Author: New York Chamber of Commerce. Bayard, William
Title: Memorial of the New York Chamber of Commerce, to the Hon. The Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress Assembled: With Statements, Prepared by Order of the Chamber, to Show the Present Rate of Duties, and the Rate of Duties Proposed by the Tariff Bill, Now Before Congress. With Remarks, &C
Description: New York, Printed by Daniel Fanshaw, 1824. First edition. Stitched self wrappers. 23 pp. 8vo. Argues against new tariffs and restrictions on Trade which it declares are unconstitutional. There can be no taxes whose purpose is not strictly to raise revenue, thus taxation cannot be used as a policy tool. "It is painful to your memorialists to perceive that while the nation.. is beginning to see the advantages of a free Commerce, and the evils of restrictive laws..attempts are making in the United States to induce the national government to adopt a narrow retrograde policy." 18th Congress, 1st session. Shaw & Shoemaker 17405; Kress Lib. C.1301. A very good or better untrimmed copy, mild foxing, mainly on the edge of the front wrapper, signed "R. Hand" with the word "approved" on first page.
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Title: Memorial of the New York Chamber of Commerce, to the Hon. The Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress Assembled: With Statements, Prepared by Order of the Chamber, to Show the Present Rate of Duties, and the Rate of Duties Proposed by the Tariff Bill, Now Before Congress. With Remarks, &C
Description: New York, Printed by Daniel Fanshaw, 1824. First edition. Stitched self wrappers. 23 pp. 8vo. Argues against new tariffs and restrictions on Trade which it declares are unconstitutional. There can be no taxes whose purpose is not strictly to raise revenue, thus taxation cannot be used as a policy tool. "It is painful to your memorialists to perceive that while the nation.. is beginning to see the advantages of a free Commerce, and the evils of restrictive laws..attempts are making in the United States to induce the national government to adopt a narrow retrograde policy." 18th Congress, 1st session. Shaw & Shoemaker 17405; Kress Lib. C.1301. A very good or better untrimmed copy, mild foxing, mainly on the edge of the front wrapper, signed "R. Hand" with the word "approved" on first page.
Keywords: New York, , Americana, New York, Americana, New York, 19th c., Tariffs, Duties, Trade, Finance, Pamphlet
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- Book number: 27645
- Book number: 27645
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