[97] Or rather in the Appendix to it, p. 292 (McCulloch's ed.).
[98] See the Note at the end of this letter.
[99] Ricardo was one of the original members of the Geological Society. See McCulloch's ed. of his Works, p. xvii.
[100] Blake, probably William Blake, author of 'Observations on the principles which regulate the course of Exchange and on the present depreciated state of the Currency,' 1810.
[101] Probably G. B. Greenough, F.R.S., F.S.L., and President of the Geological Society, who wrote on Geology, 1819.
[102] They were only foreign in the sense of being articles, not only manufactured in this country but also imported from abroad, e.g. soap (under a heavy duty) from France, Italy, and Spain.
[103] Probably William Smyth, Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, friend of Mackintosh and Horner.
[104] Dr. Alexander Crombie, schoolmaster, theologian, and economist, had published in the Pamphleteer, vol. x, in 1813, a 'Letter to David Ricardo, containing an analysis of his pamphlet on the Depreciation of Bank Notes'. About a year after the date of this letter he wrote 'Letters on the Agricultural Interest'. When Torrens did not get his inspiration from Adam Smith he seems to have got it from Dr. Crombie, for whom he had profound respect. See Torrens' Essay on Money and Paper Currency, 1812, and Essay on External Corn Trade (Preface), 1815.
[105] Hopelessly torn by the seal.
[106] Probably they had had a private conversation on the subject. On the 28th June Whitbread made a lengthened speech in the House to this effect.