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» Essay on Profits
   An essay from David Ricardo on the influence of the Corn Laws on the profits from capital investment.
   http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/ricardo/profits.txt

» For a Repeal of the Corn Laws by Sir Robert Peel
   Parliamentary Speech by the Prime Minister, Robert Peel, on the successful motion to abolish the Corn Laws. Peel was seen as a traitor by many of his Conservative colleagues because of his volte-face on maintaining the laws.
   http://www.bartleby.com/268/4/17.html

» Repeal of the British Corn Laws
   An article from the 1851 edition of the United States Democratic Review.
   http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/pageviewer?frames=1&coll=moa&view=50&root=%2Fmoa%2Fusde%2Fusde0029%2F&tif=00397.TIF&cite=http%3A%2F%2Fcdl.library.cornell.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmoa%2Fmoa-cgi%3Fnotisid%3DAGD1642-0029-124

» Richard Cobden - Free Trade With All Nations
   A speech given by a prominent opponent of the Corn Laws.
   http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/cobdenonfreetrade.html

» The John Hampden Society
   A society devoted to the study of seventeenth century Parliamentarian John Hampden, who became famous through resisting the Charles I's illegal Ship Money tax.
   http://www.johnhampden.org/

» The Victorian Web: The Corn Laws
   Article on the history and economic significance of the Corn Laws.
   http://www.victorianweb.org/history/cornlaws1.html

» Wikipedia: Corn Laws
   Article from the open source encyclopaedia.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Laws