Life of Adam Smith

by John Rae

FOOTNOTES:

[365] "My dear Ascanius" are the words of the text, because Ascanius was the pseudonym under which the Earl happened to be writing.

[366] The Bee, 1791, iii. 166.

[367] Kerr's Memoirs of W. Smellie, i. 295.

[368] The Bee, 1791, iii. 167.

[369] Original letter in Edinburgh University Library.

[370] Stewart's Works, x. 74.

[371] Clayden's Early Life of Samuel Rogers, p. 168.

[372] Memoirs of Sir Samuel Romilly, i. 403.

[373] Cockburn's Memorials of My Own Time, p. 45.

[374] Bonar's Library of Adam Smith, p. xiv.

[375] Playfair's edition of Wealth of Nations, p. xxxiv.

[376] Edinburgh Review, January 1837, p. 473.

[377] Bonar's Library of Adam Smith, p. xxii.

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• Abbeville, Smith at, [213]
• Abercromby, Professor, expected resignation of chair of Law of Nature, [132]
• Absence of mind, Smith's,
  • in childhood, [4];
  • at Glasgow, [60];
  • exaggerated, [66];
  • Glasgow anecdote of, [147];
  • London anecdote, [237];
  • Dalkeith anecdotes, [245];
  • Kirkcaldy anecdote, [259];
  • the story of "La Roche," [314];
  • Custom House anecdotes, [330];
  • unobserved by Samuel Rogers, [422]
• Academy of Dancing, Fencing, and Riding in Glasgow College, [79]
• Academy of Design,
  • Glasgow, [72];
  • Smith's interest in, [74]
• Adam, Robert, architect, schoolfellow of Smith, [7]
• Adam, William, M.P., Smith's remark on Bentham's Defence of Usury, [422]
• Addington, H. (Lord Sidmouth), writes an ode to Smith, [406]
• Alison, Rev. Archibald, effects of Smith's habit of dictating, [261]
• American Intercourse Bill, Smith's opinion, [385]
• American question, Smith's views, [281]
• Anderson, Dr. James, paper to R.S.E., [421]
• Anderson, Professor John,
  • his classes for working men, [72];
  • voting for his own appointment to Natural Philosophy chair, [83];
  • tutorial engagement abroad, [85]
• Anderston Club, [97]
• Armed Neutrality, the, Smith on, [382]
• Astronomy, Smith's history of, [262]
• Auckland, Lord, see Eden, W.
• Bagpipe competition,
  • Smith at, [372];
  • Professor Saint Pond's description of, [373]
• Balfour, Colonel Nesbit, [395]
• Balliol College, Oxford,
  • Smith enters, [18];
  • state of learning at, [22];
  • Smith's reading at, [24];
  • confiscation of Hume's Treatise, [24];
  • treatment of Scotch students, [25];
  • complaints of Snell exhibitioners, [26];
  • correspondence between heads of Balliol and Glasgow Colleges, [27]
• Banks, Sir Joseph, Smith's letter to, [413]
• Barnard, Dean, verses on Smith and other members of "the club," [268]
• Barré, Colonel, with Smith at Bordeaux, [179]
• Beatson, Robert, Smith's letter introducing, [402]
• Beattie's Minstrel, Smith's opinion of, [368]
• Beauclerk, Topham, on Smith's conversation, [269]
• Bellamy, Mrs.,
  • invited to open Glasgow theatre, [80];
  • on beauty of Glasgow, [88]
• Beneficence, Smith's, [437]
• Bentham, Jeremy,
  • on state of learning at Oxford, [21];
  • Smith on his Defence of Usury, [422]
• Berkeley, Mrs. Prebendary, her dinners, [97]
• Black, Dr. Joseph,
  • professorial losses by light guineas, [49];
  • Smith's opinion of, [336];
  • Robison's account of, [336];
  • appointed Smith's literary executor, [434]
• Blair, Dr. Hugh,
  • his indebtedness to Smith's lectures on rhetoric, [32];
  • his preaching, [420];
  • Smith on, [421]
• Blank verse, Smith on, [35]
• Bogle, Robert, of Daldowie, [418]
• Bogle, Robert, of Shettleston, promoter of Glasgow theatre, [79]
• Bonar, James,
  • on Smith's manifesto of 1755, [65];
  • Smith's library, [327]
• Bonnet, Charles, of Geneva, friendship with Smith, [191]
• Bordeaux,
  • Smith at, [179];
  • condition of people, [180]
• Boswell, James,
  • Smith's teaching on blank verse, [35];
  • pupil of Smith, [58]
  • Johnson's remark about Glasgow, [88];
  • Smith's altercation with Johnson, [155];
  • on Smith's admission to "the club," [268]
• Boufflers-Rouvel, Comtesse de,
  • Smith's visits to her salon, [198];
  • her purpose to translate his Theory, [199]
• Brienne, Loménie de, Archbishop of Toulouse, [177];
