COBDEN (Richard, 1804-1865, Statesman)

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 the envelope is in poor condition

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 May1846, just a few months after this letter.

Item Date:  1846

Stock No:  36810      £175

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