Where did the word red-tapism come from?

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Solution 1:

red-tapism, red-tapeism (n.)

Behaviour, practices, or attitudes associated with an excessive adherence to official rules and formalities; red tape.

1834 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 28 June 323 The mysteries of ‘red-tapeism’. OED

Link to this Cobbett's issue. This appears to be an unsigned letter beginning "(From the Morning Herald 21. June.)" Note that red-tapery has an earlier first citation.

Insistence on or preoccupation with red tape m-w

red-tapery (n.)

Rigid adherence to official rules and formalities; red tape. OED

1831 Fraser's Mag. 3 654 These were the great heroes of the red-tapery

Link to this Fraser's issue.

red-tapery, red-tapism

The system of red-tape; extreme adherence to official routine of formalities The Anglo-American Encyclopedia and Dictionary (1896)

(A search in Google Books turned up nothing earlier than the OED's first citations for either term.)

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