[64] Simon, in his work on the Irish coinage, makes the profit 60,000_l._; but he reckons the copper at 1_s._ a lb., whereas from the Report of the Privy Council it would seem to be properly 1_s._ 6_d._ a lb. Swift and most later writers say 108,000_l._, but the right sum is 100,800_l._ 360 tons coined into 2_s._ 6_d._ a lb.
[65] Monck Mason says only 300_l._ a year, but this is the sum mentioned in the Report and by Swift.
[68] See for example Lord Stanhope's account. For the other view see Mr. Lecky's _History of the Eighteenth Century_, and Mr. Froude's _English in Ireland_.
[70] "On the words Brother Protestants, &c."
[74] It is in the Forster library, and, I believe, unpublished, in answer to Arbuthnot's letter mentioned in the text.
[76] Letter to Sheridan, Sept. 11th, 1725.
[84] Substance of a speech to the Mayor of Dublin. Franklin left a sum of money to be employed in a similar way.
[85] See also the curious letters from Mrs. Pilkington in Richardson's Correspondence.
[86] Or she would hardly have written the _Panegyric_.
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