Alfred H. Stone Collection
Volume: 93

7. William Sawyer, Speech of Hon. William Sawyer, of Ohio, on the Bill for the Reduction of the Tariff, Delivered in the House of Representatives, Saturday, June 20, 1846 (Washington, DC: Blair & Rives, 1846). (7 p.)

Speech in favor of a bill that would reduce 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.)