  • his refusal to give Morellet help to publish his translation of Wealth of Nations, [359]
• British Coffee-House, Smith's headquarters in London, [267]
• British Fisheries Society,
  • Smith on, [408];
  • his prognostication confirmed, [409]
• Brougham, Lord, on Dr. J. Black, [336]
• Buccleugh, Duke of,
  • Smith tutor to, [165];
  • illness at Compiègne, [222];
  • character, [227];
  • marriage, [238];
  • home-coming to Dalkeith, [243];
  • memorial on medical degrees, [272];
  • Mickle's complaint against, [318]
• Buchan, Earl of,
  • on Smith's love for his mother, [4];
  • pupil of Smith, [51];
  • Smith's remark about, [52];
  • learns etching in Glasgow College, [72];
  • on Smith's religious views, [130];
  • on Smith's dislike of publicity, [370];
  • Smith's declining health, [431];
  • Smith's character, [433]
• Buckle, T.H., on Wealth of Nations, [288]
• Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga, Smith's remark, [343]
• Burke, Edmund,
  • reported candidature for Glasgow Logic chair, [46];
  • his high opinion of the Theory, [144];
  • his review of it, [145];
  • Smith's defence of, [369];
  • his visit to Scotland in 1789, [387];
  • his remark on Smith, [387];
  • Smith's remark on him, [387];
  • in Edinburgh, [388];
  • conversation, with Smith at Hatton, [389];
  • rectorial installation at Glasgow, [390];
  • Did he break down? [390];
  • made F.R.S.E., [393];
  • again in Edinburgh in 1785, [394];
  • dinner at Smith's, [395];
  • visits John Logan, the poet, [396]
• Burns, Robert, his letter of introduction to Smith, [402]
• Butler, Bishop, on state of learning at Oxford, [20]
• Calas case,the, [186];
  • Smith on, [187], [429]
• Campbell, Dr., of the Political Survey, [366]
• Carlisle, Earl of, Smith's letter to, on free trade for Ireland, [350]
• Carlyle, Dr. A.,
  • on spirit of inquiry among Glasgow students, [9];
  • on Earl of Buchan, [52];
  • takes part in theatricals in Glasgow College, [79];
  • on Smith's obligations to Provost Cochrane, [90];
  • on the Glasgow Political Economy Club, [91];
  • on "Mr. Robin Simson's Club," [99];
  • on Smith's elocution, [108];
  • on Smith's appointment as travelling tutor, [226];
  • thought Hume a Theist, [313];
  • on Smith's jealousy, [433]
• Chambers, Robert, on Smith's habits of composition, [260]
• Chicken-broth, [97]
• Club, Glasgow Political Economy, [92];
  • Professor Robert Simson's, [96];
  • the Literary, London, [267];
  • Edinburgh Oyster, [334]
• Cochrane, Provost Andrew,
  • Smith's obligations to, [90];
  • Political Economy Club, [91];
  • spirited conduct during Rebellion, [91];
  • attempt to break his bank, [92];
  • correspondence with Oswald on duty on iron, [93];
  • views on bank notes, [94]
• Cockburn, Lord,
  • on current belief in danger of political economy, [292];
  • on Dr. Black, [336];
  • on appreciation of Smith by young Edinburgh, [436]
• Colbert, the French minister, claim to descent from Scotch Cuthberts, [176]
• Colbert, Abbé (Bishop of Rodez), [175];
  • on Smith, [176]
• College administrator, Smith as, [66]
• Colonial incorporation, Smith's views, [281]
• Colonies,
  • Roman, [236];
  • American, [381];
  • when not valuable, in Smith's opinion, [383]
• Compiègne, Smith at, [222]
• Composition, Smith's habits of, [260]
• Conversation, Smith's, [268]
• Conyers, Lady, at Geneva, [191], [193]
• Cooper, Sir Grey, helps Smith to Commissionership of Customs, [320], [323]
• Craufurd, William, friend of Hamilton of Bangour, [40]
• Critic, Smith as, [34]
• Cullen, Professor W.,
  • letter from Smith to, [44];
  • letter from Smith to, [45];
  • Smith's letter to, on medical degrees, [273];
  • Smith's interest in his family, [433]
• Custom dues in Glasgow meal-market on students' meal, [67]
• Customs,
  • salaries of officers, [2];
  • Smith made Commissioner, [320];
  • his work in Custom House, [330]
• Daer, Lord, [334]
• D'Alembert, intimacy with Smith, [202]
• Dalrymple, Alexander, hydrographer, Smith's recommendation of, to Shelburne, [235]
• Dalrymple, Sir David, see Hailes
• Dalrymple, Sir John,
  • on dedication of Hamilton's poems, [40];
  • Smith's connection with Foulis's Academy of Design, [75];
