Walpole, Horace, 4th Earl of Orford, 1717-1797
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Four letters of David Hume to Horace Walpole on Hume's quarrel with Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
File
Identifier: Acc.14592
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...
Dates:
1766.
Manuscript, "Short notes of the life of Horatio Walpole, youngest son of Sr. Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, and of Catherine Shorter, his first wife", by an unidentified author., ? 1810-? 1840.
Item
Identifier: MS.42597
Scope and Contents
The date of the watermark of the paper of the wrapper binding is 1810. The watermark of the paper of the manuscript itself is 1840. The manuscript is written in the first person and may, therefore, be a copy of a manuscript by Walpole.
Dates:
? 1810-? 1840.
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