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Smith, Adam, (1723-1790), philosopher and political economist

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Surname: Smith
Forenames: Adam
Gender: Male
Date: 1723-1790
Biography: ODNB link for Smith, Adam (1723-1790) Political Economist
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P154154 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P26418 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Adam Smith
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1740-90: corresp and papers (240 items)
Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department
MS Gen 1035
See Guide to Dept of Special Collections, 1989
2
1778-87: corresp with Henry Beaufoy and William Strahan (4 items)
Cambridge University: Trinity College Library
B5
NRA 34805 Sraffa
3
1759-66: letters to Lord Shelburne
Collection held privately: enquiries to Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Film dep 961-1005
NRA 37645 Petty
4
letters to Sir John Sinclair
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS189
NRA 10552