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40s Freehold Plan Eyed to Expand Voting Power in England
Cobden outlines a scheme through the National Freehold Land Society to purchase large estates and divide them at cost to create county votes. He argues millions lack county electors and urges working classes to join, aiming for a seven year campaign to broaden franchise via the 40s freehold system, with morals and self reliance stressed.
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London Tavern
National
Metropolitan and
Home Counties
Freehold Land Society
Cobden
M.P
J. Hall
C. Gilpin
S. Morley
J. Morland
A. Wilkinson
House of Commons
Hume
London
Cospen
Birmingham Society
Birmingham Freeholders’ Union
Birmingham
Freeholder
Lombard-street
Anti-corniaw League
C. Walker
Rochdale
Manchester
West Riding of Yorkshire
Lord Morpeth
Anti-corn-law League
Lancashire
Russell
Surrey
England
Switzerland
Hungary
Holland
Williams
Coventry
Hampshire
Sussex
Berks
Middlesex
Southwark
Wales
Mr. Cobden
Freehold
West Riding
Yorkshire
South Lancashire
East Surrey
Knights of the Shire