Smith, Adam, economist, c 1723-1790
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Letter of Adam Smith to William Petty., 1767.
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Identifier: MS.23638, folios 137-138
Scope and Contents
Concerns preparations for James Cook`s first voyage.
Published in `The Correspondence of Adam Smith`.
Dates:
1767.
Letter of Adam Smith to William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne.
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Identifier: Acc.11142
Scope and Contents
Smith discusses preparations for what became Cook`s first voyage, recommends Alexander Dalrymple for command, and expresses his doubts about the existence of a Southern continent.
Dates:
1767.
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