Essay on Profits - An essay from David Ricardo on the influence of the Corn Laws on the profits from capital investment.
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.
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.
Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws - A text written in 1814 by the economist and clergyman Thomas Malthus advocating a retention of the war time prosperity for farmers by a large tax on foreign corn.