Hume, David, (1711-1776), philosopher and historian

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Surname:	Hume
Forenames:	David
Gender:	Male
Date:	1711-1776
Biography:	ODNB link for Hume, David (1711-1776), philosopher and historian
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P134275 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P14853 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for David Hume

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1727-76: corresp and papers	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.23151-23164
2	1745-49: memoranda for History of England	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.732-734
3	1757: dissertations	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.509
4	c1754: proofs of History of England	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.1703
5	1763-66: statement of quarrel with Rousseau	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.5722
6	1734-76: misc corresp	Cambridge University: King's College Archive Centre	JMK	NRA 36972
7	c1739-40: MS rel to the Deity's moral attributes	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.10805	See Annual Return 1993
8	18th cent: letters (6) and annotated volume	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	Coll/373
9	1746: diary	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 36638
10	1745-76: corresp (50 items)	McGill University Archives	MS 4	See Repository File
11	1751-65: misc corresp (7 items)	Cambridge University: Trinity College Library	B2	NRA 34805 Sraffa
12	1737-48: letters (11) to Lord Kames	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD24/551	NRA 29367 Stirling Home
13	1761-76: copy letters to Jean Jacques Rousseau (11 items) and to Comtesse de Boufflers (34 items)	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.10971	See Annual Return 1993
14	1751-76: corresp with William Strachan	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS2244	NRA 10461 Primrose
15	1751: letters to R Wallace	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	La II 96
16	1747-1844: misc corresp	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 9978-9978, 10279, 10782 Passim