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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, Special 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, Special Collections
La II 96
16
1747-1844: misc corresp
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 9978-9978, 10279, 10782 Passim