  • fortunes of Glasgow merchants, [90]
• Dalzel, Professor A.,
  • on Smith's knowledge of Greek, [23];
  • on Burke, [391];
  • on Windham, [394]
• Dancing, Academy of, in Glasgow College, [79]
• Death of Smith, [435];
  • Romilly on, [435]
• Design, Academy of,
  • in Glasgow College, [79]
  • Smith's interest in this academy, [74]
• Dictation, Smith's habit of, in composition, [260]
• Dillon, Cardinal, [184]
  • Douglas, Home's tragedy, Smith's interest in, [82], [130]
• Douglas, Bishop,
  • friend of Smith at Balliol, [28];
  • his Criterion of Miracles, said to be addressed to Smith, [129];
  • letter from Smith to, [403]
• Douglas cause, the, Smith on, [249], [249]
• Douglas, David (Lord Reston), Smith's heir, [436]
• Douglas Heron and Company, bankruptcy of, [254]
• Douglas of Strathendry, Smith's mother's family, [4]
• Drysdale, Dr. John, schoolfellow of Smith, [7]
• Dundas, Henry (Lord Melville),
  • letter to Smith on free trade for Ireland, [352];
  • Smith's reply, [353];
  • dinner to Smith, [405]
• Dupont de Nemours,
  • reminiscences of Smith in Paris, [215];
  • recollection of Smith's views on taxation of the poor, [220]
• East India Bill, Smith on, [386]
• East India Company,
  • Smith on, [242];
  • Smith mentioned for supervisorship, [253]
• Economists, the French sect of, [216];
  • their great activity in 1766, [219]
• Eden, William (Lord Auckland),
  • applies for Smith's opinion on free trade for Ireland, [352];
  • Smith's opinion of, [384];
  • Smith's letter to, on American affairs, [385]
• Edinburgh,
  • Smith's lectures in, [30];
  • Smith made freeman of burgh, [251];
  • Smith's permanent residence there, [325];
  • Royal Society of, [375];
  • Smith on, [417];
  • New College possesses part of Smith's books, [439]
• Edinburgh Review, [120];
  • Smith's review of Johnson's Dictionary, [121];
  • his review of contemporary literature, [122];
  • death of, [124];
  • Hume's exclusion from, [125]
• Elliot, Sir Gilbert, M.P., reported candidature for chair of Moral Philosophy, [46]
• Enville, Duchesse d',
  • hospitality to Smith at Geneva, [191];
  • on Smith's French, [192]
• Erskine, Henry, Lord Advocate, pupil of Smith, [58]
• Espinasse, Mademoiselle de [1]', Smith's visits to her salon, [201]
• Fencing, Academy of, in Glasgow College, [79]
• Ferguson, Dr. Adam,
  • was he the object of Smith's 1755 manifesto? [65];
  • on a national militia, [138];
  • candidate for Indian supervisorship, [255];
  • appointed tutor to Lord Chesterfield on Smith's recommendation, [258];
  • his announcement in 1773 of the Wealth of Nations, [264];
  • intermediary between Lord Carlisle and Smith, [350];
  • reconciliation with Smith, [433]
• Fitzmaurice, Hon. T., pupil of Smith, [154]
• Foulis, Robert,
  • University press, [71];
  • Academy of Design, [72];
  • economic publications, [76]
• Fox, Charles James,
  • quotes Wealth of Nations, [289];
  • on Smith, [289];
  • Smith's approbation of his East India Bill, [386]
• France,
  • Smith's account of condition of the people of, [229];
  • sobriety of southern, [180]
• Franklin, Benjamin,
  • makes Smith's acquaintance, [150];
  • alleged assistance to Smith in composing Wealth of Nations, [264]
• Free trade,
  • Smith's advocacy of, in 1750, [36];
  • his conversion of the Glasgow merchants to, [60];
  • his 1755 manifesto about, [62];
  • alleged revolutionary character of the doctrine, [292];
  • for Ireland, [349];
  • Smith's opinion, [350], [353]
• French principles and the Wealth of Nations, [291]
• Funeral expenses, Smith's father's, [3]
• Garrick, David,
  • letter introducing Smith to, [211];
  • on Smith's conversation, [269]
• Geneva,
  • Smith at, [188];
  • the constitutional struggle then proceeding, [188]
• Gibbon, Edward,
  • on state of learning at Oxford, [20];
  • on Wealth of Nations, [287];
  • obtains Smith's opinion as to continuation of his History, [371];
  • Smith's admiration for his work, [414]
• Gibraltar, Smith against retaining, [382]
• Gipsies, Smith stolen by, [4]
• Glasgow
  • in Smith's time, [87];
  • its beauty, [88];
  • passage between Johnson and Smith about, [88]
