- Essay on Profits
An essay from David Ricardo on the influence of the Corn Laws on the profits from capital investment.
http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/ricardo/profits.txt
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- Extracts from Peel's Speech on Repeal of the Corn Laws, 15 May 1846
In the early 1830s Peel had been well-known for his opposition to the repeal of the Corn Laws and in 1841 had promised not to repeal the legislation. During the course of his second ministry (1841-6) he changed his mind and by December 1845 was considering repealing the Corn Laws. In the speech from which these extracts are take, Peel justified his change of mind.
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/adw03/polspeech/c-laws3.htm
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- For a Repeal of the Corn Laws by Sir Robert Peel
Parliamentary Speech by the Prime Minister, Robert Peel, on the succesful motion to abolish the Corn Laws. Peel was seen as a traitor by many of his Conservative colleagues because of his volte-face on maintaining the laws.
http://www.bartleby.com/268/4/17.html
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- Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws
A text written in 1814 by the economist and clergyman Thomas Malthus advocating a retention of the war time prosperity for farmers by a large tax on foreign corn.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/econ/corframe.htm
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- Repeal of the British Corn Laws
An article from the 1851 edition of the United States Democratic Review.
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/pageviewer?frames=1&coll=moa&view=50&root=%2Fmoa%2Fusde%2Fusde0029%2F&tif=00397.TIF&cite=http%3A%2F%2Fcdl.library.cornell.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmoa%2Fmoa-cgi%3Fnotisid%3DAGD1642-0029-124
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- The Anti Corn Law League
A time line and some pass notes on this influential middle class pressure group formed to promote free trade, and a template for further radical advances throughout the nineteenth century.
http://britishhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa022001a.htm
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- The Corn Laws
An entry from Victorian Web on the Corn Laws, a significant import duty on wheat and other essential foodstuffs aiming to stabilise the price.
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/adw03/peel/cornlaws/c-laws.htm
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- The John Hampden Society
A society devoted to the study of seventeenth century Parliamentarian John Hampden, who became famous through resisting the Charles I's illegal Ship Money tax.
http://www.johnhampden.org/
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