seamus Heaney commemorating the Irish rebel fighters of the 1798 uprising and reflecting on themes of sacrifice, memory, and national identity.
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E.
Ireland's Call
"Ireland's Call" is a specially commissioned rugby anthem used by the Ireland national rugby union team to represent the entire island of Ireland, including both the Republic and Northern Ireland, in international matches.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Fourth Letter to the Whole People of Ireland Target entity description: The Fourth Letter to the Whole People of Ireland is one of Jonathan Swift’s Drapier’s Letters, a series of political pamphlets written under the pseudonym M. B. Drapier to oppose the imposition of debased coinage and defend Irish rights against English authority in the 1720s.
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A.
The Third Letter to the Nobility and Gentry of the Kingdom of Ireland
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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B.
A View of the Present State of Ireland
A View of the Present State of Ireland is a late 16th-century prose dialogue by Edmund Spenser that analyzes and harshly criticizes Irish society and English colonial policy in Ireland.
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C.
An Gorta Mór
An Gorta Mór is the Irish name for the Great Famine of the mid-19th century, a catastrophic period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration that profoundly reshaped Ireland’s population and history.
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D.
Requiem for the Croppies
"Requiem for the Croppies" is a poem by Seamus Heaney commemorating the Irish rebel fighters of the 1798 uprising and reflecting on themes of sacrifice, memory, and national identity.
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E.
Ireland's Call
"Ireland's Call" is a specially commissioned rugby anthem used by the Ireland national rugby union team to represent the entire island of Ireland, including both the Republic and Northern Ireland, in international matches.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Drapier’s Letter
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political pamphlet ⓘ |
| aim |
to challenge English governmental policy in Ireland
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to mobilize Irish public opinion ⓘ to resist the imposition of debased coinage ⓘ |
| associatedPerson |
George I of Great Britain
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William Wood ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ |
| author | Jonathan Swift ⓘ |
| authorOfSeries | Jonathan Swift ⓘ |
| authorPseudonym | M. B. Drapier ⓘ |
| century | 18th century ⓘ |
| circulationForm | anonymous pamphlet ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| genre |
political pamphlet
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political satire ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Anglo-Irish ⓘ |
| historicalContext | controversy over William Wood’s copper coinage patent ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | contributed to the withdrawal of Wood’s coinage patent ⓘ |
| influencedBy | contemporary Irish economic grievances ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalRisk | seditious libel under English law ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Augustan literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Anglo-Irish relations
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linked to:
British–Irish relations
English authority in Ireland ⓘ Irish rights ⓘ opposition to debased coinage ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| opposes |
English economic control over Ireland
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royal patent granted to William Wood ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Drapier’s Letters
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linked to:
Drapier's Letters
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| politicalAlignment | Irish Patriot tradition ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
anti-Wood’s Halfpence
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defense of Irish economic interests ⓘ |
| pseudonymous | true ⓘ |
| publicationPlace | Dublin ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Fifth Letter of M. B. Drapier
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linked to:
Drapier's Letters
The First Letter of M. B. Drapier ⓘ
linked to:
Drapier's Letters
The Second Letter of M. B. Drapier ⓘ
linked to:
Drapier's Letters
The Third Letter of M. B. Drapier ⓘ
linked to:
Drapier's Letters
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| targetAudience | the people of Ireland ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1720s ⓘ |
| usesRhetoricalMode |
persuasion
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satire ⓘ |
| workIn | Irish political literature ⓘ |
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Subject: The Fourth Letter to the Whole People of Ireland Description of subject: The Fourth Letter to the Whole People of Ireland is one of Jonathan Swift’s Drapier’s Letters, a series of political pamphlets written under the pseudonym M. B. Drapier to oppose the imposition of debased coinage and defend Irish rights against English authority in the 1720s.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The Second Letter to Mr. Harding the Printer
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The Fourth Letter to the Whole People of Ireland
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