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The Online Library of Liberty A Project Of Liberty Fund, Inc. Adam Smith, Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence Vol. 6 Correspondence of Adam Smith [1740] The Online Library Of Liberty Collection This E-Book (PDF format) is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a private, non-profit, foundation established to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. It is part of the Online Library of Liberty web site http://oll.libertyfund.org, which was established in 2004 in order to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. To find out more about the author or title, to use the site's powerful search engine, or to see other titles in other formats (HTML, facsimile PDF), please visit the OLL web site. This title is also part of the Portable Library of Liberty DVD which contains over 900 books and other material and is available free of charge upon request. 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Author: Adam Smith Editor: Ernest Campbell Mossner Editor: Ian Simpson Ross About This Title: This volume offers an engaging portrait of Smith through more than four hundred letters; also included are appendices with Smith’s thoughts on the "Contest with America" and a collection of letters from Jeremy Bentham. PLL v4 (generated January 6, 2009) 2 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/203 Online Library of Liberty: Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence Vol. 6 Correspondence of Adam Smith About Liberty Fund: Liberty Fund, Inc. is a private, educational foundation established to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. Copyright Information: The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith and the associated volumes are published in hardcover by Oxford University Press. The six titles of the Glasgow Edition, but not the associated volumes, are being published in softcover by Liberty Fund. 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PLL v4 (generated January 6, 2009) 3 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/203 Online Library of Liberty: Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence Vol. 6 Correspondence of Adam Smith PLL v4 (generated January 6, 2009) 4 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/203 Online Library of Liberty: Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence Vol. 6 Correspondence of Adam Smith Table Of Contents 1.: To William Smith1 2.: To His Mother 3.: To His Mother 4.: To His Mother 5.: To His Mother 6.: To His Mother 7.: To [dr Theophilus Leigh] 8.: To [robert Simson] 9.: To William Cullen 10.: To Willian Cullen 11.: To James Oswald 12.: From David Hume 13.: From David Hume 14.: From David Hume 15.: From Alexander Wedderburn 16.: From Adam Smith, Collector of Customs At Alloa 17.: From Adam Ferguson 18.: From Adam Ferguson 19.: From David Hume 20.: From David Hume 21.: To [dr. George Stone] 22.: From David Hume 23.: To [gilbert Elliot] 24.: To [lord Milton] 25.: From David Hume 26.: To William Johnstone 27.: From Gilbert Elliot 28.: To Lord Fitzmaurice 29.: To Lord Shelburne 30.: To Lord Shelburne 31.: From David Hume 32.: From Lord Shelburne 33.: From Andrew Millar 34.: From William Robertson 35.: To Lord Shelburne 36.: From David Hume 37.: To Lord Shelburne 38.: From Edmund Burke 39.: To Charles Townshend 40.: To [gilbert Elliot] 41.: To [archibald Campbell] 42.: To Lord Shelburne 43.: To Lord Shelburne 44.: To [archibald Campbell] PLL v4 (generated January 6, 2009) 5 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/203 Online Library of Liberty: Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence Vol. 6 Correspondence of Adam Smith 45.: To Lord Shelburne 46.: To Lord Shelburne 47.: From William Wilson to the Magistrates of the Burgh of Lanark 48.: To Lord Shelburne 49.: To Lord Shelburne 50.: To William Strahan 51.: To Lord Shelburne 52.: To Lord Shelburne 53.: To Lord Shelburne 54.: To William Strahan 55.: From Lord Cardross 56.: From Robert Cullen 57.: From David Hume 58.: From Dr. William Leechman 59.: From Lord Erroll 60.: To Joshua Sharpe 61.: From Adam Ferguson 62.: From David Lyle 63.: From Thomas Wallace 64.: From Hon. Thomas Fitzmaurice 