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To the freeholders of the counties of Campbell, Pittsylvania and Halifax : Fellow citizens : though the late session of Congress has been unusually long, it has not been proportionably distinguished by the number of its public acts, and of those which have passed, you will no doubt wish the number had been still less : no measure has occupied so great a portion of our time as the new tariff, which increased the duties on imported merchandize [sic], not for the legitimate purpose of increasing the reveneue that required no increase, but with the avowed view of encouraging our own manufactures by burthening foreign fabrics with an additional tax ...

MLA

Tucker, George. To the Freeholders of the Counties of Campbell, Pittsylvania and Halifax : Fellow Citizens : Though the Late Session of Congress Has Been Unusually Long, it Has Not Been Proportionably Distinguished by the Number of Its Public Acts, and of Those Which Have Passed, You Will No Doubt Wish the Number Had Been Still Less : No Measure Has Occupied So Great a Portion of Our Time As the New Tariff, Which Increased the Duties On Imported Merchandize [sic], Not for the Legitimate Purpose of Increasing the Reveneue That Required No Increase, but with the Avowed View of Encouraging Our Own Manufactures by Burthening Foreign Fabrics with an Additional Tax ... [Lynchburg, Va.?: Printed at the Virginian office, 1824.

APA

Tucker, G. (1824). To the freeholders of the counties of Campbell, Pittsylvania and Halifax : Fellow citizens : though the late session of Congress has been unusually long, it has not been proportionably distinguished by the number of its public acts, and of those which have passed, you will no doubt wish the number had been still less : no measure has occupied so great a portion of our time as the new tariff, which increased the duties on imported merchandize [sic], not for the legitimate purpose of increasing the reveneue that required no increase, but with the avowed view of encouraging our own manufactures by burthening foreign fabrics with an additional tax ... [Lynchburg, Va.?: Printed at the Virginian office.

Chicago

Tucker, George, To the Freeholders of the Counties of Campbell, Pittsylvania and Halifax: Fellow Citizens : Though the Late Session of Congress Has Been Unusually Long, it Has Not Been Proportionably Distinguished by the Number of Its Public Acts, and of Those Which Have Passed, You Will No Doubt Wish the Number Had Been Still Less : No Measure Has Occupied So Great a Portion of Our Time As the New Tariff, Which Increased the Duties On Imported Merchandize [sic], Not for the Legitimate Purpose of Increasing the Reveneue That Required No Increase, but with the Avowed View of Encouraging Our Own Manufactures by Burthening Foreign Fabrics with an Additional Tax .... [Lynchburg, Va.?: Printed at the Virginian office, 1824.