suaded people to rally for peace with France and to avoid war. Swift now had to speak for the country of England in this critical issue. The pamphlet turned out to be a huge success, as it sold nearly 20,000 copies. People enjoyed it's confident and comprehensive demand for peace, and rallied behind the anonymous author (Swift) of it. This work took the Whigs by surprise, as they demanded to know who wrote this while they struggled to defend their case for war. While Swift was nervous for a bit, he was able to elude the Whig witch-hunt for him. Swift continued to write many more anonymous pamphlets that derided the Whigs harshly while protecting himself from certain hostility and backlash. This was Swift's most productive and demanding writing period and it made him a well-known writer throughout the country despite his attempts to cover himself up in anonymity. Although many of these writing have no relevance today, they were extremely important when they were written. Swift showed he could write for nearly any occasion: under pressure, without exclusive control over the work, for the country, for the Tories and so on. The exceptional thing is that Swift did it all very convincingly and powerfully, like each style was his forte. Swift returned to Ireland after his writings for the Tories, and began work on his most popular works. At this time, a financial businessman named William Wood secured a patent for coining money for the Irish economy. Outcry and protests came from everywhere. Swift responded to this by writing a series of letters (later to be called The Drapier Letters), each to a different hierarchy of Ireland, that denounced Wood's coining as well as stirring up a strong, sorely-needed sense of nationalism by making the British out to be the enemies. Although Ireland was facing some tough times, Swift helped keep the public at bay, encouraging them to look at what was going on. After Wood's patent was revoked, Swift began wor...