  • Mrs. Montagu, Mrs. Bellamy, Dr. Johnson on, [88];
  • its trade, [88];
  • its industries, [89];
  • its merchants, [90]
• Glasgow College,
  • Smith a student at, [9];
  • its professors then, [10];
  • his companions there, [10];
  • correspondence of Senate with Balliol College about Snell exhibitioners, [26];
  • Smith Professor of Logic at, [42];
  • Professor of Moral Philosophy, [43];
  • Smith's courses at, [43];
  • fees and classes, [49];
  • students, [57];
  • Rector's Court, [68];
  • divisions in Senate, [69];
  • peculiarities of constitution, [69];
  • advanced educational policy, [71];
  • Smith's resignation of chair, [172];
  • Smith Rector, [410];
  • his letter of acceptance, [411];
  • installation, [412]
• Glassford, John, Glasgow,
  • his wealth, [90];
  • views on bank notes, [94]
• Grattan, Henry, motion on free trade for Ireland, [348]
• Gray's Odes, Smith on, [369]
• Gray, J.M., on Tassie's medallion of Smith, [438]
• Hailes, Lord, letters of Smith to, [247]
• Hamilton, Duke of, Smith and tutorship to, [258]
• Hamilton, William, of Bangour,
  • poems edited by Smith, [38];
  • dedication to second edition written by Smith, [40];
  • Kames's friendship with, [41]
• Hamilton, Professor J., Dr. J. Moore's verses on, [100]
• Hamlet, Smith on, [368]
• Helvetius, his dinners, [200]
• Hepburn, Miss, [133]
• Herbert, Henry, introduced by Smith to Hume, [161]
• Herbert, Nicolas, his remarkable memory, [162]
• Highlands, depopulation of, [401]
• Holbach, Baron d',
  • gets Theory of Moral Sentiments translated, [164];
  • his dinners, [199]
• Home, Henry, see Kames
• Home, John, poet,
  • Smith's interest in Douglas, [82], [130];
  • journey north with Smith, [295]
• Home, John, of Ninewells,
  • correspondence with Smith about Hume's legacy,
  • and about the Dialogues, [305]
• Hope, Henry, banker, Amsterdam, Smith's acknowledgment to, [401]
• Home, Bishop, the "Letter to Adam Smith", [312]
• Horne Tooke, J., visits Smith at Montpellier, [183]
• Horsley, Bishop, disapproval of Sunday schools, [407]
• Hostellaries in Scotland, Smith on, [247]
• Hume, David,
  • presents Smith with his Treatise, [15];
  • candidature for Logic chair, Glasgow, [46];
  • Essays on Commerce, subject of paper by Smith, [95];
  • friendship with Smith, [105];
  • descriptions of Select Society, [109];
  • exclusion from Edinburgh Review, [125];
  • letter to Smith on chair of Law of Mature and Nations, [132];
  • letters on Theory of Moral Sentiments, [141];
  • Secretary of Legation at Paris, [162];
  • reception in Paris, [163];
  • perplexity where to fix his abode, [195];
  • quarrel with Rousseau, [206];
  • Smith's letter on quarrel, [208];
  • Smith on his idea of residing in France, [225];
  • Smith on his continuing his History, [233];
  • appointed by Smith his literary executor, [262];
  • letter on Wealth of Nations, [286];
  • correspondence with Smith about publication of Dialogues on Natural Religion, [296], [299];
  • farewell dinner with his friends, [299];
  • death, [302];
  • Smith on his monument in Calton Cemetery, [302];
  • Smith's letter to Strahan on his death, [304], [307], [311];
  • proposal to publish selection from his letters, [309];
  • Smith's objection to this, [310];
  • Was Hume a Theist? [313];
  • Smith's opinion of Hume as historian, [368]
• Hutcheson, Francis,
  • influence over Smith, [11];
  • power as lecturer, [11];
  • author of phrase, "greatest happiness of greatest number," [12];
  • specific influences on Smith in theology, [13];
  • in ethics, [14];
  • in political economy, [14];
  • taught doctrine of industrial liberty, [15]
• Hutchinson, Hely, report on free trade for Ireland, [349]
• Hutton, Dr. James, geologist, [339];
  • Smith's literary executor, [434]
• India Company, East,
  • Smith on, [242];
  • Smith mentioned for supervisorship, [253];
  • Smith on Fox's Bill, [386]
• Indignation, Smith's dislike of the man without, [245]
• Ireland,
  • free trade for, [346];
  • discontent in, [347];
  • Smith's letter to Lord-Lieutenant on free trade for, [350];
  • Dundas on free trade for, [352];
