Smollett, Tobias George, writer, 1721–1771
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Commonplace book of Alexander Fraser Tytler., ?1778-1802.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11737/5
Scope and Contents
Includes observations and anecdotes on contemporary Enlightenment figures including Dugald Stewart, James Boswell, Tobias Smollett and Lord Kames, and an inventory of Fraser Tytler’s publications up to 1793. Also included are copies of letters sent by David Dalrymple (Lord Hailes), and a number of verses by William Shenstone, Allan Ramsay, James Beattie and William Shakespeare translated into Latin by Fraser Tytler.
Dates:
?1778-1802.
Three letters of David Hume to William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne.
File
Identifier: Acc.11139
Scope and Contents
Concern Hume`s return to the life of a philosopher in Scotland, and appeals on behalf of Tobias Smollett and Dr Giraldi.
Dates:
1761-1767.
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