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London: Printed for John Morphew,, 1713. Defoe refutes the Dissenters First edition of Defoe's pamphlet, in a contemporary volume of tracts chiefly on religious dissent and the question of tolerance, especially with regard to the debate on the Schism Act of 1714, which sought to curtail Dissenter schools and require licensing of all schools by Anglican bishops. Defoe's Letter gave "a tough admonition to the Dissenters, saying that they enjoy great privileges at present, the Queen having undertaken to maintain the Toleration and even having for long resisted the Act against Occasional Conformity. The Dissenters have their own schools, which, strictly speaking, is against the law. Thus it would be madness on their part to join with the discontented Whigs - especially as they have recently been betrayed by the Whigs. The Whig insistence on the Hanoverian succession is making the Hanoverian prince a figure of alarm, as if on accession his first preoccupation would be vengeance" (Furbank and Owens). The… Read More