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95 - John Lewis RICARDO (1812–1862).
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Estimate €250 - €300
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John Lewis RICARDO (1812–1862). L.S., London, 24 June [1856], to B. Oliveira; one and a half pages, quarto, with his initials; in English. He asks to be included on the guest list for the dinner to be held at the Crystal Palace, where the reduction of tariffs is to be discussed. He notes in the newspapers that the principle of promoting increased commercial relations between nations (‘the more general principle of the promotion of increased commercial intercourse between nations’) has been adopted, and that an alliance has been announced with ‘the Trade Association of the Staffordshire Potteries’, whose efforts are not confined to freer trade in goods with wine-producing countries, but with every nation that has a natural means of trading with Great Britain (“whose efforts are not confined to the more free interchange of products with the wine-producing countries, but with every nation that has the natural means of trading with Great Britain”)…
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About the sale Letters and Autograph Manuscripts – Part I
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Auction time 10/13/2026 at 2:00 PM
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