Alfred H. Stone Collection
Volume: 93

10. Alex[ander]. Ramsey, Speech of Alex. Ramsey, of Pennsylvania, on the Bill for the Reduction of the Tariff, Delivered in the House of Representatives, Friday, June 19, 1846 (Washington, DC: Blair & Rives, 1846). (11 p.)

Speech in favor of maintaining the duties on imports imposed by the Tariff of 1842. (Congress eventually voted to enact a new tariff measure that lowered duties on many imports.)