Scope and Contents

This includes two letters of John Home, the author of ‘Douglas’, concerning the sentence of execution in 1746 on David, son of George Home of Whitfield and Manderston, together with David's last letter; a letter, 1758, of David Hume, the historian, on his family history; and a letter to Alexander Home, RN, from his grandmother, concerning his behaviour and duties in life, 1780.

Scope and Contents Letter, c. 26 July 1766, of Hume to Walpole noting that his friends in Paris believe he ought to publish his response to Rousseau.Letter, 30 October 1766, of Hume to Walpole relating that D'Alembert and others in Paris have resolved to publish an account of his rupture with Rousseau.Letter, 4 November 1766, of Hume to Walpole on the publication of the account and Hume's objection to D'Alembert's description of the King of Prussia letter as cruel.Letter, 20...

Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. A further correspondent has been added to the end of the sequence.Hume, Allan Octavian.Letters, 1852 and 1854, of Allan Octavian Hume to John Murray III. Folios 1-3.Hume, David.Photocopy, 1976, of a photocopy of a letter, 1763, of David Hume to an unknown recipient. Folios 4-5.Hume, James.Letter, 1826, of James Hume to John...