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In 1833, protection was abandoned, and a tariff was established by which it was provided that we should, in a few years, have a system of merely revenue duties.

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Henry Charles Carey
Age: 85 †
Born: 1793
Born: December 15
Died: 1879
Died: October 13
Economist
Sociologist
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Henry C. Carey
Henry Carey
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