Pieces of Irish history, illustrative of the condition of the Catholics of Ireland, of the origin and progress of the political system of the United Irishmen; and of their transactions with the Anglo-Irish government. Published by W. J. MacNeven

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PIECES OF IRISH HISTORY, ILLUSTRATIVE OF TBB CONDITION OF THE CATHOLICS OF IRELAND, OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF THE UNITED IRISHMEN, - AND OF THEIR TRANSACTIONS WITH THE ANGLO-IRISH GOVERNMENT, PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM JAMES MAC NEVEN ~7, NEW- YORK: PRINTED FOR BERNARD DORNIN, NO. 136, PEARL-SJKCET. 1807. District gf New-York, ss. BE it remembered, that on the seventh day of July, in the thirty-second year of the independence of the United States of America, William James Mac Neven and Thomas Addis Emmet, of the said district, have deposited in this ofjjce the title of a Book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : — " Pieces of Irish History, illustrative of the condition of " the Catholics of Ireland : of the origin and progress of the " political system of the United Irishmen, and of their transac *' tions with the Anglo-Irish government.

Published by Wil " liam James Mac Neven." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled " An act for the encouragement of " learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and " books to the authors and proprietors of such copies " during the times therein mentioned," and also to an [seal,] act, entitled " An act supplementary to an act entitled " An act for the encouragement of learning, by se- " curing the copies of maps, charts and books to the " authors and proprietors of such copies during the " times therein mentioned," and extending the benefits " thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and " etching historical and other prints." Edward Dunscomb, Clerk of the district of New-York. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION, by W. J. Mac Neven. Part of an Essay, Sec. by T. A. Emmet, Page 1 Introduction to the digest of the Popery Laws, by the Hon. Simon Butler, 122 An account of the treaty, &c. by W. J. Mac Neven, ■■> ■ 142 Memoir, &c. by Messrs. Emmet, O'Connor, and Mac Neven, 174 Examinations of W. J. Mac Neven before the secret committees of the lords and commons of Ireland, 194 Examinations of T. A. Emmet, ditto, 215 Letter of Rufus King to Henry Jackson, Esq. ... 235 Letters of T. A. Emmet to Rufus King, Esq. ... 238 Statistical essay on the population and resources of Ireland, by W. J. Mac Neven,--. 249 Circular letter relative to a history of Ireland, by the same, <