Scope and Contents Included are copies of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s letters and three of David Hume's, 1763-1766. The statement itself is undated, but was the original version of the ‘Exposé succinct de la contestation qui s'est élevée entre Mr. Hume et M. Rousseau, avec les piéces justificatives’, translated by J B A Suard; and of the ‘Concise and genuine account of the dispute between Mr Hume and Mr Rousseau (London, 1766), which was mainly re-translated from the French. The text of the...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a) drafts of letters of David Hume, and letters received by him and in his possession at his death; b) the manuscripts of Hume's writings, published and unpublished, which were in his possession at his death; c) letters of Hume (some copies) which were returned by the recipients or their heirs to Baron Hume.Included are manuscripts of some of David Hume's works, circa 1750-1776; and some related papers, 18th-19th centuries. Also, some papers concerning...