The Whistler at the Plough: Containing Travels, Statistics, and Descriptions of Scenery & Agricultural Customs in Most Parts of England: with Letters from Ireland: Also "Free Trade and the League;" a Biographical History, Volume 2James Ainsworth, 1853 - Free trade |
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... 31 , 49 . his election for Manchester , 34 . his first speech at Manchester , ( a vindication of commercial reform ) , delivered 28th December , 1832 , 37 . Thompson , Right Hon . Poulett , ( Lord Sydenham II . INDEX .
... 31 , 49 . his election for Manchester , 34 . his first speech at Manchester , ( a vindication of commercial reform ) , delivered 28th December , 1832 , 37 . Thompson , Right Hon . Poulett , ( Lord Sydenham II . INDEX .
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... election there in 1840 , 506 . Warburton , Henry , 502 . Wilberforce , William , memoir of , 222 . Wilson , George , ( chairman of the anti- corn law league ) , his proposition for raising a fund of £ 50,000 , in 1842 , 524 , 528 . Wood ...
... election there in 1840 , 506 . Warburton , Henry , 502 . Wilberforce , William , memoir of , 222 . Wilson , George , ( chairman of the anti- corn law league ) , his proposition for raising a fund of £ 50,000 , in 1842 , 524 , 528 . Wood ...
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... election ; and , with this view , he made several visits to Dover in the course of the winter , for the purpose of canvass- ing , having issued an address to the electors on the 15th of September . In the pursuit of this object he was ...
... election ; and , with this view , he made several visits to Dover in the course of the winter , for the purpose of canvass- ing , having issued an address to the electors on the 15th of September . In the pursuit of this object he was ...
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... election , as might have been anticipated by all who really know the character of the borough at that time , was severely contested , it lasted ten days . It was necessary to bring down every outvoter , and though won by Mr Thomson by a ...
... election , as might have been anticipated by all who really know the character of the borough at that time , was severely contested , it lasted ten days . It was necessary to bring down every outvoter , and though won by Mr Thomson by a ...
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... elections , a proposal which he afterwards took many opportunities of supporting , and which was on this occasion , for the first time , suggested to the house . In the ensuing session he pursued the same prudent course of but rarely ...
... elections , a proposal which he afterwards took many opportunities of supporting , and which was on this occasion , for the first time , suggested to the house . In the ensuing session he pursued the same prudent course of but rarely ...
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