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COBDEN
(Sir Richard, 1804-1865, Radical and Liberal Politician, Campaigner for Free Trade and Peace, Associate of the Anti-Corn Law League and the Cobden-Chealier Treaty)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to John Davidson in Aberdeen
thanking him for sending him a copy of your pamphlet in which it is gratifying to see that you had long ago anticipated some of the best arguments against the Corn Law. I trust we may now reckon upon a not distant termination of our labors..., 2 sides 8vo., with original autograph envelope, London, 24th January
Item Date: 1846
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Background
Cobden was an English manufacturer and Radical and Liberal statesman, associated with two major free trade campaigns, the Anti-Corn Law League and the Cobden–Chevalier Treaty. In 1838, he and John Bright founded the Anti-Corn Law League, aimed at abolishing the unpopular Corn Laws, which protected landowners' interests by levying taxes on imported wheat, thus raising the price of bread at a time when factory-owners were trying to cut wages. As a Member of Parliament from 1841, he fought against opposition from the Peel ministry, and abolition was achieved on 16th May 1846, just a few months after this letter.
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