  • Smith's reply to Dundas's letter, [353]
• Jardine, Rev. Dr., a writer in Edinburgh Review, [125]
• Jeffrey, Francis (Lord),
  • on the Johnson and Smith altercation, [156];
  • his opposition to Smith's election as Rector, [411]
• Johnson, Dr. Samuel,
  • on Smith's views of blank verse, [35];
  • on Glasgow, [88];
  • Dictionary, reviewed by Smith, [121];
  • altercation with Smith, [154];
  • on Wealth of Nations, [288];
  • Smith's opinion of, [366]
• Johnstone, William, see Pulteney, Sir W.
• Judge Advocate, nature of office, [1]
• Junius, Smith on authorship of letters by, [420]
• Kames, Lord,
  • patron of Smith, [31];
  • place in literature, [31];
  • letter from Smith to, on sympathy, [341]
• Kay, John, portraits of Smith, [439]
• Kirkcaldy,
  • inhabitants and industries in last century, [8];
  • Smith's residence 1767-73, [238]
• Knox, John, bookseller, his plan for improving Scotch Highlands, [408]
• Laing, David, Smith's editing Hamilton's poems, [39]
• Langton, Bennet, on Smith's conversation, [268]
• Languedoc, the States of, [183]
• Lansdowne, Marquis of, see Shelburne
• Lauderdale, Earl of,
  • conversation with Fox on Smith, [289];
  • entertains Burke and Smith at Hatton, [389];
  • his democratic sentiments in early life, [390]
• Lecturer, Smith as, [56]
• Le Sage, Professor G.L., Geneva, friendship with Smith, [191]
• Leslie, Sir John,
  • tutor to Smith's cousin and heir, [412];
  • introduced by Smith to Sir Joseph Banks, [413]
• L'Espinasse, see Espinasse
• Library, Smith's, [327], [439]
• Lindsay, Professor Hercules,
  • takes Smith's classes, [42];
  • gives up lecturing in Latin, [99]
• Literary Club, see Club
• Literary Society, Glasgow, see Society
• Livy, Smith's opinion of, [367]
• Lloyd, Captain, reminiscences of Smith in Abbeville, [212]
• Logan, John, poet,
  • Burke's visit to, [396];
  • Smith's admiration for, [396];
  • introduced by Smith to Andrew Strahan, [396]
• Loménie de Brienne, Archbishop of Toulouse, [177]
• London,
  • Smith's first visit to, [152];
  • Smith's residence there 1766-67, [252];
  • his residence there 1773-76, [262];
  • residence there again 1777, [314]
• Loudon, Earl of, [1]
• M'Culloch, J.R.,
  • on Smith's failure to foresee French Revolution, [229];
  • on Smith's habit of dictating to amanuensis, [260];
  • on Smith's books, [329]
• Macdonald, Sir James,
  • in Paris, [174];
  • his death, [225]
• M'Gowan, John, antiquary, [335]
• Mackenzie, Henry,
  • on Smith's wealth of conversation, [33], [269];
  • his story of "La Roche" and Hume's religious opinions, [313];
  • account of Smith's last words to his friends, [435]
• Mackinnon of Mackinnon, letter from Smith to, [380]
• Mackintosh, Sir James,
  • on the Edinburgh Review, [124];
  • remark on Smith, [437]
• Maclaine, Dr. Archibald,
  • college friend of Smith, [17];
  • Smith's remark about, [17];
  • acts in college theatricals, [79]
• Magee, Archbishop,
  • on suppressed passage in Theory of Moral Sentiments
  • about the Atonement, [428]
• Manifesto of doctrine, Smith's, in 1755, [62]
• Market women on Smith, [329]
• Marseilles, Smith at, [188]
• Medical degrees,
  • freedom of, [271];
  • Smith's letter to Cullen on, [273]
• Mickle, translator of Lusiad, takes offence at Smith, [316]
• Militia question in Poker Club, [135];
  • Smith's views, [137]
• Millar, David,
  • Smith's schoolmaster, [5];
  • his play, [6]
• Millar, Professor John,
  • pupil of Smith, [43], [53];
  • Jeffrey on, [53];
  • on Smith as lecturer, [56]
• Miller, Sir Thomas, Rector of Glasgow College, [68]
• Milton's shorter poems, Smith on, [369]
• Mirabeau, Marquis de, on state of France, [218]
• Montagu, Mrs.,
  • on beauty of Glasgow, [88];
  • on culture of Glasgow merchants, [90]
• Montesquieu, Smith's reported book on, [431]
• Montpellier, Smith at, [181]
• Moor, Professor James, [99]
• Moral Philosophy,
  • Smith professor of, [43];
  • fees and classes, [49];
  • students, [57];
  • his parting with them, [170];
  • his resignation, [172]
• Moral Sentiments, Theory of, [141];
  • Hume on its reception, [142];
  • translated into French, [196];
  • author's last revision, [425];
