Papers, 1840-1864.

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Papers, 1840-1864.

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Correspondence principally relating to Cobden's opposition to the Corn Laws. Other topics of concern include the national budget, free trade, British-French relations, military and naval armament, the revolutions of 1848, the possibility of war with Russia over the Eastern Question, the extension of the franchise, popular education, and crime.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Cobden, Richard, 1804-1865

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Richard Cobden, English textile manufacturer and politician. From the guide to the Richard Cobden manuscript material : 1 item, ca 1843, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Cobden was born in Dunford, Sussex, England on June 3, 1804; became a middle-class manufacturer and MP, advocating free trade, non-intervention in foreign affairs, an end to aristocratic misrule, and a variety of radical political reforms; became intere...