Is it right that a woman who marries into Ireland, and perhaps well purchases her jointure or her dower there, should not after her husband's death have it in her choice to return to her country and her friends without being taxed for it?
Burke questions the fairness of taxing a woman who wishes to return to her home after her husband's death.
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