  • suppressed passage on Atonement, [428]
• Morellet, Abbé,
  • intimacy with Smith, [200];
  • opinion of Smith, [201];
  • on Madame Necker's salon, [206];
  • on the French translations of Smith's works, [359];
  • his own translation of Wealth of Nations, [359]
• Mother, death of Smith's, [393]
• Mure, Baron,
  • correspondence of Hume and Oswald on Balance of Trade, [38];
  • in Glasgow Literary Society, [95];
  • connection with Douglas cause, [258];
  • desires Smith for tutor to Duke of Hamilton, [258]
• Mure, Miss, of Caldwell, on Hume's superstition, [313]
• Music,
  • Smith's alleged absence of ear for, [214];
  • his criticism of, [214]
• Necker,
  • Smith's acquaintance with, [206];
  • and opinion of, [206]
• Neutrality, the Armed, Smith on, [382]
• New College, Edinburgh, possessor of Smith's economic books, [439]
• Nicholson, Professor Shield, on Smith's books, [327]
• North, Lord,
  • adopts suggestions for his budget from Wealth of Nations, [294], [310];
  • rewards the author with Commissionership of Customs, [320]
• Opera, French, Smith on, [214]
• Oswald, James, Treasurer of Navy,
  • home friend of Smith, [6];
  • influence on Smith, [37];
  • correspondence with Hume on Balance of Trade, [38];
  • works for removal of duty on American iron, [93]
• Oxford,
  • Smith's matriculation, [18];
  • expenses of education there then, [19];
  • Did Smith graduate? [20];
  • state of learning there, [20];
  • Smith on, [21];
  • his friendlessness at, [27];
  • never revisited by him, [29]
• Oyster Club,
  • Edinburgh, [334];
  • Samuel Rogers at, [418]
• Panmure House, Smith's Edinburgh residence, [325]
• Paris, Smith in, [175], [194]
• Pastor Fido, Smith's opinion of, [369]
• Percy's Reliques, Smith's opinion of, [369]
• Physiocrats, the, [216]
• Pitt, William,
  • disciple of Smith, [404];
  • his remark to Smith at Dundas's, [405];
  • Smith's remark on, [405];
  • consults Smith on public affairs, [406]
• Plagiarism,
  • Smith's alleged accusation of Blair, [32];
  • his alleged fear of, [64], [269]
• Playfair, Professor John,
  • on Oyster Club, [335];
  • on Dr. Hutton, [337]
• Playfair, William,
  • on Smith's conversation, [268];
  • on Smith's declining health, [405]
• Poker Club, [134]
• Pope, Alexander, Smith on, [369], [370]
• Population question, [398]
• Portraits of Smith, [438]
• Pownall, Governor, Smith's letter to, [319]
• Price, Dr. Richard,
  • on decline of population, [398];
  • Smith's opinion of, [400]
• Pringle, Sir John, on Wealth of Nations, [288]
• Pulteney, Sir William,
  • attends Smith's lectures, [32];
  • introduced by Smith to Oswald, [103];
  • Smith's letter to, on Indian supervisorship, [253]
• Quacks in medicine, [276], [279]
• Quæstor of Glasgow College, office held by Smith, [68]
• Quesnay, Dr. F.,
  • Smith not his disciple, [215];
  • Smith's admiration for, [215];
  • refusal of farmer-generalship for his son, [218];
  • discussions in his room, [219];
  • called in by Smith to treat Duke of Buccleugh, [222]
• Ramsay, Allan, Smith on Gentle Shepherd, [369]
• Ramsay, Allan, painter, founder of Select Society, [107]
• Ramsay, John, of Ochtertyre,
  • on Kames's friendship with Bangour, [41];
  • on Smith's religious views, [60];
  • on Smith at whist, [97];
  • on Smith's smartening during his foreign travels, [227];
  • on Smith's depression after his mother's death, [393]]
• Rector of Glasgow University, Smith's appointment, [410]
• Reid, Dr. Thomas, on students of Moral Philosophy class, Glasgow, [58]
• Religion,
  • Smith's views suspected in Glasgow, [60];
  • his views obliged to be controverted by Bishop Douglas, [393];
  • his final testimony, [429]
• Republicanism, Smith's, [124]
• Reston, Lord, see Douglas, David
• Reviews, Smith's opinion of the, [370]
• Revolution, French, Did Smith foresee? [229]
• Reynolds, Sir Joshua, on Smith's conversation, [269]
• Riccoboni, Madame,
  • friendship with Smith, [210];
  • Smith's opinion of, [210];
  • introduces him to Garrick, [211]
• Richardson, Professor, on Smith's political lectures, [55]
• Richelieu, Duc de,
  • visited by Smith, [181];
  • Voltaire on, [190]
