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Hume, David, philosopher, 1711-1776

 Person

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Letter of David Hume to unnamed correspondent., 1767.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 92-93
Scope and Contents

Concerns Hume`s preparations for his return to Scotland.

Dates: 1767.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters. / Letters of David Hume.

Letter of William Robertson to Charles de Brosses., 1777.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 129-130
Scope and Contents

Concerns mutual friends and acquaintances including David Hume.

Dates: 1777.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters. / Letters of William Robertson.

Letters of David Hume., 1761-1767.

 Series
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 87-93
Scope and Contents

Letters to William Petty and unnamed correspondent.

Dates: 1761-1767.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters.

Letters of David Hume to William Petty., 1761-1767.

 File
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 87-91
Scope and Contents

Letter of David Hume to William Petty, 1761, concerns Hume`s earlier than planned return to Scotland.

Letter of David Hume to William Petty, 1767, concerns information on a mutual friend.

Letter of David Hume to William Petty, 1767, concerns Hume efforts to have Petty intervene on matters involving Hume`s friends.

Letter of 1761 is published in `The Letters of David Hume`.

Dates: 1761-1767.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters. / Letters of David Hume.

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