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No Binding. Condizione: Fair. 7 pp. Pages trimmed with scattered light foxing, but overall clean. Complete and intact. The Tariff of 1842, or Black Tariff as it became known, was a protectionist tariff schedule adopted in the United States to reverse the effects of the Compromise Tariff of 1833. The Black Tariff was signed into law somewhat reluctantly by President John Tyler, following a year of disputes with the Whig leaders in Congress over the restoration of national banking and the government's land disbursement policies. For the previous year, Whig leaders in Congress had sent bills to Tyler coupling the tariff hike with a public land disbursement package insisted upon by Henry Clay, prompting a presidential veto.…

softcover. None as Issued jacket. Disbound, Foxed, Stain; 8 pages.