• Riding, Academy of, in Glasgow College, [79]
• Ritchie, James, merchant, Glasgow, on the spread of Smith's opinions among Glasgow merchants, [60]
• Rivière, Mercier de la, on condition of France, [218]
• Robison, Professor, on Dr. Black, [336]
• Rochefoucauld's Maximes, Smith's allusion to, in Theory, [340], [428]
• Rochefoucauld, Duc de la,
  • Smith's friendship with, in Geneva, [191];
  • letter to Smith from, [339]
• Roebuck, Dr., anecdote of Wilkie, the poet, and, [102]
• Rogers, Professor Thorold,
  • on Smith's obligations to Turgot, [203];
  • on the Indian supervisorship and the Wealth of Nations, [256]
• Rogers, Samuel,
  • on Smith's absence of mind, [66], [422];
  • on Smith and Robertson, [228];
  • conversations with Smith in Edinburgh, [416]
• Romilly, Sir S., on Smith's death, [435]
• Ross, General Alexander, [395]
• Ross, Colonel Patrick, [361]
• Ross, Miss, on Smith's charities, [437]
• Rouet, Professor,
  • expenses of journey to London, [19];
  • with young Tronchin, [59];
  • his absenteeism, [89]
• Rousseau,
  • discourse on inequality reviewed by Smith, [123];
  • in Paris with Hume, [196];
  • quarrel with Hume, [206];
  • Smith's letter on the quarrel, [208];
  • Smith on his "Social Compact," [372]
• Royal Society of London,
  • Smith elected, [238];
  • admitted, [263]
• Royal Society of Edinburgh,
  • foundation of, [375];
  • Smith's participation, [376];
  • Smith at, with Rogers, [421]
• Sabbath, the, Smith on, [342]
• Saint Fond, Professor, his reminiscences of Smith, [372]
• Saratoga, Smith's remark on the defeat at, [343]
• Sarsfield, Count de, Smith's chief friend in France, [240]
• Savage, Richard, Smith on, [366]
• Say, Leon, on Smith and Turgot, [203]
• School, Burgh, of Kirkcaldy, [5]
• Scotland, people of, [401]
• Scott, Hon. Hew Campbell,
  • joins Smith at Toulouse, [182];
  • his death, [226]
• Scott, Sir Walter,
  • Smith's altercation with Johnson, [156];
  • anecdotes of Smith's absence of mind, [330]
• Select Society, see Society
• Shakespeare, Smith on, [368]
• Shelburne, Earl of (afterwards Marquis of Lansdowne),
  • his admiration of Smith's Theory, [144];
  • his conversion by Smith to free trade, [153];
  • Smith's opinion of his negotiations with Pitt for Bute, [162];
  • letter of Smith to, [235];
  • Smith's political distrust of, [379]
• Sheridan, Thomas, elocution class at Edinburgh, [119]
• Simson, Professor Robert,
  • influence on Smith, [10];
  • Smith's opinion of, [11];
  • his club, [96];
  • his Greek and Latin odes, [98]
• Sinclair, Sir John,
  • his treatise on the Sabbath, [342];
  • conversation with Smith on Burgoyne's surrender, [343];
  • letter of Smith to, on Mémoires, [343];
  • letter of Smith on the Armed Neutrality, [382];
  • Windham's romantic attachment, [394];
  • Smith's opinion of Sinclair, [418]
• Skene, Captain David, [243]
• Smellie, William, printer, on Smith's books, [329]
• Smith, Adam, W.S., Kirkcaldy, [1]
• Smith, Adam, Collector of Customs, Alloa, [2]
• Snell exhibitions at Oxford, [16]
• Society, British Fisheries, Smith on, [408]
• Society, Glasgow Literary, [94]
  • Smith's paper on Home's Essays on Commerce, [95]
• Society, Select, [107];
  • Smith's opening speech, [108];
  • its economic discussions, [110];
  • its work for improvement of Scots arts and manufactures, [112];
  • its dissolution, [118]
• Stage-doctors, [276]
• Stanhope, Earl,
  • friendship with Smith at Geneva, [191], [193];
  • consults Smith about Chesterfield tutorship, [266]
• Steuart, Sir James, economist,
  • acts in school theatricals, [5];
  • on free trade among Glasgow merchants, [61]
• Stewart, Professor Dugald,
  • on Smith's mathematical tastes, [10];
  • on Smith's judgment in art, [74];
  • on Smith's travelling tutorship, [217];
  • on Smith's being styled "Mr.," [234];
  • on Smith's conversation, [269], [270];
  • on alleged revolutionary character of free trade doctrine, [292]
• Stewart, Professor Matthew,
  • college friend of Smith, [10];
  • Smith's taste for mathematics, [10];
  • Smith's opinion of, [11]
• Strahan, William, printer,
  • letter from Smith to, about new edition of the Theory, [149];