65.: To William Johnstone 66.: To Sir Gilbert Elliot, Lord Mint 67.: To Joshua Sharpe 68.: From Lord Erroll 69.: To George Baird 70.: To David Hume 71.: From David Hume 72.: From David Hume 73.: From David Hume 74.: From Henry Herbert 75.: From David Hume 76.: From Charles Townshend 77.: From David Hume 78.: To David Hume 79.: From Joseph Black 80.: From John Millar 81.: To Thomas Miller 82.: To David Hume 83.: To David Hume 84.: To David Hume 85.: From John Glassford 86.: To David Hume 87.: From David Hume 88.: To David Hume 89.: From Marie Louise Denis 90.: From David Hume 91.: From ‘le Gr[and] Vic[aire] Eccossois’ 92.: To David Hume PLL v4 (generated January 6, 2009) 6 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/203 Online Library of Liberty: Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence Vol. 6 Correspondence of Adam Smith 93.: To David Hume 94.: To Charles Townshend 95.: To [charles Townshend] 96.: From David Hume 97.: To Lady Frances Scott 98.: To [lady Frances Scott] 99.: To Andrew Millar 100.: To William Strahan 101.: To Lord Shelburne 102.: To Thomas Cadell 103.: To David Hume 104.: From David Hume 105.: From [count De Sarsfield] 106.: To John Craigie 107.: From David Hume 108.: To [william Strahan] 109.: To David Hume 110.: From David Hume 111.: From David Hume 112.: From David Hume 113.: To Lord Shelburne 114.: To Archibald Campbell 115.: To Lord Hailes 116.: To Lord Hailes 117.: From Lord Hailes 118.: To Lord Hailes 119.: To Lord Hailes 120.: To [lord Hailes] 121.: From David Hume 122.: From James Boswell 123.: From David Hume 124.: From David Hume 125.: To John Davidson 126.: From Count De Sarsfield 127.: To John Spottiswoode 128.: To John Davidson 129.: From David Hume 130.: To Mme De Boufflers 131.: From David Hume 132.: To William Pulteney 133.: From David Hume 134.: From David Hume 135.: From David Hume 136.: From David Hume 137.: To David Hume 138.: From Adam Ferguson 139.: From Adam Ferguson 140.: From David Hume PLL v4 (generated January 6, 2009) 7 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/203 Online Library of Liberty: Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence Vol. 6 Correspondence of Adam Smith 141.: From Adam Ferguson 142.: From Adam Ferguson 143.: To William Cullen 144.: From Patrick Clason 145.: From Edmund Burke 146.: To David Hume 147.: From John Roebuck 148.: To [henry Dundas] 149.: From David Hume 150.: From David Hume 151.: From Hugh Blair 152.: From Joseph Black 153.: From William Robertson 154.: From Adam Ferguson 155.: From Adam Ferguson 156.: From David Hume 157.: From David Hume 158.: To [william Strahan] 159.: From Alexander Wedderburn 160.: From William Strahan 161.: To David Hume 162.: To [william Strahan] 163.: To Alexander Wedderburn 164.: From Joseph Black 165.: From David Hume 166.: To David Hume 167.: From Joseph Black 168.: From David Hume 169.: From Joseph Black 170.: To John Home of Ninewells 171.: From John Home of Ninewells 172.: To William Strahan 173.: From William Strahan 174.: From Thomas Pownall 175.: To [john Home of Ninewells] 176.: From John Home of Ninewells 177a.: to William Strahan 177b.: to [william Strahan] 178.: To William Strahan 179.: To William Strahan 180.: From William Strahan 181.: To William Strahan 182.: To Governor Pownall 183.: From Adam Ferguson 184.: To William Strahan 185.: From Alexander Wedderburn 186.: From Sir Grey Cooper 187.: From Edward Gibbon PLL v4 (generated January 6, 2009) 8 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/203 Online Library of Liberty: Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence Vol. 6 Correspondence of Adam Smith 188.: To William Strahan 189.: From George Horne 190.: To William Strahan 191.: To John Spottiswoode 192.: To William Strahan 193.: To [sir Grey Cooper] 194.: From Le Duc De La Rochefoucauld 195.: To Lord Kames 196.: To John Sinclair of Ulbster 197.: From [john Macpherson] 198.: To [unidentified Nobleman] 199.: From Le Duc De La Rochefoucauld 200.: From Henry Dundas 201.: To [henry Dundas] 202.: To [lord Carlisle] 203.: To [william Eden] 204.: To Henry Mackenzie 205.: To John Davidson 206.: To [thomas Cadell] 207.: To [william Strahan] 208.: To [andreas Holt, Commissioner of the Danish Board of Trade and