David Hume manuscripts, 1740-1775

Mss.Film.984

Date: 1740-1775 | Size: 4 microfilm_reel(s)
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Abstract

These manuscripts include correspondence to and from Hume, miscellaneous letters neither by or to Hume, cancelled checks, verses, notes, and papers not in Hume's handwriting.

Background note

David Hume was a historian and philosopher.

Collection Information

Physical description

4 microfilm reels.

Provenance

Purchased from Royal Society of Edinburgh ($50.00) and accessioned, 1960 (1960 311mf).

Location of originals:

Originals in Royal Society of Edinburgh.

General note

There is a calendar to these manuscripts on the first microfilm reel.

Early American History Note

This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.

Indexing Terms


Genre(s)

  • Microfilm Collection

Subject(s)

  • Philosophers -- Europe.
  • Religion and science.
  • Science -- Early works to 1800.