  • friend of Franklin, [151];
  • Hume's literary executor, [298];
  • Smith's letter to, on Hume's illness and death, [304];
  • letter on Hume's Dialogues from Smith to, [305];
  • letter from Smith to, [308];
  • proposes publication of selection of Hume's letters, [309];
  • Smith's reply, [310];
  • correspondence of Smith with, on Commissionership of Customs, [321]
• Stuart, Andrew, W.S. and M.P.,
  • candidate for Indian supervisorship, [255];
  • withdrawal from contest for Lanarkshire, [391];
  • letter of Smith, [392]
• Sugar, Smith's fondness for, [338]
• Sunday schools, Smith on, [407]
• Sunday suppers, Smith's, [327]
• Swediaur, Dr.,
  • on the Oyster Club, [334];
  • on Smith, [334]
• Swift, Jonathan, Smith on, [367]
• Tassie, J., his medallions of Smith, [438]
• Taxation of poor, [220], [344];
  • in France, [230]
• Theatre,
  • erection in Glasgow, [79];
  • opposition of Senatus and Smith, [79];
  • in France frequented by Smith, [213]
• Theory of Moral Sentiments, [141];
  • of its reception in London, [142];
  • last revision, [425]
• Thompson, Dr. W., historian, Smith on, [17]
• Tooke, Horne, visits Smith at Montpellier, [183]
• Toulouse,
  • Smith at, [175];
  • dulness of Smith at, [179];
  • its Parliament, [185];
  • the Calas case, [186]
• Townshend, Charles,
  • his admiration for Smith's Theory, [144];
  • his proposal of tutorship for Smith, [144];
  • his visit to Glasgow, [147];
  • letter of Smith to, [148];
  • letter to Smith, [164];
  • letter of Smith from Compiègne to, [223]
• Trained Bands of Edinburgh, Smith made Honorary Captain, [374]
• Tronchin, Dr., sends son to be Smith's pupil, [59]
• Turgot, M.,
  • friendship with Smith in Paris, [202];
  • their obligations to one another, [203];
  • their alleged correspondence, [204];
  • Smith's opinion of, [205];
  • procures copy of the Mémoires for Smith, [344]
• Tutorships, travelling, Smith's views of, [166]
• Union,
  • Smith on the Scotch, [150];
  • Smith on Irish, [355]
• Urquhart, Mr., of Cromartie, [183]
• Usury, Smith on Bentham's Defence, [423]
• Utopia, Smith on, [282]
• Vice-rector of Glasgow University, office held by Smith, [68]
• Virgil's Eclogues, Smith on, [369]
• Voltaire,
  • conversation with Smith in Geneva, [189];
  • Smith's admiration for, [190];
  • Smith's comparison of Rousseau and, [372]
• Walpole, Horace,
  • Smith's acquaintance with, in Paris, [194];
  • reports remark of Smith, [263]
• Ward, Rev. William, Smith on his Rational Grammar, [159]
• Watt, James,
  • made mathematical instrument maker to Glasgow University, [71];
  • makes ivory bust of Smith with his sculpture machine, [74];
  • on Professor Simson's Club, [98]
• Wealth of Nations,
  • various dates of composition toolmarked in the text, [256];
  • publication, [284];
  • reception, [285];
  • Hume's letter on, [286];
  • Gibbon on, [287];
  • quoted in Parliament, [290];
  • editions, [293];
  • early influence on public affairs, [294];
  • Danish translation, [356];
  • French translations, [359];
  • German, [359];
  • Spanish, [360];
  • letter of Smith to Cadell about third edition, [362]
• Webster, Dr. A., lists of examinable persons, [399], [400]
• Wedderburn, Alexander (Earl of Rosslyn),
  • attends Smith's lectures, [32];
  • connection with Foulis's Academy of Design, [75];
  • editor of Edinburgh Review, [121]
• Whiggism, Smith's, [162], [379], [389], [410]
• Whist, Smith at, [97]
• Wilberforce, Bishop, account of Smith's altercation with Johnson, [156]
• Wilberforce, William,
  • opinion of Smith, [447];
  • promoter of British Fisheries Society, [408]
• Wilkes, John, Smith on, [163]
• Wilkie, the poet, on Smith, [102]
• Will, Smith's, [436]
• Wilson, Professor A.,
  • his type-foundry, [71];
  • Smith's interest in the foundry, [77];
  • new foundry in Glasgow College grounds, [78]
• Windham, William,
  • on Smith's house in Edinburgh, [326];
  • romantic incident, [394];
  • on Smith's family circle, [395]
• Windischgraetz, Count J.N. de, his proposed reform of legal terminology, [376]
• Wordsworth, William, on Smith as a critic, [34]

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